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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, we are in a share that is always at the other family's house. We pay equal amounts, but they provide more of the food (and get light child-related housekeeping during naps) so it balances out.

Agreed that the vacation plan is not going to work. First, split vacation and sick time. Sick time is when the nanny is sick, and thus of her choosing. Vacation can either be all at the nanny's choosing, or split between nanny's choosing and the two families' choosing. Never one family's choosing, though. You should have a plan for where the share will be if you are gone while the other family needs care, though (usually just at the other family's house; for our share it's actually at our nanny's house since that works better for everyone).

Most of the nannyshares I know of have one child sleeping in a Pack n Play, usually provided by that child's family (unless share moves back and forth--then it's usually owned by each family and hosting child sleeps in his/her own crib). We split the cost of our double stroller. Other family bought some items that they wanted extras of anyway, and we provided the rest.

Hours are set to the max of what a family needs. If you are hosting and don't need as many hours as the other family, you'll have to work that out, or look for a family with a better schedule match.

Check your local code to confirm legality, but also note that in many areas, family child care regulations apply only to homes in which the children in care are not related to the owner of the home--so most places, they do not apply to nannyshares *unless* the share is hosted in the home of the nanny, rather than in the home of one of the families. Call to confirm this with your own county, though.[/quote]
So how do you explain the fact that only ONE of the share children is related to the homeowner? When you bring the other child who IS NOT related to the homeowner, you're in TROUBLE.[/quote]

This depends on where you live (and we don't live in Arlington, so no clue there--OP will need to call her county to see). In our state, any care based in the home of the caregiver (even if one of the children in care is the child of the caregiver) requires a family child care license. If care is based at the home of a child receiving care and the caregiver does not live in the home, then no license is required (even if one of the children receiving care is the child of the caregiver--the distinction is simply that the caregiver cannot live in the home where care is provided). This varies across states/counties, though, so you have to find out what the regulations are where you live. (To that end, I have no idea how our state handles live-in nannies, either--I don't know anyone personally who has one, but it would be interesting to find out!)[/quote]

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