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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is your maternity leave paid leave?  Then yes, keep nanny.

Can you cut out a few vacations and dining out  and comfortably pay nanny’s salary?  Then yes, keep nanny.

Will paying nanny FT throughout leave you unable to pay your mortgage / utility bills?  Then no, put your kids in daycare.

[b]Some posters are calling you cheap but if you are literally financially strapped, it’s of course not a good idea to keep the nanny.[/b][/quote]

OP never said she couldn't afford it, just that she "can't justify" it.      She seems to think she'll have no problem paying for it in a year, since she wants the nanny to come back to her full time in the spring.[/quote]

OP again. It’s not just the money, it’s that I will not need all of that childcare. My kids will be in school from 8-2 M-F, and I will be completely off work with one newborn. What in the world will she do all day in my house? Meanwhile I will be boobs out, nursing, napping, etc. People suggest having her shop or run errands, but I enjoy going to the grocery store and cooking — it’s often the only real task you have each day while on Mat leave, and it’s nice to get out with the baby for an errand.

I concede it would be nice to have her do drop off and pick up, and I do worry about having all three kids from 2 til bedtime when I’m postpartum and adjusting to life with three. But besides the beginning and end of the day, I just don’t know what she’d do all day, and meanwhile I’d be paying a ton of money for care I don’t need. [/quote]

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