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Aside from choosing a school (and your partner!), hiring a nanny for your little one may be one of the most important choices you make for your family.
You want someone who’s responsible and loving, of course, but there may be other considerations: Do you need a nanny who can drive? Do you want a bilingual nanny? Are you looking for someone with a CPR certification?
NPN offers tons of resources to help you figure out the traits of your ideal nanny, connect you with nanny candidates and start your nanny relationship on the right foot.
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We currently have two babysitters, but neither is a reliable go-to, for various reasons: Our favorite has been in our lives since DD was about 3 or 4yo (she's now 7). We thought we lost her when she went away to college in 2019…but one silver lining of the pandemic is that she moved back...
I'm trying to put together a helpful guide to parents about how to create a good nanny share arrangement. What are the essentials to consider when talking to potential families you'd share the nanny with? What did your nanny agreement look like? When did you start looking for a family? Please share ...
If you are looking for a full day or half day camp for your preschooler or young elementary kid, there are still some spots available at Cook. It's a smaller camp that started last summer. DM if you'd like more info. https://www.catherinecookschool.org/campus-life/summerprograms/daycamps ...
Do any of the nanny/sitter agencies help with finding after care sitters? In short, we need two hours of after care 4 days a week after school/camp. I’m interested in using an agency: 1. to handle taxes 2. in hopes the person will be more reliable than finding a college stud...
Wondering what other families are doing now- my DH is sick with Covid. So far kids are negative but could change in the next few days. Our nanny would like to stay home of course until 5 day window of our positive tests. Do we pay her the full amount since we are sick? Do we not pay her on the days ...
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