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[quote=Anonymous]Some of the people commenting here are crazy. As someone mentioned above, the trick is to find a housekeeper who likes kids and is willing to care for yours as needed. It won’t be as easy to find this person as it would just a nanny or housekeeper, but they do exist.

After our nanny of 5 years left, we were able to find someone who would clean and tidy the house while our two kids are in school, but then drive them around to activities after school and prep dinner. She is older (early 60s) and really sweet with the kids, but definitely not as engaging and energetic as our nanny was - but that’s fine and we knew that going into this. She is $27/hour and we guarantee 40 hours per week. She has a list of cleaning tasks but her #1 priority is the kids when they are around and she knows it’s ok if she doesn’t get to some things.

I will say though that I think this arrangement with a baby vs school aged children is a little trickier, because the developmental stuff is so important at a young age as well as getting down to play and engage. I would definitely try to find someone who has grown kids of their own to ensure they have a maternal instinct and some experience.[/quote]

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