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[quote=Anonymous]We have a four month old son and want to do an easy beach vacation this summer (like to Rehoboth, Bethanny, etc... a quick drive). Can we invite our nanny to come with us? We would love to have someone there to babysit our son in the evenings so we could actually go out to dinner, and maybe some of the afternoons too so we could have some beach time just the two of us. Of course, we'll also want to hang out with our son a bunch just the three of us and won't need her the normal 40 hours of childcare she would be providing that week if we were at our jobs. But on the other hand, obviously she wouldn't be going home at night and she'd be around us 24/7 even though we would rent a house to hopefully give her plenty of space and privacy and a break from us, so I don't know if that would be too much to ask of a live out nanny.

Have you done this in the past? How has it worked? Do you pay your nanny overtime?

We were also thinking about offering to let her bring her 11 year old daughter with her, if she wants (the nanny is divorced, so she might prefer to just have the daughter be with her dad that week, we don't know). Our thought was that they might enjoy some time just the two of them when we are hanging out with our son, but then I don't know if the 11 year old would be super bored when the nanny did have to watch our son and my husband and I went to the beach or out to dinner or whatever. We would of course pay for groceries, meals out, etc. for everyone while traveling and would be happy to give the nanny some extra cash to treat her daughter to some fun things and activities (ice cream, arcade, souvenir shops) while there.

Basically I'm just wondering how/whether this works, and what people recommend. And I am sure this has been covered in the archives, but every time I search it brings up threads on nanny vacation pay, which is obviously not my question.

TIA![/quote]

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