If you’re paying the nanny anyway, why do full day preschool? If you really think it’s important, why not choose a 3 morning a week program.

Why would you pay for your 2 year old to go to full time care when you have a nanny?

Wakeboard number of kids occasions all three are home. Same amount of laundry. I would ask that she prep daycare/kinder lunches for the following day during naptime, and possibly prep veggies for family dinner, if there’s time. Other than that, stick with what you have.

I agree w/the above posters.

If you offer her less money - she likely will be offended & look for another position elsewhere.

Same amount. Plus, she will watch your kids on snow days, holidays, etc.

I don’t think there’s a way to suggest that you lower her salary without her leaving.

Same? I think if you offer to pay less you have to be willing to lose your nanny....

Our nanny of 3 months currently watches our baby (6m) and toddler (2y); our oldest (5y) is in full-time preschool. We had anticipated both kids going to a full-time daycare starting in the fall, but have changed our minds; only our 2 yo will go to full-time preschool, which now means we need to find care for our baby. Our oldest will be in Kindergarten in the fall, so we are thinking of having the nanny switch from caring for our youngest two to caring for the baby all day and our oldest-- breakfast, getting ready for school, bus-stop in the morning and afternoon, and then for about 30 mins-1 hour in the afternoon after school. In this situation, would you offer to pay the nanny the same amount for the switch in children or more or less? This is, of course, if the nanny is willing to stay with us another year (when we hired her, it was under the assumption that it would be only until September).