I'm the parent who responded about maintaining the schedule. I'm not the "illiterate or drunk" poster - though I think we'd get along.

I am a mother of twins. My kids were, and are, on the same schedule, 7 days a week for their entire 4+ year lives.
There is more flexibility in the schedule now, and sometimes life interferes w/ the best laid plans, but the schedule that is best for them is maintained. That schedule is the same no matter who is caring for them.

It isn't hard. It's what is best for them, and it makes for a calm household also.

I have no idea why that makes me seem like a troll, but whatever...

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Anonymous wrote:Share nanny here. It's easiest if the kids are on the same nap schedule. It's more than doable. Someone with experience will be able to get the kids on the same nap schedule, develop a routine for feedings and changes, have her down time while they sleep, and they're awake together so she can take them out or let them play together.

You have your hands full because this is your first and you've only been doing this for 3 months. Any nanny you hire should have many times that amount of experience and she'll be able to handle it. Good luck!

How are Mondays after they've been on very different schedules with their parents?

Hopefully the parents maintain the schedule. (Parent here, not a nanny, but that is the clear and obvious answer to me.)

Regardless of who you say you are, you're clearly in la-la land. Please stop trolling this thread when you don't know what you're talking about.

Are you illiterate or are you just drunk already?

The poor troll is having a little fit.

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Anonymous wrote:Share nanny here. It's easiest if the kids are on the same nap schedule. It's more than doable. Someone with experience will be able to get the kids on the same nap schedule, develop a routine for feedings and changes, have her down time while they sleep, and they're awake together so she can take them out or let them play together.

You have your hands full because this is your first and you've only been doing this for 3 months. Any nanny you hire should have many times that amount of experience and she'll be able to handle it. Good luck!

How are Mondays after they've been on very different schedules with their parents?

Hopefully the parents maintain the schedule. (Parent here, not a nanny, but that is the clear and obvious answer to me.)

Regardless of who you say you are, you're clearly in la-la land. Please stop trolling this thread when you don't know what you're talking about.

Are you illiterate or are you just drunk already?

Wow! Can't believe all the trolling on this thread. I'm in my third share plus I did a semi share with my own child. I quickly work on getting both infants on the same schedule...that makes life far easier for everyone. I request that parents keep babies on same schedule on weekend but it really doesn't matter because on Monday...they are back on my strict schedule. The first few months are testy so nanny can get used to the personalities of the babies and she feeds one and then the other. By 6 months, most (not all) babies will be holding their own bottles and they can just feed themselves at the same time. I do diaper changes together except for when they poop, they get an additional change. I've been with my current share for 15 months, kiddos are 18 months now and they eat, sleep, and even poop at the same time. It's more than doable. If kiddos aren't on the same schedule, we would never ever get any outside time.

In all honesty you couldn't pay me enough to do this on a daily basis.

Caring for two young infants is a ton of work!!

All you will be doing is constantly feeding, burping, changing diapers and holding them all while one or both of them screams.

Total chaos.

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Anonymous wrote:Share nanny here. It's easiest if the kids are on the same nap schedule. It's more than doable. Someone with experience will be able to get the kids on the same nap schedule, develop a routine for feedings and changes, have her down time while they sleep, and they're awake together so she can take them out or let them play together.

You have your hands full because this is your first and you've only been doing this for 3 months. Any nanny you hire should have many times that amount of experience and she'll be able to handle it. Good luck!

How are Mondays after they've been on very different schedules with their parents?

Hopefully the parents maintain the schedule. (Parent here, not a nanny, but that is the clear and obvious answer to me.)

Regardless of who you say you are, you're clearly in la-la land. Please stop trolling this thread when you don't know what you're talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:Share nanny here. It's easiest if the kids are on the same nap schedule. It's more than doable. Someone with experience will be able to get the kids on the same nap schedule, develop a routine for feedings and changes, have her down time while they sleep, and they're awake together so she can take them out or let them play together.

You have your hands full because this is your first and you've only been doing this for 3 months. Any nanny you hire should have many times that amount of experience and she'll be able to handle it. Good luck!

How are Mondays after they've been on very different schedules with their parents?

Hopefully the parents maintain the schedule. (Parent here, not a nanny, but that is the clear and obvious answer to me.)

Anonymous wrote:Share nanny here. It's easiest if the kids are on the same nap schedule. It's more than doable. Someone with experience will be able to get the kids on the same nap schedule, develop a routine for feedings and changes, have her down time while they sleep, and they're awake together so she can take them out or let them play together.

You have your hands full because this is your first and you've only been doing this for 3 months. Any nanny you hire should have many times that amount of experience and she'll be able to handle it. Good luck!

How are Mondays after they've been on very different schedules with their parents?

Share nanny here. It's easiest if the kids are on the same nap schedule. It's more than doable. Someone with experience will be able to get the kids on the same nap schedule, develop a routine for feedings and changes, have her down time while they sleep, and they're awake together so she can take them out or let them play together.

You have your hands full because this is your first and you've only been doing this for 3 months. Any nanny you hire should have many times that amount of experience and she'll be able to handle it. Good luck!

We did a nanny share. Share nannies are professionals for a reason! Not easy work but ours was fabulous! Look for someone with multiple years of twins or shares experience.

For heaven's sake, I have twins. I stayed home w/ them in infancy and handling that - all by myself - was actually far easier than handling two 2yr olds, or 3 yr olds.

I also had a nanny for several years, who had previously been a nanny for two other families with twins, and one share situation w/ babies close in age. She was amazingly skilled.

Tons of parents have shares or multiples and excellent nannies. I'm sure there are many on this board who can speak to that.

Not sure why you're getting the nutters today OP but hopefully some professional nannies can give you some actual advice.

"It's doable" is code for "you do the best you can, under the circumstances."

No parent of twins says "I don't need someone to help me." They do say, "If I could afford to have an assistant, I would."

Op is right.

Lots of nannies do this all the time (so do parents with twins.) Advertise for nannies with share experience, or experience with multiples. There are plenty of great people out there.

Good ones will help you all manage the schedules and related logistics. It's quite doable.

You're right. It's totally nuts. Please reconsider.

I will be going back to work soon and have agreed to do a nanny share with another family that also has an infant (the kids will be 3 months and 5 months at the time). I feel like I have my hands full with one and was wondering how nannies manage to feed and care for two very young kids that both need a lot of attention. Can you talk about the mechanics of handling two kids? Is it better to try for naps at the same time, or staggered naps so one can be fed while the other sleeps, etc?