Nanny services (merged)

[89coupe]

Any parents use them? Any feedback?

[ExtraSlow]

I just pulled my daughter out of one this morning.

Beyond.ca - Does your daycare allow offsite walks?

Overall, I really liked the staff at the Eau Claire Location. But, as far as I know, that is the most expensive daycare in the city.

The new one we have found is not a kids and co, is right by our house, and is 25% less money.

EDIT: the "backup care solution" provided by kids and co is wicked, and very affordable. I think the sponsor companies must pick up some of the tab.

[Pahnda]

One of my ex-girlfriends (now friend) and a friend work at the Eau Claire location. And yeah, they're expensive-ish, but they're convenient and have (from who I've met) good people. Wouldn't know from a parent's perspective but from just knowing some people that work there, I would think it's a good place.

[superflychief]

I had my daughter in there from October 21 to December 15 and we pulled her out. We had her in the London House (4th and 4th) location and it was nothing but problems and complaints. It started with the 2 caregivers in the room. Both were asian and spoke the worst chinglish I've ever heard. They couldn't understand simple instructions we were giving them and we couldn't understand a word of what they were saying. They were both fired/quit (who knows) and the crazy staff turnover began from there. In the 2 mths my daughter was there, she had easily 5 different caregivers come through the room. No instruction were passed on and it was like starting from scratch every time. The facility is also garbage. The room she slept in (Infant 2) was like a sauna. Couldn't believe how hot it was and building management couldn't fix it. Twice while she was there the heat went out in the building. Once was for one day and it was fixed. The second time was during the cold snap of -30 for a couple of days. We were looking at the webcams and my daughter was crawling around the floor in bare feet and we though nothing of it as the floors are heated. That afternoon we get an e-mail saying the heat had been out all day. When we picked her up we felt the floors and they were ice cold. During the 2nd heat outage, they just closed the daycare without proper notice. The sent out e-mails to parents expecting everybody to check their e-mails every night. We showed up in the morning and the doors were locked. Ummm how come no phone calls? They fixed the heat after 3 days. Then we showed up in the morning a couple of weeks later and a pipe burst in the hallway and water was running from the ceiling. That was the last straw and we broke our contract and left. We are awaiting our promised refund. Oh and that place is expensive as shit. $1340/mth for an infant.

[Penis McNickels]

For Kids and Co. I think it depends on the location (and site director) more than anything.

My daugther went to the Bow Trail one while waiting to get into our preferred location by Brentwood. She was supposed to be at Bow Trail for 2 months and after that she would go to Brentwood. We ended up taking her out after one month and didn't finish the second month and made arrangements to have her stay at home.

We found Bow Trail to be pretty dirty and noisy. And my wife was really pissed off as one of the caregivers promised to take good care of our daughter only to watch her be ignored on the webcams... From that experience my daugther lost a lot of her confidence.

At Bow Trail I believe they have a high staff turnover as well.

However, at Brentwood she is doing great and has managed to get most of her confidence back; although, other activities she also does helped in that too. We find that Brentwood is also very clean, and the staff pleasant, friendly and organised. My daughter is very happy going there now and we are happy having her there as well. This place is also a bit cheaper than the other Kids and Cos in Calgary.

Brentwood also has a smaller capacity, so the waitlist is long...



I have also heard about the recent high turnover at the London House location from a friend that recently pulled their kids from there.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by superflychief
It started with the 2 caregivers in the room. Both were asian and spoke the worst chinglish I've ever heard. They couldn't understand simple instructions we were giving them and we couldn't understand a word of what they were saying. They were both fired/quit (who knows) and the crazy staff turnover began from there.

This makes me glad that my wife is at home with our son.

I used to ride the train during the day going to meetings and our data center and saw TONS of strollers with white kids pushed by Asian nannies.

First generation of white kids with Chinese and Filipino accents.

[89coupe]

Anyone dealt with a good Nanny service? Any feedback?

[89coupe]

Anyone else?

[89coupe]

Anyone have any experience with this daycare? Comments?

[superflychief]

I sense a theme in your posts today......

[benyl]

Import one. haha.

Get a second job so the wife can stay home with the kid! haha

[89coupe]

Originally posted by benyl
Import one. haha.

Get a second job so the wife can stay home with the kid! haha

My Wife makes more then I do, maybe you can relate?

[ExtraSlow]

89, it's scary how close your thoughts seem to follow mine these days.

I don't know any good services, but when/if I get a second rugrat, I'll be looking into it. I like Philipinos . . . .

[89coupe]

Who is the knuckle head who merged these threads together?

Can you please separate them, so I can keep track of comments related to each topic.

[ExtraSlow]

Probably makes sense for the two daycare threads to be merged, but the Nanny thread is truly a separate topic. I vote to re-separate this one.

[VWEvo]

This is annoying. We're on the fence about getting a nanny also, not sure why they merged the thread.

All of our friends that have nannies have absolutely loved them. We are leaning towards a live in Nannie. Gives you freedom to enjoy your life and spend lots of time with your kids.

[ExtraSlow]

Just got this email from my buddy who has a nanny.
he used Canadian Family Nanny Services.
He's been very happy with it.

[Wrath]

Originally posted by 89coupe


My Wife makes more then I do, maybe you can relate?

Let her stay home....make the sacrifice for your kids

It's hard....but who would you rather your kids spend 8-9 hours 5 days a week with?

[Wrath]

Originally posted by Wrath



Let her stay home....make the sacrifice for your kids

It's hard....but who would you rather your kids spend 8-9 hours 5 days a week with?

I guess this is being presumptuous.....I guess she may not want to stay home

[SilverGS]

Having a nanny is a great convenience. Not only will they take care of your kid but clean and cook as well.

The cost of a nanny for one kid is definitely more than daycare for the child but not for 2.

I guess it depends if you think the cleaning and cooking and having an extra person to watch the kids is worth the extra money a nanny will cost over daycare.

Not sure what everyone pays for daycare but it seems a good average is around $1000/kid/month. A live in caregiver I think runs around 1600-1800. I know people who spend $300/month bringing in a maid service to clean so even for a single kid, if you have the money to pay for it, hiring a nanny is a very nice option.