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[quote=Anonymous]Live-out nanny for twins ~$18 per hour in FFX plus OT over 40 hrs and 2 weeks vacation and 2-5 sick days, more with more experience/knowledge.  
Pros: You can get someone with lots of twin experience, no intrusion into your family life, can hire someone willing to help with other tasks like basic food prep and laundry (not a given but you could look for it), you can interview in person.  
Cons: expensive

Live-in nanny: a few dollars less, so around $15 per hour with similar benefits plus increased costs for food, electricity, water, etc.
Pros: Similar to above, namely you can interview in person and find someone willing to help with additional tasks.
Cons: Likely to either be less experienced or to be older.  Most nannies in prime earning years (5+ years experience but under 55) are not interested in living in unless the rate is the same as live-out. You also have to deal with having a roommate (although she will at least be an adult).  Also note that, while live-ins are often a bit more flexible, they are not on-call constantly even if they are home.  You will need to have set hours, and request changing or adding hours as needed and will pay for additional help.

Au Pair: Initial fees, weekly stilpend, insurance, classes, plus food and wear and tear on the house.
Pros: least expensive, might get a lifelong friend in a foreign land, very flexible within set limits
Cons: likely to be least experienced group, lots of restrictions on how you can use her time, interviews via skype, she is not just an employee but is your family member for her stay and you need to participate in giving her memories of the US and exposing her to cultural experiences all of which eats up time.[/quote]

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