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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who knows if OP is still here, and I'm not quite sure how this got to 7 pages, and I've only read a few pages, but I'm throwing out my input too -

I would also post on neighborhood listservs and ask locally.  I think you are looking for a someone who has nannied for a family for a long time, and the kids re older and in camps/school during the day, but the family doesn't want to let them go - they want the nanny to work from 2-6 or so to pick up kids, take theme to activities, etc.  So what that family needs is someone to split the job.  What you need is a nanny who likes the housework part, and would be willing to do the housework during the day and nanny in the later afternoon.

It can be a real win win.  But, it really depends on making a really good match and being flexible on all sides.  The housekeeper family probably has to let the nanny-ing take precedence.  [/quote]

This is the answer. Our neighbor had a long-time nanny/housekeeper that didn’t really have enough to do once their kids got older, and they were happy when we hired her to do things. I didn’t use her for laundry, but it would have been an easy thing to have her come over a couple of mornings a week and do laundry & tidy up while the laundry is going.

The other alternative is to hire each job individually. I had a neighbor who had a bunch of kids, and they had a lady that came to do nothing but laundry. [/quote]

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