Bring nanny back or wait?

[Anonymous]

We have been away for a few months and our nanny has been collecting unemployment. Based on our discussions with her, we were planning to be away all summer and have her come back right after Labor Day, which she was fully on board with. Plans changed somewhat and we are now going to be back home for the first 3 weeks of July, and then will leave again be gone for the rest of the summer through Labor Day.

My dilemma is whether to have my nanny back for those 3 weeks or not - mainly from an adjustment perspective for my kids, who are 3.5 and almost 1.5. They are both going through a really clingy phase (we have been with my parents and even after 2 months they still want DH or me and cry when my parents take them) so I know there will be a huge adjustment back to having a nanny 24/7. But, for these 3 weeks DH and I will still be home so thinking that may actually make it harder for the kids vs. ripping the band aid off and having her back in Sept once we are back to work in our offices.

Any advice?

[Anonymous]

Do you have a private workspace to escape to in your house? If so, I’d go for it and use it as a way to dip your toe back in and get the kids used to changes. We have had our nanny back a few weeks now and it has had its challenges but it’s going better than we expected. We are still home and try to make ourselves scarce.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t. It’s too much change for too short a time plus your nanny would lose her unemployment and have to refile.

[Anonymous]

It may make the change easier or harder for your elder child. OTOH, there’s no way that three weeks in July will have any positive impact on your younger child in September.

Just go with status quo until September.