Olivia is six weeks old, which also marks the end of my maternity leave and return to work. So much for my plan to get back into shape and organize the garage while on maternity leave. Luckily, this will be a short week, followed by two more short weeks at work.
Returning to work necessitated researching child care options. Since I would give our child to pretty much anyone willing to take care of her, I punt to Spencer. Spencer punts back to me by reading listings from Craigslist aloud ... 'Brazilian nanny available, that sounds hot.'
Our ideal situation would be a part time day care center in San Francisco, since we both work in the city. The first facility I phone has a 2.5 year waiting list. Optimism about day care centers in SF dwindles. Scratch that idea.
Next, I speak to a couple nannies and do the math on their rates. Rates seem to be $11-13 hour for nanny share and $15-$18/hr for one-child nanny, which comes out to about $2000-$3000/month. Darn, scratch that idea too.
Then I come up with a brilliant idea. As reported in my sister's guest blogging entry, my mom had semi-joked about being Olivia's nanny and putting the money she charged us back into a bank account for Olivia. We could hire my mom as Olivia's nanny, then charge another family to bring their child to our home for nanny-share. But not tell my mother. Not only would Olivia have a significant college fund, but we'd be able to afford a one week trip to Europe after only 5 months (at the current exchange rates.)
Now that I've blown that plan (in exchange for blogging material,) I'll have to think of a new plan.
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