Our babysitter went and got a job. A real job. How could she? What about our needs?

Sure, we hardly ever used her. And only on evenings, usually on the weekends. Do you think she had better stuff to do besides hanging out at our unexciting, tiny house? 

What about when the opposite happens, particularly with your full-time nannies or household help? Do you just kick her to the curb when all the kids go to school? Cut back the hours? Turn her into a full-time housekeeper?

It's a problem I'll never have -- what to do with too much childcare. But it's one they tackled over at the Wall Street Journal's "The Juggle." A blogger wanted to know what arrangements the readers had with their beloved babysitter/nannies who they no longer need full time.

The writer said:

Fortunately, our sitter already does some light housework (doing the kids’ laundry, emptying the dishwasher and so on), and we’ll probably expand her into more of a household-manager kind of role when both kids are out of the house more often.

I'll refrain from poking fun (in a jealous rage) of outsourcing household management, because I think it's great they guy is showing loyalty to a person who had been obviously loyal and caring and helpful to his family.

A lot of the commenters started "sharing" the nanny, or changed their responsibilities from changing diapers to cleaning the house. Others, seeing the financial windfall of no longer have to pay for so much help, found the women new families to care for.

What do you plan to do?