Would you....

Ever have a nanny? Would it be live-in or live-out? At what age of the youngest child would you get a nanny?

It's just that i'm studying by correspondence to be a nanny. I've also taken an extra course to be able to do maternity nannying ie. newborns.

At what age of the youngest child would you hire a nanny?

Unfortunately having a nanny is not in our budget.
I worked as a nanny for a 3yr old here in NZ, its was 3 mornings a week, then I'd drop him off at kindy.
The family I worked for had always had home help, they were reasonably wealthy.

I nannyed for two years and grew up with nannies as well.

If i had the money and was going back to work *when i have kids*, i would get a nanny as i feel home care one to one is a bit more like having your mum home IYKWIM. Next best thing. I like the idea of my child being in their own enviroment. I nannyed for a girl from 22mths.

I would probably get a live out nanny as i would want the time i am home to be my time with the kids.

Nope, but that's only because we are able to have me at home full-time which is the ideal for us.

My nana is my nanny at the moment. she looks after Taine in the morning and then drops him at daycare. For a younger child, i perhaps would, but would have to be someone I knew, or someone who I knew had recommended. I would definitely be relying on word of mouth.

I have a nanny! I my nanny!

I had one from when the gremlins were 10 days old until they were 10 weeks thru the government Multiple Births Home Help scheme.

Then when they were 8 mths old I got a part time nanny to look after them while I work. I work from home so I'm here most of the time but she does look after them on her own as well. And atm I'm on maternity leave I usually hang out with the nanny and the kids and she helps me when I have to take them all out coz I need the extra pair of hands.

For me, having 3 of them at home, it works out cheaper having a nanny than having them in daycare, and it means they are at home in their own environment. The gremlins also have some immunity issues so not being exposed to bugs etc at daycare is a good thing too.

Mine does some housework - she folds the washing and puts it away, tidies up after the kids and does some meal prep/cooking but I have a cleaner that does the actual cleaning.

Listen to me, I sound like a millionaire with a cleaner and a nanny lol but we're not, it's not as expensive as it sounds.

i was a nanny myself and thoughly loved it.

For myself probably from 6 months onwards once number 2 got here but alas its not in our budget... so me it is which im really looking forward to being a stay at home mum this time rather than going back to work.

Wow, it's amazing how many of us on here have BEEN nannies at one time or another

I was a part time nanny (live out) while I was at uni and looked after twins from the age of 5 months. I was with their family till they were 4 1/2 and by then the twins were in daycare and I had their younger sister at home mostly on her own.

Since I've been overseas I have done some part time "nanny" work but it's really different here as all of the families I've worked for have had a live in "domestic helper" who does a lot of the looking after the kids whether I'm there or not Can be a weird situation! I've looked after 3 month old twins and lots of babies between 3 - 12 months and it's all been word of mouth.

I would have a nanny. Not here, unless it was a couple of half days a week so I could get out to do the shopping etc, but if we came back to NZ and I was working full time I'd consider it. I agree that it's the "next best thing" to having Mum there and like the idea of my kids being in their own environment. It seemed to work really well for the families I've worked with - part time nanny and a couple of days a week at day care or playcentre as well.