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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, this sounds like something we should do. Our pick up/drop off schedules are a bit hectic. Could you advise on what hourly rate to pay?

[quote=Anonymous]It's fine, but I also wonder why you wouldn't just pay her more and let your preschoolers come home early, and have her on-call for half days, school in-service days, summer, etc.. This is even easier since you're home and presumably the baby could keep napping while she goes to pick up the others.

These days, my nanny has our 2-year-old full time, our 4-year-old most of the time, and our 6 and 7-year-olds some of the time (some days she doesn't see them because they have after-school activities). She fully understands that occasionally she has an easier job, and occasionally it's a harder job. She also likes working with a larger group of kids (she came to us from a daycare).

If you're going to spend what a nanny costs, why not make it a job that will truly make your lives easier and give your kids more time at home? This also makes it possible for you or DH to go school activities for one or another kid, or have a "date" with one or another kid, or go to an appointment for one or another kids, and already have child care in place for the rest of them.

I WAH, and taking drop-off and pick-up off my schedule has been life-changing for me in terms of being able to work more efficiently.[/quote][/quote]

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