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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I think they are too cheap to hire a professional nanny. But I also see the benefit is some situations. [/quote]

The professional nanny threads complaining about employers being 5-10 minutes late are all the proof I need that a professional nanny won’t work for us. [/quote]

You realize that being late for daycare or after school care would be the same issue. [/quote]
Which is why I have an au pair...[/quote]

I agree, you have to pay nanny more if you expect that level of flexibility. [/quote]

No matter how much you're willing to pay, I think you'd quickly burn out a real adult professional, who would never be able to make firm evening plans during weeknights. Seems like you'd mostly get the most desperate candidates who would move on quickly once they got a better opportunity. [/quote]

Or you’d get a live-in professional, who accepts higher pay with the knowledge that weekends are her only personal time. But I also understand that most AP HFs can’t afford that kind of professional, flexible nanny.  ~24/5 live-in nanny who recognizes that APs fill a gap[/quote]

We could afford a life in nanny, but it would be overkill for what we need and I don’t want to live with a random middle age woman who would be around all the time. An au pair works better for us. Each situation is unique. [/quote]

Why does she have to be middle age? [/quote]

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