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[quote=Anonymous]Before you get too caught up in the idea that you are paying for so much time that you aren't using, do some math: 
52 weeks per year

12 weeks of summer
2 weeks winter break
1 week spring break
2 weeks' worth of miscellanious holidays (teacher work days, columbus day, etc.)
1 week worth of sick days

52-18=34

So there will only be 34 weeks per year that you are actually not using those hours directly for childcare.

Now let's talk about how you can use those hours indirectly: many nannies are open to some non-child-specific tasks, like grocery shopping, dry-cleaning pick-up, and starting dinner.  Let's say your nanny wants to stick with kid-related tasks only: staying on top of DC's laundry, packing lunches, prepping healthy breakfasts or afterschool snacks, rotating DC's wardrobe and buying things like clothes, shoes, gear needed for each season, researching and prepping for afterschool activities, etc.  I would say between all that and drive time to-and-from, your nanny could easily fill up half of her empty time just doing kid-related tasks only.

So let's say you came up with only a short list of tasks and you feel that she will still have half the time (2 hours per day) free.  We are looking at 34 weeks X 10 hours per week that nanny is paid for "nothing."  So 340 hours per year (and this is really a maximum).  But if you let nanny go or resuce her to afternoons only, you will still need care those 18 weeks per year when school is out or you kid is sick.  On thise occasions, instead of paying your nanny her standard rate, you will have to cobble together backup care from a variety of sources, many of which will cost more than a standard nanny hourly rate.[/quote]

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