For those who kept your nannys coming during pandemic

[Anonymous]

Are you having them continue to come or are you changing your mind as the pandemic spreads? (Of course will stay pay them).

[Anonymous]

It’s up to our nanny. We’ve given her the choice to stay home with pay or come to work. So far she wants to work. She lives alone and drives her own car to work. She is self-isolated but to come to our house. DH has been getting her groceries and cleaning supplies for her when he does our once-a-week shop. We are totally isolating (except for DH’s grocery run) so we have a closed system. DH and I are both working from home but my work is very slow.

Our nanny knows she can choose to stay home at any point. We’re keeping it fluid. But she loves my son and he loves her so much. It would be hard for both of them to be apart for long!

[Anonymous]

Doing same as above pp. gave our nanny the option and check in daily with her. She doesn’t have kids or anyone else she’s seeing. We are very grateful to have child care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doing same as above pp. gave our nanny the option and check in daily with her. She doesn’t have kids or anyone else she’s seeing. We are very grateful to have child care.

Same here. I am doing all the grocery runs for our family and her.

[Anonymous]

Nanny is coming. DH and I are working full time at home.

[Anonymous]

Working FT at home. Nanny is not coming as she has roommates and to flatten the curve it would not be prudent. Others are in the same situation with nannies who don’t drive (public transportation/Uber ..too much exposure). We pay her.

[Anonymous]

still coming. essential worker myself.

[Anonymous]

We are still participating in our nanny share. Hoping to give her 2-3 weeks off as we approach the peak in Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Nanny share?

[Anonymous]

Our nanny is still working, as DH and I are still working.

[Anonymous]

Nanny is still coming. We told her it was up to her, we would still pay her if she wanted to stay home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Working FT at home. Nanny is not coming as she has roommates and to flatten the curve it would not be prudent. Others are in the same situation with nannies who don’t drive (public transportation/Uber ..too much exposure). We pay her.

same

[Anonymous]

Husband and I are expected to work full-time, so our nanny is still coming (and much needed.)

We cut back her hours, are not having her do any grocery runs or errands, and have asked her not to do her part-time jobs (Lyft and a few hours of caregiving for an Alzheimer's patient.) We are compensating her for 6 weeks of lost income from Lyft.

She has a roommate so is not a fully closed loop, but she is also exceedingly diligent about minimizing risk to the fullest extent possible. So we are comfortable with the level of risk. We cannot afford to not do our jobs and can't do full-time work and full-time childcare for our elementary age kids.

[Anonymous]

You are all loathsome as when nanny gets sick or dies, you won't give a damn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are all loathsome as when nanny gets sick or dies, you won't give a damn.

Who the hell are you to decide what kind of people we are and how we would feel IF our children's nannies were to god forbid get sick or die? Go spew your negative feelings elsewhere.