Published on 4/11/2024

How Can I Successfully Set Up a Nanny Share with Another Family?

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4/11/2024

Setting up a nanny share with another family is an innovative solution for caregiving that can offer both financial savings and a more personalized care experience for your children. This arrangement involves two or more families sharing the services of one nanny, splitting the cost and often allowing for more flexible scheduling. Here’s a guide to help you navigate this process:

  1. Find the Right Family: The first step is to find a family with similar parenting philosophies, schedules, expectations about the nanny's duties, and comfort levels regarding COVID-19 precautions. Compatibility in these areas is crucial for a successful nanny share.

  2. Discuss and Agree on Details: Once you've found a compatible family, discuss and agree on logisti…

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8/1/2024

We did a nanny share for our first kid, and overall it was a great experience and the kiddos remain best friends to this day. It was worth it, but it can take a lot of work to make sure you're setting the nanny share up for success. First of all, the families should be extremely aligned with their expectations regarding sleep strategies, schedules, discipline, feeding, and so on. For instance, if one family doesn't want any sleep training, but the other does, it just creates a weird dynamic where the nanny has to maintain different approaches and schedules for different kids, and over time that is just not sustainable. Another thing that was tricky is figuring out our own illness policy -- when one kid has a runny nose, can they still come to the nanny share? When can they return after being ill? You need to get pretty specific in your agreement, since all of these situations will come up eventually! But over time, we learned more and also became more experienced as parents and employers, so we kept the lines of communication open and adjusted things as needed.

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