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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just finished reading all the posts. Thank you for your insights and I wanted to be able to address a few of your points.

I appreciate you shedding light to nannies own needs of selfcare. I never meant to dismiss that. Do know that my reaching out to this group was not out of an idea that you need less time for yourselves, it was more out of the idea that you care about children and initially i thought why not reach out to a group that already loves children. But your responses brought to light other important issues and it gave me greater understanding to what you do and your own  challenges you face.

I am not  just reaching out to nannies, I am also reaching out to other potential groups looking for volunteer work.

Most importantly I wanted you to know how important I think your work is and by no means my intention was to diminish your work, on the contrary I reached out because I have the outmost respect for what you do, but perhaps I needed to learn more about your profession before reaching out.

Thank you for being open and real.

Cheryl [/quote]

The biggest issue is that most nannies either cobble together several part-time jobs and work 45-60 hours per week that way, or they have a full time job (45-60+) or a full-time job and a part time job (easily over 60 per week).  Most nannies don't have the time to be able to both volunteer on a regular basis and take care of themselves and their families.  While we love children, it's very time-consuming.

I agree with a PP, your best options are to create a support group and allow the moms to trade individually for babysitting and/or create a co-op.[/quote]

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