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Paging BLONDES = please help (sniff sniff), i need a nanny in kent!

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Page62 · 26/05/2010 10:29

Hi
My lovely, lovely nanny has decided that she will stay in London instead of moving with us to Sevenoaks/Tonbridge -- so from this summer, i will have no nanny. I clearly need one as both DH and I work full time.
Please, those that are in that area, can you pls help
We are looking for a live-in nanny - both kids will be in FT school, but DH and I are out of the house by 7/7.15 and back around 6.30pm. We need someone who can drive. We will look at Live-out if they can do those hours. Early start, but no kids during most of the day....
HELP, i have been crying this morning!

Thanks

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Page62 · 26/05/2010 16:08

Hi Strix

If we can find an au pair plus who is happy to do those hours, then great! But i think it's still quite a lot of hours no? - so 2.5 hours in morning (7am to 9.30 school start) + 3 hours in the afternoon (3.30 to 6.30)= 5.5 hours x 5 days per week = 27.5 hours per week.

do you know hours an au pair + is willing to work?
sorry for being defensive, i thought you were being serious!

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Page62 · 26/05/2010 15:02

blondes !!! (waves frantically)

thank you for coming back to me!!! i am sooo gutted but really in the end, i think this is for the best. i would have been more gutted if she changed her mind in the first few months we were there.
I am happy to have a live out - it's just long hours because DH and I will have to be out by 7am and won't be back till 6.30-7pm. But the kids are in FT school (6 and 4) so hopefully it won't feel like such a loooong day.

happy to use an agency too. I have posted the job on nannyjobs - haven't done gumtree or netmums.

i am going to go sit in a corner and cry!!!

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Blondeshavemorefun · 26/05/2010 14:56

page, im sooooooooooooooooo sorry

I will have an ask about with my mafia nanny circle - though tbh most of my friends are happy in jobs at the moment but you never know

you may be better off looking for live out (more nannies) and i know many who work 11/12hrs a day and live out

have a look on nannyjob and netmums as well as gumtree

are you going down the agency route?

if so, then there are 3 i use regually and are good

sam at elizabeth henry nannies
hazel at easy green
mary at childcare company

Strix · 26/05/2010 14:56

I'm just teasing, page62. Hang in there. It will all work out. Change is good. It's part of growing up and you kids will cope just fine... and so will you even if it doesn't seem like it right now.

But, I'm wondering, do you really need a full time nanny or do you need more of an au pair plus who can do mornings and afternoon/evenings?

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Page62 · 26/05/2010 14:56

Hi nannynikki
thank you for your message. i only found out about her decision today so it really depends when she finds her next job. as you can see from my earlier post, we are in the process of moving house as well so it is all a bit hectic!
But thank you - i will bear this option in mind once we know more about timings etc.

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nannynikki · 26/05/2010 14:36

Hi

I am a professional nanny currently working in Sussex but the family I am working for are going away for the whole 6 weeks summer holidays which leaves me free for this period.

If you want to message me to let me know details of the job (hours, duties, wage etc), please do.

This would at least give you until the end of the summer to find somebody suitable for the full time postition.

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Page62 · 26/05/2010 14:30

errr, i didn't mean it that way at all

feel like everything getting on top of us - we are in process of selling house (no offers), looking for a new house (nothing we have seen to buy or rent -- offered on one but lost out), kids starting in new school in kent in sept so that is looming and thought a break for the whole family was all we needed to get away from the whole moving stress.

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Strix · 26/05/2010 14:21

I'm sorry, are you trying to drum up sympathy by telling me you are off to Rome with the family and the nanny?

My boss try to get us to fee sorry for him because he is sipping sangria in the Spanish sun.

Didn't really work for him either.

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Page62 · 26/05/2010 13:56

thank you so much for the commiserations. we are off to Rome over the next few days with our nanny and it feels like a send off now.
i want to go into fetal position and cry

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Strix · 26/05/2010 12:53

Oh no, Page62. Don't cry. You will be fine. So will the kids. DS wil have a wonderful time pushing the boundaries with a new nanny.

Oh, and I can come visit you and Squiffy at the same time!

Really, it will be fine. We have had a fairly frequent turnover (every couple years). The kids adjust, so do the grown ups.

frakkit · 26/05/2010 12:08

Not in that area but nooooooooooooooooo - really feel for you as you were trying so hard to make it appealling!