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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know.  $1000 divided by 50 hours/week (8 to 6 is 50 hours/week) is $20/hour.  Of course that's pre-tax, and you'll want to do taxes, etc. right?  Or are you thinking under the table, just paying cash?  (some families do this, it depends on your job whether you can be found to be paying someone under the table)

I think the biggest challenge is the logistics - sounds all happiness and light given the boys are already friends.  But where are you going to do this? I think the family who is always the host will eventually sick and tired of the pack and plays or whatever napping system you use all over the house... . and with toddlers you really do need enough of most toys so they can play the same thing but since they can't share yet, you have to have multiple buses, puzzles, blocks, etc.  So one person's house will look like a childcare center while the other 2 get off 'scot free".  So I think if you shared it from house to house for one week it might be better - so everyone has a week in their house (less rushed in the AM getting to childcare) but then has 2 weeks at other houses...  and yet being at one place for an entire week gives some continuity for the week for the kids and nanny.

But how will they all nap at once?  Will you purchase mats (Discount School Supplies has these) and nap in one room, at the same time?  (like they already do in childcare) or will they each sleep in a bedroom, in which case all those rooms need to be 300% childproofed in case they woke up and got off their mats and the nanny didn't know it (yes, she'll check on them but honestly she can't be in 3 bedrooms at once and there will be a bit of time they are wandering in a room unattended unless they are great about calling/yelling/coming out when they are done with naps.  And you can't have 3 cribs in a house unless you authentically have triplets because who the heck wants that?

and who will purchase that triplet stroller because she'll need it while they are this age to get anywhere, and you want her to go outside to the park where they can get out and run, run, run every freakin' day.  in a fully enclosed play area where she can see all 3 of them while helping them play.  It's possible to do, but it needs to be done safely or she won't feel safe and you'll find her not taking them out of the stroller much.

by the way, does she like to go outside and see the importance of daily outdoor play (not just walks in strollers)?  or does she only take the kids out because it's the rule at daycare and her boss gets after her or the other coteacher loves it so she does it?  many of my teachers were like either of the latter.

Hate to be negativity nelly, and it might work.

let's see, some positives:
all 3 kids are the same age, so their toys and interests are similar.  they know each other and you know the teacher. you live close by.

but the negatives keep coming up - do you really live in a condo big enough for 3 active boys all day?  and would you trust the teacher to think of interesting and creative activities that could be done (painting, playdough, glue collages, water play somehow or other, washing dolls and toys in the sink, finger paint, playing with toys, listening and dancing to music, outdoor play, etc.) with 3 toddlers in a house that isn't designed for this like a childcare center is? (as in, at a chidlcare center there isn't a beautiful couch that simply cannot get paint on it, there isn't a tv, remote and DVR that simply cannot be touched or poked or pushed, there isn't a toilet they can dump toys in and flush, kitchen doors to pull open, stools to climb onto and stand on the kitchen counter.... with 3 toddlers (think TRIPLETS) in the exploration and climbing stage, all of these things might be an issue.  Or not, some kids are easy, others are not....

If you paid $400 a family then it would be $1200 total and $400 a week is $1600 a month and surely your childcare is more expensive than that?

Also, how would you do food? each family send lunch and snacks for the day or the host family has enough food for the nanny to make and cook lunch and snacks?  of course everyone would bring their own diapers, wipes, extra clothing, sheets and blankets for nap.  Perhaps each family would pack their lunch and the host family would provide snacks.

do you all agree on the type of snacks, type of food, interest in outdoor time (lenght of time and when it's too cold to go out, too wet to go out, too hot to go out), etc?

Because all 3 parents are the boss, so she'd have 3 bosses to please, and honestly many things would have to give at the same time because it's a nanny share, not an individual nanny who can do it 100% of the way the parents want.

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