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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Glad to see this thread.  Currently my wife and I are working from home and juggling child care (20 months y/o).  We are paying nanny currently but not having her come to the house.  I'm worried we are going to have to make some difficult decisions going forward.  Our nanny lives with school age children and a husband who presumably wants to get back to work.    Without a vaccine we don't know how to continue with the Nanny in the future.  What are others thinking.   Our pediatrician told us not to put our kid in school for a couple day a week program while this is going on.[/quote]

I am grappling with how to judge the amount of exposure our old sitter has, as she lives with extended family (husband, her adult chilld's family including grandchildren, one sibling). I've known our old sitter long enough that I trust her to social distance. But I don't know her extended family and don't know how much risk I might be taking on if we get her to watch our kids. We managed to hang in there juggling two jobs and two little kids, but this is not sustainable for the next few months. I have already used a lot of leave for caregiving here and there but can't continue for another 1-2 months like this. We need at least part time child care. But we also have been strictly social distancing and are risk averse people. We both have underlying conditions so we are afraid that if we catch it, it will be severe. On the other hand, we both are hitting our limits trying to get work done while two little kids need care, as understandably, at their young age, they interrupt our work many times a day. Anyway, just thinking out loud. [/quote]

We are in a similar boat with 2 kids under 3 (but no known underlying issues)  .  We may hire a nanny for now and not return to daycare because we think a nanny is a lower risk than daycare. Plus if there are future quarantines we are covered and it looks like there could be bases on numbers.

To PP who said hire a live in nanny .... that is not practical for us in a small apartment or sustainable for many because you're basically asking someone to totally isolate for a really long time. [/quote]

I’m a live-in nanny.  Having lived with a family of 8 in a tiny three bedroom house while working 24/7, I know what is and is not possible.  You may choose not to do so, but it is possible unless you live in a one bedroom apartment (which I don’t believe is legal with 2 kids).[/quote]

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