Never. We will always need her,

When my daughter turned 2.

Anonymous wrote:We're letting ours go with DD starting "full day" preschool (9-4) but if we could afford it I would absolutely be keeping her. Those of you who can retain your nannies through elementary and even high school, I'm glad for you and also jealous! I so want an Alice in our household! I'm anxious about illnesses, closures, next summer, tons of things. DH has a flexible job and swears he'll step up but I'm dubious.

My DD was in full day PreK4 this past year and there was 32 days we had to cover full day back up childcare for including holidays, teacher institute days, breaks, sick days (we got covid from school), quarantines from when she was an unvaccinated close contact, a snow day, etc. Not to be discouraging- just plan accordingly.

We're letting ours go with DD starting "full day" preschool (9-4) but if we could afford it I would absolutely be keeping her. Those of you who can retain your nannies through elementary and even high school, I'm glad for you and also jealous! I so want an Alice in our household! I'm anxious about illnesses, closures, next summer, tons of things. DH has a flexible job and swears he'll step up but I'm dubious.

Anonymous wrote:My kids couldn’t have the life experiences (sports, music, language) we want for them without our nanny. I guess we’ll continue to employ her until the kids can drive. And she quite simply makes our [parents] lives easier by managing our home.

This. We want our kids to have more experiences in camps and after school activities than just a full day camp in the summer and aftercare in school.

I think when they can drive.

My kids will be in private school with no bus. All the interesting activities like piano and sports are outside of their elementary schools and aftercare isn’t a reasonable option. Their school breaks and near constant colds (first one than the other) cause us to need coverage. I will need more and continued help with laundry, organizing and groceries as well as their errands. I hope to kick my career back into high here as well (I took a flexible position so I could work from home and breastfeed as well as be there for milestones and cuddles).

Plus they love their nanny and she’s the most reliable human on the planet.

Ugh. We gave ours up when we hit school aged for all/schools re-opened. I regret it. We may have to reboot in the next couple of years.

Probably until around 11 or 12, when they're old enough to be home alone for a few hours and can get around the city by themselves.

Until the kids drive

My kids couldn’t have the life experiences (sports, music, language) we want for them without our nanny. I guess we’ll continue to employ her until the kids can drive. And she quite simply makes our [parents] lives easier by managing our home.

Reading some of the elementary school posts about summer activities and after school sports, I know we’ll want to keep our nanny much longer than we originally thought. Hopefully well into middle school.

Hopefully nanny will move into house management and she’ll stay with us until she wants to retire.

With after school sports, lessons and all the sick days and holidays, there is no way we could do without her. Plus summers!!

We plan to keep our nanny until our kids are driving. My brother’s family has had their sweet nanny for 17 years and counting!

Your children are very fortunate.

Planning to keep her for elementary school. She will take on some housekeeping duties during the day.