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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all the input so far, especially the 55hr nanny's ideas! I think we'd be able to do all of those (except maybe the 5-6 weeks vacation... though we might be able to get close with visiting relatives). I think the thing that throws me off is that the most common reasons we've heard candidates say for leaving a current family are "need more hours" and legal issues like "they don't pay OT/give a W-2" (and we make it clear we pay on the books in the first interview). But in any case, we will consider raising the pay too. Just wanted to get a sense of what else would help.

The second nanny/babysitter idea had occurred to me before. Can any parents share their experience with this sort of split workday or workweek? Admittedly this is all uncharted territory for me, but my first thought was that a 10-15hr/wk position would be even less desirable or have higher turnover, and this could possibly create additional problems like inconsistencies between the two nannies' methods or routines, adding another transition to the day (kid goes from parent -> nanny 1 -> nanny 2 -> parent), and so on, which is why I'm trying to make a single nanny situation work.[/quote]

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