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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. I think I’m just going to keep her full time til my due date. Then let her go. I still feel bad she will be sitting around doing nothing all day, but at least I’ll still be working so I can justify the help she will offer me in the afternoon, which I will need.

I still think this reaction is crazy, though. Families grow up. I can’t imagine it’s not a common occurrence for a family to need a nanny to drop down to part time. Meanwhile there must be a lot of stay at home moms (or moms who work part time) with babies not in school yet who would like to have a nanny in the mornings only. I don’t know why that’s so shocking of an idea to propose a type of nanny share where one nanny splits time between two families. But I guess it is. News to me. [/quote]

I think there is definitely a conversation to be had around how to unwind and change our relationships with Nannies as our families grow and change (especially if you’re not a super rich family who can just keep a nanny indefinitely without truly NEEDING them). I am going through this myself. We’ve had the same nanny for 5 years and I recently lost my job. We can’t afford her but she’s like a second mother to our 5 year old. But also, he’s going to kindergarten in the fall so we all knew changes would be happening. It’s hard to balance all the needs and priorities. We want to respect that our nanny must make a living, and if we can’t pay her for that then she’s got to be free to find other work. At the same time, she’s an essential part of our child’s life and we cannot just end our relationship with her without causing great sorrow to her and our child.

All that being said, the tone of your post just feels very focused on you and yourself and your schedule and your needs. I think that is a red flag to me that you may not be thinking through this in the loving and collaborative way that you should be if you’re keeping your Nanny’s best interest at heart.[/quote]

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