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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You answered your question in your post.

You have flexible jobs.
Kids can do activities after school sometimes.
Kids can entertain themselves while you work from home after school.
Other things you listed.

What is the issue? [/quote]

She has a FT nanny now. She has no idea how much the nanny’s doing. Kids will be needy if “entertaining themselves” after school almost every day. 
It’s weird that she doesn’t just get a normal amount of care, such as a sitter. Or aftercare. [/quote]

Actually, I do know exactly how much she's doing, which is why I'm trying to be realistic about not hiring someone to take her place.  I'm not expecting my kids to entertain themselves after school every day.  A lot of people have suggested after care, so it's good to know that kids seem to really like that.  It's not an option we've ever used before so I don't know much about it.  I never said I wouldn't use that option.  Also, sorry you think it's "weird" that I wouldn't get a sitter, but part-time sitters are incredibly hard to find, at least ones that are really reliable.  And payment is not an issue.  We pay our current nanny $30/hour ($45/hour for overtime) so I'm not cheap.[/quote]

Wow $30/hr for multichild care cooking, cleaning and errands? TBH that sounds like a good deal for you, and kind of a bad deal for the nanny[/quote]

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