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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have an almost 4-month-old and I’m going back to work part-time. My MIL will be watching our baby until we hire a nanny or put him daycare at six months old. My hope was to go back part-time for the first year, but we are finding it hard to find a nanny willing to commit long-term working part-time. We are on the waitlist and have a spot opening up for us when my son will be six months old. The daycare is highly rated and close to us. There are pros and cons to both but I think having a nanny while young will be the best option. We would like to have a nanny but I will likely have to go back full-time. I’m really struggling with what to do. [/quote]
Up your $ offer for a PT nanny. Or offer to help the nanny find another family who needs her when you don’t. When I worked for several regular families each week, I was very happy with my earnings. [b]Best of all, I knew the children were getting more time with their families[/b].[/quote]

Please.  A nanny is not going to be most or even remotely concerned that her piecing together multiple families is going to allow the kids to spend more time with their families.  (I’m not really sure why that would be the case relative to part-time daycare, but that’s neither here nor there.)

She is going to care about her salary and other working conditions.  She is not going to take something that wouldn’t meet her needs because doing so will allow Larlo to spend more time with his family and/or avoid daycare.  Nor should she.[/quote]
Speak for yourself. I aim to do what’s best for the child. A little sacrifice or inconvenience on my part isn’t a problem for me. I stand by my recommendations in OP’s situation.[/quote]

Well, then please make sure to invite me for your canonization.[/quote]
Funny you should ask. People already have called me a saint. I just don’t feel it’s too much to put a child’s needs ahead of your own once in a while. More people should try it.[/quote]

Of course they have.[/quote]

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