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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nanny sends older kid to other house and keeps toddler at home. *Maybe* they're toddler can come over in that situation, but it shouldn't be expected or required. Then when the reverse is true, the other family can send their older kid over and keep their toddler at home, so there's only one extra kid going back and forth and it's the older, less needy kid.

Also, do you guys pay for your nanny's mornings? If not, you don't get to be upset if she picks up another job elsewhere. Either pay for the guaranteed availability, or don't complain.[/quote]

Here's the thing:  I know this kind of mom, and this kind of mom is not preventing both kids from going over at the same time because it is, quite obviously, easier for the neighbor mom to ship her kids off down the street for free help.  It's not perplexing that OP would have a problem with this.

Of course that neighbor is a user, WTH else are you going to call her?  Friends simply don't pull that crap, and certainly not on a regular basis, as OP's neighbor does.  OP is not a charity, she does not owe the neighbor anything, least of all, free help. All the moms that think free help sounds great aren't going to tell you that they are users. In fact, I have seen one or two user moms get quite indignant that they were caught poaching - because that is what it is.  Now they have quite a name for themselves - which they brought on entirely themselves. You don't want to be called out, don't do it.

It has already been decided that OP intends to pay for any reserved time from the nanny, and that what OP is paying for is just that - time. So you can drop that part of the discussion. [/quote]

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