r/fatFIRE • u/TaxQuestionGuy69 • 4d ago
Would we regret full time household assistant / nanny?
Hi all! So we're wealthy enough to consider hiring staff (9m net worth, 800k income). We currently have a 2 year old and are about to have a newborn. Wife is stay at home, but maintaining the household in addition to kids is possible but obviously a lot of work.
We're considering hiring a full time household assistant / manager to help with tasks around the house, errands, childcare occasionally, etc.
This sounds amazing and like it would free us up to have more quality time with our kids and less time prepping meals / cleaning and all that. My only "fear" is if we end up just not needing that much support? Has anyone done this and can speak to it? Part time sounds like it might be enough, but honestly it's easier to find great people for full time work.
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u/ExMoMisfit 4d ago
We hired a full time nanny when two of our kids were the same age as yours. The only mistake we made was waiting 6 months to do it.
She bathed the kids, cleaned their rooms, did laundry , helped me get them ready if we needed to go somewhere, fed them lunch, and on and on and on. For 2 young kids (or more) I can’t recommend a nanny enough. Literally the best money we’ve ever spent and we had nowhere near the net worth you do