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[quote=Anonymous]The early years are just hard. We lived in the same metro area as our parents and had a nanny rather than daycare. Both made it easier than it would have been otherwise. When the kids were 5 and 2 we moved to be within walking distance on my parents. It’s been nice. There have been seasons when we didn’t need hired childcare because of living so close and our kids have a deeper relationship with grandparents rather than a babysitter who they don’t keep in touch with. As an example, when my younger kid was in upper ES my mom would come by and spend 30-45 min with kid most mornings after I had to leave and before the ES bus came. It wasn’t burdensome for my mom and kid appreciated company but didn’t need much care. Now my parents drive my kid to activities 2 days/week after school. We never had them do full-time preschool or baby care, but it’s still made a huge difference to our family to be close by. It’s a much more enjoyable way to live IMO[/quote]
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