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Be careful about how you advertise for this job. Because what I'm reading through is you're going to expect more from the person than what is expected.
Why mentioning the occasionel help if you don't expect it?
Integrating with your family ... vs a job. WRONG. This is a job and you are the employer. This is not a cousin that's going to join your family but a worker.

Keep things professional and you'll be happy :)

-Nanny[/quote]
OP here. May be I didn't word it as well as I could have with the "occasional help" thing.

What I was trying to say was that assuming your 8 hour day is up, and since you're a live-in, if you end up let's say making dinner for the babies (which would be outside of the 8 hours) WITHOUT our asking, then that's welcome, but not expected. You can as easily say No and that's perfectly acceptable.

As far as "integrating with our family..." the point I was trying to get across was specifically with the live-in situation, since we've never had that before. You're gonna be living with us, eating with us, relaxing with us and what not. It'd be nice to consider that person as part of our household than an employee. With an employee, I'd ask them to leave the family room in the evening, if we're relaxing there, vs "integrating with our family" which implies you're as much a part of our family as us, and we don't feel awkward around you during non-working hours.

I hope that came across the way I'm thinking in my head...

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