I'm thinking about going to do a short contract job overseas. I would be away for 4-6 weeks. I have one DS, almost a year old a DH who is pretty good at being hands-on but who works FT. This is a question about the options for childcare in the period I would be away - I'm looking at the various options.
In a nutshell, there would be a need for a person who could:
*get the baby up in the morning (as DH often leaves for week at 6am)
*hand over to either grandma or drop off at nursery between 8 and 9am
*deal with baby related chores eg laundry, shopping and food planning and prep
*take over again from about 1630 and start putting baby to bed
So it seems to me that I would need either a nanny or an au pair (or someone in-between) and they would need to live in because of the early getting-up time - but this could just be Sunday-Thursday staying overnight if that person wanted.
After I came back from my stint overseas the need for this help would disappear - so I'd want someone on a temporary contract (which may not suit an au pair, I guess, but might suit a nanny).
So ... do nannies who would do a temporary live-in Sunday-Thursday contract exist? Or would I need to try to hire a six-week live-in-all-week-round person. Or something else entirely?
Any ideas on this much appreciated!