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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child care costs went down once one kid was in K but no where near what we hoped. The reason being is that we over estimated that our kid would do ok at the after school care but it was loud and chaotic and by the time we picked our kid up they were overly tired and so were we. After the first month, [b]we hired a part time nanny who also helped out on when school was closed and did pick ups from camps in the summer. [/b]All told that year we paid about $2k less than a year of daycare. [/quote]

I think you lucked out in finding a unicorn.   Especially the part about them being available when school was closed.[/quote]

Definitely not a unicorn. A neighborhood mom's mother who had moved in with them and was looking for part time work. She basically was just an adult in the house and made sure the kids didn't endanger themselves. It wasn't ideal but she was in our budget and she was available full days when school was closed.[/quote]

It is a unicorn. “Part time nannies” who make part time pay and are willing to give up the middle of their day for school pickups, precluding other jobs of both first and second shift, are very, very rare. It’s what most parents want to hire and very few people want to work with any regularity.

You are fortunate.[/quote]

+1 that is a unicorn [/quote]

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