Anonymous
Post 05/27/2022 10:35     Subject: Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
You should be able to find a temp nanny through an agency
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2022 09:22     Subject: Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
Anonymous wrote:Those are hard weeks. The reason camps end is because the college aged counselors go back to school, so it's hard to find sitters (although you might get lucky).

We do our vacation the and a combination of one-week camps, Grandma care, and stressing.

In my office a colleague and her husband each take a week off in June and a week off in August to care for the kids ("Mommy camp" and "Daddy camp"). They don't get a summer vacation together. But it saves the cost of another four weeks of camp.


We alternate weeks off as well. We aren’t taking a vacation.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2022 20:53     Subject: Re:Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
I doubt you’ll find a nanny for just those three weeks. Even a typical college babysitter won’t stick it out.

But you should post in the daycare forum.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2022 20:13     Subject: Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
Those are hard weeks. The reason camps end is because the college aged counselors go back to school, so it's hard to find sitters (although you might get lucky).

We do our vacation the and a combination of one-week camps, Grandma care, and stressing.

In my office a colleague and her husband each take a week off in June and a week off in August to care for the kids ("Mommy camp" and "Daddy camp"). They don't get a summer vacation together. But it saves the cost of another four weeks of camp.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2022 20:09     Subject: Re:Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
Hire high school or college kids if around,
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2022 20:01     Subject: Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
See if your daycare has a summer program. Our did. We’re in elementary now. Have camps through park’s services.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2022 20:00     Subject: Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
There are many camps those weeks.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2022 19:58     Subject: Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
There are camps that run in August. That's where my 4 year old will be.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2022 19:43     Subject: Options for Childcare During Random Summer Weeks?
I'm trying to figure out childcare options the last ~3 weeks of August - the gap between when summer camp ends and school starts. What do parents usually do during this time, besides the obvious "go on a family vacation?" We are a family where both parents work full-time, have always relied on daycare for childcare, and previously were able to take advantage of work from home. We have two kids, 5 and under.

Is it typical to be hiring a full-time nanny for only a couple weeks, and how does that even work/where to find?