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[quote=Anonymous]"Seriously, if I were in your shoes, I'd find who I wanted, then just get creative. Ask her what she needs, in order to consider your job. It could be a combination of a certain hourly rate, plus certain perks that she would find attractive. Everyone is different, so it's silly paint yourself in a box if you can be flexible."

My sister did this.  She interviewed FT nannies and asked them what they wanted in terms of take-home pay for the week, rather than hours.  She then offered $25/hr and has a nanny who works 25 hours most weeks but 40 on some.  Her nanny is a star.  Seriously.  I always say that you know where this nanny is because you see a shining halo in the distance :-)

I did not have any luck with this, unfortunately.  For the two years that we left the AP program, we paid $25/half an hour for someone to come and drive our son to school.  The $25 just wasn't worth it to anyone to do it consistently and we had so much trouble finding someone who would do it reliably.  We ended up going back to the AP program and here we are today.  My sister doesn't need morning help most days, so I think this is why the nanny was willing to work these fewer hours and to be flexible.  We need 7-7:30 every single day, because I can't drive the two children in different directions, so we rely on an AP to help with this (and then work after-school hours, for a total of about 27/hrs a week).[/quote]

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