Nanny Share Protocol when waiting for daycare

[Anonymous]

I am assuming I won't have a daycare spot in one of the many centers I am wait listed for when my leave is up, so my choices are a temporary nanny via service and nanny share. I would love to do nanny share but I imagine most partner families are looking for a long-term commitment, not someone who's going to take off as soon as a place opens up. Are there temporary nanny share arrangements and how do they typically work? I don't want to leave a nanny and another family in the lurch.

[Anonymous]

You can discuss your predicament with share options. Who knows, maybe you'll want to change your mind and stay in your share.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

Thanks, genius, that's the whole point of my post -- are there families that enter into nanny shares with everyone fully aware that the situation may be temporary.

[Anonymous]

Yes, there are nanny shares formed for just such circumstances. Usually you know approximately how many months you will have to wait for your spot - for example, your #1 daycare choice says they can't accommodate you now, but know that a spot will open up in four months. So you look around for a share family, stating clearly that you only expect to need this for four months, and they join - either because they're also waiting for a spot or because they're still deciding what to do and aren't sure. They may continue the share after you leave -with another family.

Be sure to tour the daycare facilities now that you have your baby. Reiterate that you're really interested. Then call & follow up. Your application will just sit in a file for years if you don't turn up and become a real person to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

Thanks, genius, that's the whole point of my post -- are there families that enter into nanny shares with everyone fully aware that the situation may be temporary.

Was your bitchy response necessary?
May God have mercy on the poor soul you con into working for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

Thanks, genius, that's the whole point of my post -- are there families that enter into nanny shares with everyone fully aware that the situation may be temporary.

You're welcome, Assh*le. Maybe next time you get pregnant you figure out what to do before your child arrives. You had at least five months to sign him/her up for daycare but what? Too busy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

Thanks, genius, that's the whole point of my post -- are there families that enter into nanny shares with everyone fully aware that the situation may be temporary.

Was your bitchy response necessary?
May God have mercy on the poor soul you con into working for you.

Seriously, OP, what is your problem?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

Thanks, genius, that's the whole point of my post -- are there families that enter into nanny shares with everyone fully aware that the situation may be temporary.

Wow - what a b*tch you are, OP. It is not our fault you can't get into daycare!!

Sheesh - I feel sorry for you baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

Thanks, genius, that's the whole point of my post -- are there families that enter into nanny shares with everyone fully aware that the situation may be temporary.

You're welcome, Assh*le. Maybe next time you get pregnant you figure out what to do before your child arrives. You had at least five months to sign him/her up for daycare but what? Too busy?

+1 Grow up, OP.

[Anonymous]

Hah? Five months to sign up a child? I didn't get off many waitlists until my daughter was 1.5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hah? Five months to sign up a child? I didn't get off many waitlists until my daughter was 1.5.

Were you a dick about it when people tried to help you find solutions to your childcare dilemma too? OP is a real piece of work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't think it would be fair to the nanny or the other family to join a share until "something cheaper came along".

Get a babysitter until you can get your kid into daycare.

Thanks, genius, that's the whole point of my post -- are there families that enter into nanny shares with everyone fully aware that the situation may be temporary.

I've known families who have done shares until their second child is born, and then they wanted the nanny to themselves. You might be able to find a situation like that. A pregnant mom with a 2 year old, let's say, who would be interested in sharing until the new baby is born, and then having the nanny to herself.