Anonymous
Post 01/16/2017 08:38     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
I will be available in the summer to work for u if you want. Contac me
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2017 06:32     Subject: Re:Mothers of 4 or more children
I have a friend who lives in Dubai, they have help for everything so I understand where youre coming from.
Find a cleaner/housekeeper to come 2 or 3 days a week who is willing to do laundry as well as housework.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2017 04:39     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
OP, if what you want is a housekeeper then you can probably find one through a maid service to come once a week and do deep cleaning and wash linens. If you feel you will need daily help then you can search for a nanny online or go through an agency (if you do go the nanny route, you will really be looking for a "household manager" who helps with more than just child care). If you want someone to start right away when you arrive, I would go through an agency.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2017 04:19     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
I have found my last few jobs on care.com. You can find live in nannies and live out nannies there along with housekeepers as well.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2017 01:22     Subject: Re:Mothers of 4 or more children
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the helpful responses! I've been in the Middle East for over a decade - here it's very common to have full time help. Now, because I've become incredibly homesick, we are moving back. It's not the childcare that I'm most concerned about - four of the children are over six years of age - it's the housework. I have visions of drowning in a sea of unwashed laundry particularly since we run our own business and my husband will have to do a lot of travelling. My family will never forgive me if I move them from here and we end up with chaos.

Fortunately, since we are moving the kids from expensive private schools to public schools, we have a pretty decent budget for help ... the poster that gave 64k as a number - that's very helpful for budgeting purposes ... where do you find your help?


Good lord, are you really so helpless? There is something called the INTERNET. Look into how p use it and then GOOGLE "Nannies, Wash., DC." Be prepared to pay a minimum of $20/hr


Seriously, she cannot parent her kids alone, you really expect her to figure out how to find a nanny as well.


Love the snarky comments ... have you really nothing better to do with your time?
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2017 00:29     Subject: Re:Mothers of 4 or more children
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the helpful responses! I've been in the Middle East for over a decade - here it's very common to have full time help. Now, because I've become incredibly homesick, we are moving back. It's not the childcare that I'm most concerned about - four of the children are over six years of age - it's the housework. I have visions of drowning in a sea of unwashed laundry particularly since we run our own business and my husband will have to do a lot of travelling. My family will never forgive me if I move them from here and we end up with chaos.

Fortunately, since we are moving the kids from expensive private schools to public schools, we have a pretty decent budget for help ... the poster that gave 64k as a number - that's very helpful for budgeting purposes ... where do you find your help?


Good lord, are you really so helpless? There is something called the INTERNET. Look into how p use it and then GOOGLE "Nannies, Wash., DC." Be prepared to pay a minimum of $20/hr


Seriously, she cannot parent her kids alone, you really expect her to figure out how to find a nanny as well.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 23:00     Subject: Re:Mothers of 4 or more children
Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the helpful responses! I've been in the Middle East for over a decade - here it's very common to have full time help. Now, because I've become incredibly homesick, we are moving back. It's not the childcare that I'm most concerned about - four of the children are over six years of age - it's the housework. I have visions of drowning in a sea of unwashed laundry particularly since we run our own business and my husband will have to do a lot of travelling. My family will never forgive me if I move them from here and we end up with chaos.

Fortunately, since we are moving the kids from expensive private schools to public schools, we have a pretty decent budget for help ... the poster that gave 64k as a number - that's very helpful for budgeting purposes ... where do you find your help?


Good lord, are you really so helpless? There is something called the INTERNET. Look into how p use it and then GOOGLE "Nannies, Wash., DC." Be prepared to pay a minimum of $20/hr
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 22:25     Subject: Re:Mothers of 4 or more children
OP here, thanks for the helpful responses! I've been in the Middle East for over a decade - here it's very common to have full time help. Now, because I've become incredibly homesick, we are moving back. It's not the childcare that I'm most concerned about - four of the children are over six years of age - it's the housework. I have visions of drowning in a sea of unwashed laundry particularly since we run our own business and my husband will have to do a lot of travelling. My family will never forgive me if I move them from here and we end up with chaos.

Fortunately, since we are moving the kids from expensive private schools to public schools, we have a pretty decent budget for help ... the poster that gave 64k as a number - that's very helpful for budgeting purposes ... where do you find your help?
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 20:37     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why have that many kids if you cannot handle them all?


They can handle them all.


Not if they need to have full-time help and are panicking without it (and this isn't just a child care issue because mom is working).
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 19:47     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
Anonymous wrote:Why have that many kids if you cannot handle them all?


They can handle them all.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 18:59     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
Why have that many kids if you cannot handle them all?
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 16:57     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
Decently, not recently!
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 16:56     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
I have four, and have a full time, live-out nanny and a part time housekeeper. Last year's total payroll came close to 64K. Depending on the help you need, you might want to look into an au pair, or a combination nanny/housekeeper or some combination of people. It's hard to say how hard or easy it will be to find because we don't know your budget. You can find all kinds of people as long as you've got the money to pay them recently.

My housekeeper did not do deep cleaning. We spend another 135/week on a cleaning service.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2017 13:42     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
Are you in a different country? It's not difficult to find help here, just expensive. Figure out your budget for child care and we can tell you whether/how much/what kind of help you can afford.
Guinness
Post 01/15/2017 03:32     Subject: Mothers of 4 or more children
I am moving to the DC area this summer. I'm coming from an area where having live-in help is easy and we've all grown used to it. I have five children and I'm in a panic about moving to an area where it's hard to get help! Have you found it difficult to find someone to work for you?