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[quote=Anonymous]I'll try to keep this brief but want to give the full story.

Our nanny started in January. She is fine- keeps the kids safe but that's it. Doesn't plan activities, doesn't do laundry, kids mess everywhere, has to check with me about every single decision, no initiative. We are sticking with it because childcare is very hard to find where we live (not DC) and our kids lost their beloved amazing nanny due to her spouse's relocation and they're still devastated.

We have three kids, age 4, 3 and 12 months. Older two are in 3hr preschool every day. I do pickup and drop-off because my office is in the school's building. Baby sleeps 2.5 hours during their school hours.

I have a good friend who had a baby recently and they won't be able to start daycare for awhile. She proposed a nanny share where she would drop-off her baby while mine is napping and the older kids are at school. I would really like to do it to help her out.

How would you broach this with our nanny? I don't want to insult her and say "hey here's my friend's baby to watch now"- I would never do that to her. If we offered her more an hour and asked if she was interested is that polite enough?

For context she doesn't do anything during those two hours, just watches tv or is on her phone. I'm not suggesting this because I don't want her sitting around but because it would really help out my friend who is desperate for childcare.

Here's even more context if you want to read it but not necessary, just dont' want to be accused of writing a novel: 
-Our nanny was formerly this friend's older sister's nanny, everyone knows each other. In fact this friend's sister tried to poach our nanny for my friend not knowing we were friends, luckily our nanny said she was happy where she was.
-Our nanny is a baby person, NOT a toddler person. She is overwhelmed by all three kids at once. I work from home half the day and am with at least one kid for much of the day. She loves being with babies.
-We pay $32 an hour on the books with generous benefits.

Thanks for any insight. I don't want our nanny to feel obligated to say yes so I want to approach this delicately. 
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