harrigran
It is not that unusual to have staff, a neighbour employed a housekeeper, nanny, cleaner and gardner because she had four children quite close together. This is just a street of semi detached houses not country piles.
Wow!! assume none of them 'lived in'.
Well, my first two children were eleven months apart, following a couple of years later by No. 3 and then two years on by 4 & 5 together. The youngest joined the family at eleven months 18 months later. So, six of them with just seven years between them.
Yes, I was a full-time Mother. No, never had a Nanny for them (that was me), no cleaner/keeper , house was usually in a too much of a mess for anyone to try to sort - toys, etc. everywhere - bit of dust did none of us any harm - great times. Garden was just the outdoors play area. Meals were all cooked from scratch.
Would say that at one time in my life I gave in to persuasion by a very close friend and went to work for her in her business (not at her home). It all ended so badly - and we lost that friendship. Hard to combine friendships with employment in my experience.