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[quote=Anonymous]We are having a hard time finding a nanny for our four kids, and I come here to seek advice from others who have successfully done so (or nannies who have worked in similar situations).  Our situation is this: two school aged kids, 7 and 5, full day school.  One 3 year old, part day preschool 2x/wk.  One 1 year old, at home.  Nanny works from about 8-5:30/6.  School aged kids get home at 3:00, so she's responsible for them for 2.5-3 hrs of after school time.  No significant cleaning tasks or anything, other than kids laundry and keeping up with kids toys (directing older kids, assisting younger kids).  No dinner prep, etc. - just feed them an after school snack, maybe oversee some very limited homework, and let them play.

We are finding that it's just about impossible to find a good nanny who can handle this set of kids and won't flake out on us.  We're paying pretty middle of the road rates - definitely not low, but also not premium wages.  I am reluctant to pay a premium wage when half the kids are gone for the majority of the day.  The nanny currently has about 1.5-2 hours in the morning of complete quiet (youngest napping, 3 yr old at preschool), and a good 2.5 hours in the afternoon of quiet time (both younger kids napping).  This doesn't seem like an insanely heavy workload to me, but maybe I'm underestimating.

Our problem seems to be attracting decent candidates who are confident enough to handle four kids, including the short term burst of energy that comes through the door at the end of the school day.  Many are fine with two kids, or three, but the idea of four seems to scare them off before they even give it a chance.

Help me out here - what to do?  Suggestions other than "throw money at the problem" would be helpful.  [/quote]

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