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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]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.[/b]

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]

You continue to miss the point.  You are not paying her for those 8 months, you are paying her so you can continue to retain her services for the 5 years after that.  If you don't want to do that, that's fine.  But you have to be realistic, and understand that's what you are doing.  [/quote]

This, you don’t give up someone you love and trust.  Can you go back to work part time? If you have her work for others there is a good chance she’ll leave.  Are you ok taking that risk?[/quote]

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