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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a part-time live-in nanny who we pay for before and after school care. Our kids are in full-time programmes so this means she works 7-10 a.m. and 3:30-6:30 p.m. This is how we advertised the job and it suits her as she is a university student and artist so makes good use of the time she is not on the clock. If she is available to look after the kids when they are sick, which she usually is (yay!) then we pay her an additional hourly rate. She will also work full time in the summer for a few weeks when the kids are not in camp. This is how we advertised the job and we didn't have tons of applicants but if you are patient you can eventually find someone who is a good fit.

If you are looking at live-out, I don't think you are likely to find someone who is willing to sit at your house for four hours not getting paid. And if you don't pay her for that period, you can't expect her to be available when the kids are sick etc. If you already have a nanny, it would be wrong to stop paying her for those hours if they were part of your original agreement.

Have you considered an au pair? It sounds like that might be your best option as they tend to be more flexible, but of course they live in with you, so you really have to be open to that and have the space to accommodate them.

If not an au pair, then maybe a nanny share, where another family can use her for those four hours every day? Note however that again you will not have first dibs on her time if your kids are sick, and you might have to be willing to host the share and have some overlap when all the kids are together.[/quote]

+1 on all of this ^^^

If you're looking for just afternoon care then hiring part-time would be the best solution. That being said a part-time nanny won't guarantee her availability for sick days/snow days/ etc.[/quote]

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