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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son is 2.5, and we have had our nanny full-time since he was 5 months.  She is wonderful, reliable, and our son loves her dearly.  Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of children in our immediate neighborhood, so we are planning to put him in a part-time pre school (3 hours/day, 3 days/week) in the fall.  We'll still need our nanny to work full-time, because we won't be home to take him to school or drop him off, put him down for a nap, etc.  But our nanny will have a significant amount of down time - 9 hours out of a 44-hour work week. Additionally, after school, she will feed him and put him down for a nap - another 2-3 hours of down time.  She's not great at cooking or cleaning, so we really can't have her do that while we're gone.  Our income isn't huge, so we feel weird to pay that much money for so much down time.  Our only other option would be full-time daycare, which is not ideal due to sicknesses, the time spent dropping off and picking up, etc.  But we really want him to be around other kids at least a few days a week.

Has anyone else dealt with this situation at 2-3 years old?  How did you handle it? [/quote]

First, your downtime won't be 9 hours, what with drop off and pick up.  She will likely have just a couple of hours free time at most.  That is not hard to fill with errands, shopping etc.  She may not be great at cooking or cleaning but how good do you really have to be?
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