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[quote=Anonymous]Nanny here with experience in shares.

Assuming there are no major hurdles at either residence as mentioned above (such as a meddling WAHP, disobedient dog, unsafe working conditions, etc), then my two cents is this:

*IF* you can agree on a set schedule that WILL NOT change frequently, and especially not at the last minute, then this can work. What I mean is, decide now between both families: will you do Mon, Wed, Fri at Family A's home, and Tues, Thurs at Family B's home? Something like that. That could definitely work.

However, if you can't agree on a set schedule, then that will just throw things into chaos, and will frustrate even the most flexible, accommodating nanny. Nanny share nannies have enough things to deal with (two sets of parent bosses who have different preferences for how to handle things, kids with different temperaments, etc), that adding on uncertainty about where she needs to be on what day will just be too much of a pain.

I know you said the main reason for this is so as not to conflict with your older child's activities, OP, but sometimes when you're in a nanny share you have to change things around on your end to accommodate the share and ensure the happiness of nanny and your other share parents. Hopefully it will be relatively simple and easy for everyone to just pick which days will be at who's home and stick to it. But if something comes up on your end and suddenly big siblings art class got switched to Tuesday because Monday was Columbus Day but Tuesday is the day that nanny is at your home then YOU might need to be the one to accommodate the normal share routine in that situation and come up with an alternate solution.

Good luck.[/quote]

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