Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I've heard of shares for 3 kids if there's a big age gap between 2 kids and the other kid, so either two babies and a school-aged kid (who is old enough not to require constant supervision and is there only part time anyway) or two school-aged kids and a baby. I've still only heard of it where there are only two families involved, though.
A triple share seems totally not crazy in the latter case: that is, 2 kids from 2 families in school at least part time (so PK3 age or older) and 1 of those kids little sibling. Especially if there had previously been a 2 kid share w/ the older 2 and both families want to keep the nanny.
Anonymous wrote:I've heard of shares for 3 kids if there's a big age gap between 2 kids and the other kid, so either two babies and a school-aged kid (who is old enough not to require constant supervision and is there only part time anyway) or two school-aged kids and a baby. I've still only heard of it where there are only two families involved, though.
Anonymous wrote:The practical issues here would probably mean that the nanny can only doing outings within very near walking distance. Not sure it's ideal - your kid will get more fresh air in a daycare where they're set up with the bus-style strollers.
But if you want to do this, check with your local neighborhood listserves. Shares in my area are significantly less than what's cited here.
Anonymous wrote:This has been discussed before and the consensus is that a three family nanny share is more than a little impractical. The best advice is to just do a nanny share with one other family (in which case each family would pay nanny $10-14/hr), or put your kid in daycare. There is no real financial incentive to add a third family because any nanny qualified enough to handle it won't do it for less than $30/hr anyway, but you might find a qualified nanny for a two baby share for $20/hr to start, so it still is $10/hr per family. Also things like strollers and car seats become infinitely more complicated when you're talking about three instead of just two. Just have a share with two families total or put your kids in daycare.
Anonymous wrote:$12.50 per family.