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[quote=Anonymous]I am about to start interviewing nannies for a 4 month old and would like input as to my plan.

I have a very inconsistent work schedule, and work from home (office in the basement, separate from the rest of the house, yes I understand some nannies dont like this and yes I understand that I need to stay in my office and not meddle in the nanny doing her job). I plan to hire a nanny 35 hours/week.  There are weeks that my workload is very light, and in those weeks I will be able to take a few hours off on random mornings/afternoons to spend time with the baby.  During this time, I don't want to just tell the nanny to take the afternoon off but still pay her because, well, that is not good money management on my part.  However I don't want to give her unpaid time off because that isn't fair to her budgeting based on a 35 hour/week paycheck.  And I don't want to pay her to just sit at my house if the kiddo isn't even there. So instead I would ask her to take that time and help with stuff like family laundry, dishes, picking up drycleaning and running other errands, etc.  Is this something that nannies mind?  Or will I end up with my nanny bitching on DCUM about my asking her to do this?  Clearly I would outline my situation in advance so that a nanny who wasn't interested in helping out around the house when the baby and I are out at a mommy and me group, etc. will know ahead of time.[/quote]

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