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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Do you actually need childcare from 7 AM until 6:30 PM?  At what age are you planning to start this set up?  The reason I ask is that the feasibility of even 2 1/2 hours of all four of those kids in the late afternoon is going to look very different depending on how long your maternity leave is.  If you are planning to have the afternoon nanny deal with four to 6:30 PM with four kids two of whom are newborn twins, that is going to be really hard on her and very poor care for all of the kids. And I say this as someone who is handled twins and older siblings on my own multiple times. If she is not very experienced with twins and especially newborn twins, then having four all at the same time will be tough enough,  but the timeframe that you are talking about is called the witching hour for a reason. The twins are likely to be very fussy and demanding between four and 6:30 PM, and if one or God for bid both of them have colic, it would be challenging for a caregiver even to provide quality care to the two of them. Add in the older siblings and a nanny who presumably mostly works with older kids and it could be very very tough on her. If you could get away with maintaining the overlap until you got home or waiting until the twins are at least six months old to overlap and making sleep training high-priority, you will be much better off IMO.[/quote]

I will have 4 months maternity leave. My husband leaves at 7:30 with the older kids to drop off at school and I would leave around 6:45/7. So yes we need care from 7 Am forward so my husband can get ready before leaving. And I see your concern about handling 4 kids, I know it might be tough, but our nanny has experience with multiples. She’s worked with twins, however thentwins didn’t have any siblings. Our nanny said she’s willing to do it but like you said I’m a little concerned it might be too much. I am off work around 4:30/5 but she’s always stayed until 6:30 to help for dinner so most of the time she will not have all four kids until 6:30, but I work late on occasion so it’s a possibility [/quote]

This could work quite well then.  I will add that getting twin in general on a schedule is pretty vital and doubly so for twins with older sibs, so you should plan to make that a top priority and if you are struggling an experienced newborn nanny or sleep consultant can be a lifesaver.

Since you are typically home earlier the concerns about witching hour are not such an issue. She will probably struggle a bit on nights you work late, but if it is less than once a week she can tough those out, rely a little on screen timw for big kids and swings for the babies, etc.  If that was needed every single noght then it would be an issue but it sounds like most of the time if both babies want to be held, one of you can hold or wear a baby and one of you can handle the other and play a game or read a book with the big kids.

Also, general word to the wise: Babywearing.  If you didn’t do it with the first two, now is the time to learn![/quote]

thank you for your suggestions! I do plan on hiring a sleep consultant because I could not sleep train my older boys, but this time this will be a priority. our nanny doesn't do screen time for our boys mainly because she's so proactive with them, but this might change. thank you again.[/quote]

I am a total no-screen nanny but the 6-9 months with twins sometimes means the big kids need something to do that will effectively distract from the fact that no one is paying much attenion to them for half an hour.  ;) It’s pretty temporary, though.  And congratulations!  Twins are the best!!![/quote]

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