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[quote=Anonymous]Our nanny is expecting her first child in a few months and we are preparing for her to go out on leave shortly.  We think she is great and care about her and want to try and work with her to the extent possible.  She has told us that she would like to return to work within the month and I suspect it it because she needs the money.

DH and I are very nervous about her returning to work so soon.  We are sympathetic to her needing the paycheck but we remember the first few months with our DC were definitely tough and full of constant doctors appointments (reflux plus trouble gaining weight plus healing complications from delivery for me) and sleepless nights and although we recognize that every child/delivery is different, we think it's unrealistic to think that she'll be able to work 50 hours a week (plus her commute) that soon.  We both have demanding jobs with tough schedules (we need our nanny here 50 hours a week) and limited flexibility so we're concerned about accommodating a lot of requests for days off or late arrival.  We are in the process of making child care arrangements for her leave now and an additional consideration is that it would be easier to look for back up care now for a set time period of a couple of months rather than make arrangements for a couple of weeks and then have her want to extend her leave or come back and quit/go out again/take a ton of days off/etc. and have to scramble for care then.

Any parents who have BTDT with advice on ways to make this work (or a reality check)?  Any other issues to consider?  We have had a few conversations with her already but are planning to sit down with her soon to make a formal plan so it would be helpful to know what other parents' experiences with this have been.

Also, FWIW, we have already considered and ruled out the possibility of our nanny bringing her baby to work with her.  That is not the right option for our family.  In addition, we are letting her take two weeks of vacation/sick time as her maternity leave and since we will be paying for other child care on top of that, we have no additional financial flexibility.[/quote]

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