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Anonymous wrote:I am approaching this point. Something we have discussed with our nanny is her looking for a part time position doing other things that interest her in hours compatible with our needs. She lives with us as well. This would reduce our costs but not hurt her pay.

Wow. So, you want to reduce your costs and make her work hours that wouldn't conflict with your hours... Well, that would be weekends and nights, right? Because you need before/after school, and she needs to be available for school hours for when kids are sick or off school. When exactly is your nanny supposed to do anything not related to work, like sleep?!

I do live-ins exclusively, and I would hang up the phone while laughing if you suggested this to me while we were interviewing.

Anonymous wrote:I have a fabulous nanny who has been with me for over 4 yrs. I still need her in the mornings to help my first grader get to to the bus stop and I need her in the evenings for bus stop pick up until I get home. My son is going from a 5 hr school day to nearly 8 hrs out of the house. I need the flexibility of my nanny for 1/2 days, sick care, school holidays, snow days etc... What do I do with her during the days? She already does laundry, light cleaning, can pick up dry cleaning, can do some grocery shopping. I need some more ideas.... Any experience with this would be helpful. Thanks