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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Okay then, help me figure out how I would fill her time. Menu planning and grocery shopping takes what, two hours a week max? She does the kids laundry already, that's maybe another two-four hours. Running errands for me? The amount of time it would take me to think through the errands I have, describe them to her, then send her to do them is more work than just doing them on my own. Meanwhile, I'm home bored with a newborn and nothing to do, and not the one doing any tasks for the care and feeding of my own family.

I'm not trying to be cheap, I just truly don't understand how I would fill her time. And yes, MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES. We are not filthy rich. We make a combined $250K or so. I can't believe everyone is assuming it's absolutely no big consideration to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a service I do NOT NEED for a period of nearly 8 months.

Yes, I love her, yes, I realize how hard it is to find a new great nanny, no I don't want to have to do that to my kids if I can avoid it.

But are there literally no solutions here? What about having her only come to us maybe three days a week, and seeing if there's another family she could work for two days? I'm asking for help to consider all the options, and how to broach this with her, and it's amazing everyone is just focusing on how delusional, cheap and cruel I am to even ask. [/quote]

Stop it. You do not love her. You don’t, so stop saying that.

Since you don’t want her, just cut her completely. That would be love. Love is letting her go so she can find full-time employment with another family, and probably at a higher wage . Because saying you love her, but expecting her to live on a part-time salary is not love.

This means you will need to find a new nanny in whatever your next timeframe is. Your current nanny will probably find a better paying job. Just know that you will have an extremely hard time finding somebody to work those unicorn hours you’re looking for. You could probably handle it on your own. I mean that sincerely, that’s what many women do so you will be just fine.[/quote]

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