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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I just imagine that the attack dog on this forum will order you to fire her and cut your losses. But it seems that you want to keep her if possible. What is your best case scenario? It's impossible to be certain what might transpire. Is this her first child?[/quote]

You again!  It's me - your favorite person to insult.  Once again, you are demonstrating an entire lack of knowledge of me.

OP, it all depends on how much you value your nanny.  My nanny has had two babies while working for us.  We were able to fill in both times.  The first one, we paid her 50% of her salary as maternity leave, and she was gone for 6 weeks.  I'm sure people thought we were nuts.  Heck, our nanny herself told us that she fully expected to lose her job.  However, we really wanted her to be able to recuperate and to come back.  I think most nannies would be happy just to have the job kept open, but unless she has been saving up for this, it can be a struggle.  Obviously, we were also in a financial position to offer help, and I realize that not everyone is.

For our nanny's second, she only took 2 weeks - her choice - and we paid her full salary.  I opened up the possibility of her bringing her own baby, but was honestly relieved when she declined (my homeowner's insurance informed me that it would be a problem for them).  Our nanny is also lucky because she and her husband can split the childcare duties 50/50.  He works an opposite shift, which keeps the kids from daycare.  How was she when she came back?  Sleep deprived but functioning.  I did encourage her to nap or whatever she needed to do to rest, and we kept all her duties as light as possible for her first month back.  Since you guys have considered this so carefully, I recommend that you be honest with your nanny.  I think it would be incredibly difficult for her to find daycare for a 2 week old, and you should see what care she has lined up.  You might want to think about whether she could bring the baby until s/he is 6 weeks old?  I know, that could be a bad precedent.  Just thought I'd throw it out there.

Good for you for wanting to keep your nanny.  Hope it works out, but you need to be ready in case it doesn't.[/quote]

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