If you had no family (or support system in place) to help out?
To what extent would you hire for help?
Eta:if money wasn't an option!
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I think I would need to hire a babysitter or something once a week or so... Just to run some errands or get some deep cleaning done.
ETA: if money wasn't an object we'd definitely have at least an every couple of weeks housekeeper as well... Even if we had a support system lol
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We don't have local family, and I have a cleaning lady come every 6 weeks (I wish we could afford more often...) and I have a sitter 2 hours a week during the day so I can get a break and/or run errands without the little guy.
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We have no family nearby to help. We also have no nanny or housekeeper or any hired help. If money were no object, I definitely would have a housekeeper.
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I don't have any family or anything to help and since money is an issue we don't have a housekeeper but if we had the money I would totally have a housekeeper.
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We recently hired a housekeeper to come every other week. She also works part-time as a nanny, so starting next month I might have her watch the baby for a couple of hours one day on the weeks that she doesn't clean.
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We have a support system... And I would live to hire a housekeeper to come.
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We have family w/in 40 min of us but we still hire a housekeeper to come every two weeks. We both work full time and weekends are usually booked up with activities so it takes a huge load off.
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Even with a support system, if money wasn't an option, I'd love to have a housekeeper.
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Housekeeper for sure!
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Absolutely! If money is no object, I'd have a weekly cleaning person come in, for sure. And I think I'd have a baby sitter for a few hours a week so I could run errands without the baby. But mostly I want someone to clean!
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Definitely a housekeeper!
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We've hired a village. We have a full time nanny and a twice a month house cleaner. They are crucial to our sanity!
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We have a house cleaner & I have maybe 3 (non family/friends) babysitters on call. I've met then all, they've all met LO, but we've never needed to use then (yet).
I wouldn't have a nanny per se, because I will never let my life get so busy that ill need a nanny (unless I had like, triplets!) but maybe a full time sitter 9-5 or someone who picks up the kids? But I hope to always be there to make meals and take to soccer and all that. -
I get a babysitter once a week for date night, so YES. I would certainly hire a housekeeper if money were no object. I'm a stay at home mom, and I used to be really on top of it all. But now that my toddler has discovered how fun life is outside, we spend most of our days running from park to park, and I am totally spent when we get home. Now I would feel absolutely no shame in hiring a housekeeper. I may do it in a few months.
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We currently don't live in the same country as any family, and if money were no object I'd love a weekly housekeeper! And maybe 10 hours of a nanny a week to allow me to get extra work done outside of nap/bed time!
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We don't currently have any family nearby and no housekeeper/nanny/babysitter! Our next door neighbors are an older retired couple with lots of grandkids and they've offered to babysit if we need a night out! I think we will take them up on their offer sometime.
It would be nice to have a gardener so that DH doesn't spend all weekend doing yard work. I don't know if I like the idea of a housekeeper in our home unsupervised. Am I just too paranoid? I've just heard of stories from friends were things go missing. Everything from cash, jewelry, computers to random kids clothes.
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We do not have any family help and I have a weekly cleaner. We had a cleaner before having the kids! We also hire a sitter when we really need it.
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We don't have any family/friends nearby to help and we don't have any outside help. If money wasn't an issue, I would definitely hire a housekeeper!
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If we ever decide to have another, we'd definitely need help. That or I'd get my mom or some sort of family to come and help for the first few weeks. There's no way we would be ale to manage on our own (yes, we suck like that)!
At the very least, maybe we can hire someone to come and clean up a little. The in-laws live relatively close, but I can't count on them to help clean or cook, it's just not something they do. But I understand, so that's why we'd need to hire someone or get my family to come.
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If money was no object, I would have a nanny (5 days a week while i work) who cooks and a Housecleaner for sure!!! Someone who cooks for the family a few days a week would be fabulous!!! I like cooking but every day can be tough
As an average joe, I am hiring a cleaning lady and we use an in home day care in our subdivision
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I want a housekeeper!!! I think we might get one once a month to do deep cleaning and we keep up with maintenance the rest of the month. I don't want to spend weekend cleaning when that is our time with R once I head back to work.
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We have a housekeeper and she is my favorite person in the world!!!!! I can't tell you how much I love coming home to a clean house every second Friday.
My parents and sister live literally 2-4 minutes away, but if they didnt I would probably hire someone to watch LO one day a week so I could run errands and have some me time. I'd also get my house keeper to come twice a week. If money was not a factor of course, lol!
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We have a house cleaner every other week. She is wonderful. I am going back to work part time next week so we will also have a nanny for those days. Our family is an hour and a half away but really not all that helpful.
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I would definitely hire a house keeper. Right now our house is small enough that its not too hard for me to clean... And we won't have a LO for another couple of months. However, once we move to our "forever home"' we have kids and I'm not on mat leave, you better believe I am hiring someone to clean our house. I might have to hide it from DH though.......
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we don't have any family to help and we have a cleaning lady that comes twice a month. it is definitely worth every cent not having to clean all the time!
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We have a nanny who cooks and cleans for us right now, even with some family nearby. It rocks! And has totally been worth the investment.
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We had no support system through the first 9 months, which was the hardest, so no.
Even now with the ILs here it's been helpful for emergency sick situations.
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We are very far from our families because we live abroad. We have a housekeeper who comes 3 days a week. She watches LO when I need to go out and do errands. She also babysits for us if we have a date night or go out with friends. It definitely helps but in the end, it's not the same as having family close by.
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YES! Cleaning person! It's on my wishlist!
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For sure - our family isn't nearby, and we have a full time nanny and a cleaning lady every other week (might need to change that to every week once LO starts crawling and we need the floors to be spotless!). If money were no object, it would be amazing to have someone cook for us - DH and I love to cook, but we end up being too tired after work to actually do it!
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We don't have a support system so would love a housekeeper twice a week, and a sitter for one morning a week.
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We have a cleaner once a month. It's great!
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We have a cleaning service every two weeks. It's awesome not only for our house but for our marriage. Highly recommend if you can do it.
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We have a housekeeper who comes every other week. We have a dog walker that comes everyday. And we hire a landscape company to cut our grass and take care of our flower beds. We also have a babysitter who comes once a month for date night.
If money was no object I would have a cook, personal trainer who came to the house, hair stylist and makeup artist.
I'm dreaming big here! LOL -
We hired a nanny for a few hours a week, turned out to be about 4 hours a week and it was a lifesaver. I used this time to get out of the house, sometimes the nanny would take G out for a walk in his stroller and I would use the time to clean the floors or whatever needed to be done.
It was ESSENTIAL to my well being, as we had no family help at all the first 2 years.
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Yes!!! If money wasn't an option, a housekeeper for sure! A nanny maybe for the first year of DS's life?
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I don't see what having family near by has to do with hiring a housekeeper...? We have a lot of family near by but we also have a cleaning lady once a month (and might bump it up to twice a month). As for a nanny, I would hire one if I worked more than the 6-8 hours a week I work now...right now our parents are more than happy to help out for those hours and weekly date nights.
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i'd want a cleaning person a couple times a week, if money allowed!
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@hilsy85: A lot of my friends with family nearby either go to their parents' house for dinner, or can leave them with family while they run errands, or better yet, have parents who want to clean/garden/help out. It may not be the case for everyone. I'm not saying that family = housekeeper/nanny but a support system just makes things a bit easier, especially if you work full-time.
@littlek: @char54: @BabyBoecksMom: @mole: What sort of responsibilities does the housekeeper have? Is it just cleaning?
@regberadaisy: Is it because things are easier now that you wouldn't hire one? Just curious.
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