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[quote=Anonymous]Everyone ignores the 20-30/hr poster. She has fun posting nonsense rates constantly. I suspect she makes $10 an hour.

OP I think you should look for a nanny who has experience doing both multi-child care and housekeeping. This doesn't mean that you need to include housekeeping in your job but many of the no housekeeping nannies are just lazy. They search for jobs with the least work and the most pay. If you are paying on the higher average for 3 and saying no housework you may be attracting the lazy and flaky nannies. Eager to make the money, counting on no work because they see no housekeeping and then not being able to manage 4 kids for 3 hours.

When you check references, ask the reference what the nanny did during downtime (nap time or  time at preschool) and only move forward with ones where the employer reports that she did something. If the time was her own, she re-charged, or the reference admits that she napped, watched TV, sat on the couch reading a book, move on. Lazy is lazy. This type of nanny will not be able to manage the 3 hours with multiple kids. She'll be more than happy to enjoy the morning with only 1 napping baby and afternoon nap times but will not manage the afternoon well. You want someone who the reference describes as always busy, takes initiatives and then the reference can talk about what they actually did.

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