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[quote=Anonymous]OP - I think you have gotten some crazy advice here and you took some of it the wrong way. I'm a MB - I have a live in nanny.

It is fabulous and also very annoying sometimes.

I certainly agree with all the advice on this board suggesting you carefully lay out your expectations for the nanny - we were very specific with ours. Also I think you are mixing up a few things that are not the same.  My nanny feels, I think, "part of our family". We give her big hugs when we go on vacation and when we return, she celebrates birthdays with us, is happy when my kids reach milestones.

However, she is not part of our family in the sense of sitting on the couch with me while I goof around on the internet on DCUM.  She is indeed in her room (or she may have left the house but I think she is here)  since I got home early today and I'm hanging out with the kids. Neither she nor I want to hang out together right now.

I don't know how much cheaper she is than a live out  but I certainly have no commute issues, she doesn't call in sick almost ever (unless she really can't get out of bed and then she is at least home), she comes when it snows and if I'm running late its no big deal. In the many years she has lived here, I have thankfully only had one true emergency, which she handled by working late unexpectedly. We are very specific about hours and expectations and in truth, she works less than anticipated many weeks, but more some other weeks.  That is the flexibility that I wanted with a live in and I have it.  If you are interested, you should do more research than DCUM.[/quote]

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