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[quote=Anonymous]Nanny here.  Lady, you have no idea what you are talking about.  You obviously think that anyone who is a decent parent can be a great nanny, but there is a world of difference between the two.  It sounds like you haven't even actually spent the entire day home caring for your own kids aside from maternity leave.  How do you know you will like it, let alone manage it well enough to add another kid into the mix.  You say you love babies.  Please answer the following questions:

How would you manage when both babies are going theough separation anxiety and you need to comfort your charge, which sets your baby crying to be held?

How and when will you accomplish the following: laundry for your family, preparing meals, planning and setting up activities for two curious crawlers or active toddlers, cleaning your bathrooms, keeping the floors spotless because you have two kids in the orifice-stuffing phase?  Will you be doing all of this during your work day?  How do you plan to occupy the kids while you do?  Or in the evenings after your quality time with your older daughter?  And after you stay up until 10pm prepping for the next day, I certainly hope neither of your kids get up overnight.

What is your plan for when one baby is sick?

How will you manage when they go through early toddlerhood biting/hitting phase?

Are you starting to see my point?  It's great that you have read a lot of articles, but believe it or not, being generally intelligent does not automatically make you qualified to tackle a new field.  You may find a family to try this little experiment on, but I would advise anyone I knew to get a real nanny or a nanny share with a caregiver who has actual experience--and no, your summer nanny jobs in college do not count.  The expectation for most summer nannies is that they are caring for preschool- or school-age kids (hence why the family only needs someone in the summer), and that the kids just have to be happy and alive.  Someone looking at paying for their own nanny or even a nanny share are going to be looking for a lot more than that, and young babies and toddlers are very different from ages 3+.[/quote]

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