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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

My kids are in school from 8-3 most days but she's still paid full-time, even on the days when she's not working.  M, W, and F she'll run occasional errands but is mostly off while they're at school.  T and Th is when she does groceries and other stuff.  She's paid for 12 hours a day so she makes overtime.  It's actually a very good deal for her.[/quote]

But she's on call so she's not actually off right? If there is a school emergency, is she expected to deal with it or is she actually off and not working? And do you provide health insurance and retirement benefits? I guess the market speaks for itself. If it was so great for her, she'd figure out a way to stay even with the baby. This thread has gotten so long so I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before, but have you looked into finding a SAHM with similar aged kids to do this job? Someone like me with kid is in school, who runs errands and clean during the day for her own family and could easily slot yours in too I'd think.[/quote]

Yes, she is always "on call" during the day.  I pretty much know her schedule and I know what she does when the kids are in school so I try to be respectful of that and I do ask her to tell me if she has an appointment, like taking her cat to the vet or something, so that I know not to bug her then.  But basically she's supposed to be available from 6:30-6:30, although some nights are earlier if they don't have a later activity.  She has health insurance through her husband, who is military, so we contribute what we would have paid towards that for additional retirement.  She also gets a cell phone stipend, we pay for her gas, etc.  We really wanted her years ago before the kids were born so we offered a good package and have done raises throughout the years (which is why she's currently at $30/hour).  This is her first baby and I think she just wants to stay home, which I understand.  Honestly, we wouldn't continue to pay her for 12 hours a day if she had the baby because we know she wouldn't be on call and available like she is now.  [/quote]

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