Looking for backup childcare

[Sheryl Linsky Adam]

Hi all,

Apologies for the mass email, but I'm in a bit of a sticky situation, so looking to all avenues for help.

Nick has had a migraine for two weeks, and we're starting to run the course of "we can make it work." I've been half-assing work while trying to help him out with the kids, and my parents and mother-in-law have been jumping in to help. We even stayed in Pleasanton for a couple days. :/ But this week I have to travel to NOLA for three days and even without that, I need to start focusing on work or I'm going to you know, get fired, which wouldn't be good for anyone.

While of course we hope his situation will improve any day, we simply can't count on that any more. He's semi-functional some of the time, but has pretty severe ups and downs throughout the day and from day-to-day, at times really needing to just shut himself up in a room in the dark for hours at a time. Also, he's had dramatic double-vision the whole time so can't drive. He's been to the ER and a neurologist and will hopefully get an MRI on Monday.

So, here's where you come in. May any of your childcare providers have part-time hours available next week? Do you know anyone who may have a nanny that would be open to sharing for a week? Or a nanny who is between jobs? Beggars can't be choosers at this point, so we'd take whatever we can get as a way to help us out and not be too burdensome on my family. Please feel free to forward the below blub, and let me know if you have any leads! Thank you so much.

Sheryl

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I'm looking for part-time childcare hours any day M-F of this week, anytime between the hours of 7-7. No minimum hours - we're looking for any help we can get. My son is 3.5 and attends pre-school from 8-1 - although we would love to find someone with a driver's license who could pick or drop him off, we can probably arrange for that or we could just skip it. My daughter is 7.5 mos and is a mostly easy-going baby but doesn't nap without help, so we'd need someone comfortable with "making it work." We live in Oakland, near Lake Merritt. We'd be open to having the kids go somewhere other than our house if we can arrange for them to be driven.