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[quote=Anonymous]No, that's clearly not going to work.  Babies that little need a routine, and it's going to be very hard to find (and keep) a nanny who wants to work a part-time schedule like that.  Part-time nannies are hard enough to find, but a week-on week-off schedule seems even harder, since she won't even be able to have a second job or go to school with that schedule.

Just tell your mom you're sorry but you need full-time care.

My MIL (who I wouldn't have trusted with the baby anyway) tried to claim that she would be the nanny.  I shut that down right away by pointing out that she'd have to show up full time, 5 days a week, 9 hrs/day.  In her mind she'd somehow been thinking that she could be full-time childcare by just showing up a few hours a day a few days a week.

It's great that your mom wants to spend lots of time with the baby.  Tell her she's welcome whenever, but that you will be hiring professional, full-time care.  Because you need that in order to keep your job.  [/quote]

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