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Can I really work from home with a nanny who brings her own daughter, or will the house be overrun with toddlers?

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oranges · 10/04/2007 19:02

I'm interviewing for a part time nanny next week, and have never done it before. I work from home and go out for meetings and the idea is that I'd shut myself up in the study, while nanny takes care of ds1 and her own one year old daughter. Is that possible, in a two bed flat with no garden? Or will my one year old and her one year old ruin all possible concentration? And what should I pay her?

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Twiglett · 10/04/2007 19:06

personally I'd look for a childminder .. it doesn't sound ideal no

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oranges · 10/04/2007 19:05

She's a bus ride away, and if I had to drop him off, get home to work, then go pick him up again, a lot of my day would vanish. I've applied for a nursery place but the reasonably priced ones are booked up till next year. I could put him in the exorbitantly expensive private one, but wondered if a nanny is better for him.

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compo · 10/04/2007 19:03

Unless she goes out all the time it does sound like it might be a bit of an uphill struggle. I guess a nursery is out of the question? Or dropping your ds off at her house?