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[quote=Anonymous]We have one main back up care person.  She is a college student, and she watches the kids every other Friday when we have date night, so they know her well.  She is usually willing to skip classes or call into her other job in retail if we offer her enough money.  If she is out of town or can't make it, we have two other people we can call.  One is a friend of our nanny who is working as a nanny for her brother...he has a flexible job so she is often available, one is a back up sitter we found on care.com.  She has met the kids, but they don't know her well.  There are also some high schoolers in the neighborhood that I use if I need to run an errand or sometimes for date nights.  If school is out for whatever reason, I could call them as well.  
Nannies on here saying that every responsible parent should have easily accessible back up care or that agencies will have a wonderful nanny at your door in any part of the world within fifteen minutes of you calling have no idea what they are talking about.  There are a bunch of nannies on this board who have never had to deal with the realities of finding childcare while they are at work and say all sorts of stupid things about backup care and daycare that don't make any sense.  [/quote]

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