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Latest post on 16 April 2013 - 23:37

I am arriving in Abu Dhabi in June with my husband and 2 children (2 and 5 months)and I will be working Sun - Thurs 8am to 6pm which are slightly longer hours than I currently work. I was wondering if any other mothers with similar working patterns could advise me on how they deal with childcare, nurseries and transportation of children between nursery and home during the day, whilst they are at work. I will have my Mum with me to help in the first month but if she is not keen to stay I need to have a plan for keeping my children safe and happy whilst I am at work. Many thanks With kind regards Maria people sponsor a maid, and put the kids in nursery and then pay extra for bus service if there is. its very unlikely to get a maid that drives, have you looked into the cost of sponsoring a maid, its not cheap and the costs of nursery here, its very expensive. also if you are the employee you have to check whether you can sponsor a maid as a woman, it depends on your profession, which you havent said. you cannot employ your family to look after children. <em>edited by busybee2 on 16/04/2013</em>

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