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What happens to nanny arrangements when children reach school age?

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chisigirl · 23/10/2007 14:20

just what it says in the thread title, really. A couple of friends in the same situation are thinking about this. What typically happens when children who are looked after by a nanny start full time school? Do nannies usually want to leave and work for families who have babies and toddlers? Do school age children with no young siblings go to CMs usually?

Does anyone have any arrangements that work out well? I'd prefer the DC to come home to their own house after school but would a nanny be bored by this set up (ie no children to look after for 6 hours a day)? It's not all right to ask a qualified nanny to do non-childcare duties, is it?

thanks.

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chisigirl · 23/10/2007 15:29

Mrs Wobble, I can see a nanny share with nanny's own child having lots of positives. A prospective nanny suggested it to us when DS1 was tiny and it wouldn't have worked then but I think it could be great when the DC are older...

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chisigirl · 23/10/2007 15:26

many thanks Issy, Jura, NAB3 and Anchovy...

Lots to think about there! I suppose there is no perfect solution but you just have to balance out the pros and cons of each option and decide which of the factors are most important to you/your family.

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MrsWobble · 23/10/2007 15:22

we have a variant on the nanny share - a nanny with her own child. It will have worked well for 2 years when it ends - which will be because her child is starting school in sept 08 and she can't do two school pick ups. Don't know what the next stage in our childcare dilemma will be - and determinedly not thinking about it yet.

Issy · 23/10/2007 15:09

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Anchovy · 23/10/2007 14:54

LOLOL Issy. Look - I answered my assignment without even knowing it had been set!

Anchovy · 23/10/2007 14:54

I'm on the edge of this (Ds in Year 1, DD doing 5 mornings a week, will rise to afternoons after Christmas) and we are going to carry on with our current nanny.

DH and I work till 7 every day so we would have to find someone to cover 3-7pm daily. Then there are 3 x half terms (one of which is 2 weeks), 3 weeks Christmas, 3 weeks Easter, 8 weeks summer holidays. Plus some inevitable sickness.

Our nanny does their clothes shopping, washing, ironing etc, food prep, all cooking and cooks for us most days as well (and is a FANTASTIC cook). She sorts out homework (sort of does the first cut with them, for us to finish when we get in). Sorts doctors and dentist appointments (plus random others like foot doctor for blardy veruccas). There are lots of things to sort out with the school - blardy costumes for things etc and she will sort all that. She's also happy to run errands for us (pick up parcels from Post Office/sort out builders etc).

Its an expensive way of doing it, but for us there really isn't any other way. On the plus side our "peace of mind" is very high.
On the minus side its chuffing expensive.

Issy · 23/10/2007 14:48

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NAB3 · 23/10/2007 14:28

I have nannied for school age children. I had them full time in the holidays and picked them up after school. I shared with another family with a younger child so had him throughout the day too.

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