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[quote=Anonymous]Our twin boys are starting preschool in the fall.  Since they were babies (they're now 2.5), we have had a FT nanny whom we absolutely love.

However, we cannot figure out a way to keep our nanny once we put the kids in preschool, and it is killing me.  Preschool will be either three or five mornings a week.  Our nanny needs a full-time job, so just cutting her hours doesn't seem realistic; and even if we could repurpose the hours -- or pay her for off-time just to keep her -- we can't afford to pay for both a FT nanny and preschool tuition.  Nor does it seem to make sense to try keeping her for afternoons and hoping she could get a morning job, because there are LOTS of days when there is no preschool for one reason or another and so we'd need all-day care on those.

We are coming to the conclusion that an au pair is the only practical solution, even though neither of us really loves the idea of having someone live with us.  We have started that process, but are having trouble moving forward because we feel so depressed and guilty about letting our nanny go.  (I understand that it isn't the end of the world, and that she'll find another job -- and that moving on is inherent in the nanny profession -- but it still feels like we are deceiving her.)

Any thoughts, or words to make us feel better?[/quote]

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