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[quote=Anonymous]Nanny here. My more recent long term clients had capable grandparents in the area, and/or worked a job where they could work from home or take the day off without it causing problems if I was sick. I always /hate/ calling out sick, regardless, but it did give me a bit of peace of mind to know that they would be "okay" if I had a fever, etc. Some of my other clients had it tougher; no family in town, jobs that were not at all flexible, etc. I remember once calling out sick with a family who was in that situation. I had worked for them for two years and had not taken a sick day before. I called up in the morning, feeling very ill, and explained that I felt terrible, had a pounding headache, was throwing up, etc. MB started yelling at me about having a very important meeting that day, and asked me "well what do you expect me to do??" I told her I was sorry, and that maybe if I took some medicine I might feel well enough to come in an hour or two late, if she wanted. She then made a snarky comment about me being hung over! (I don't even drink!!) and went on to yell at me for another minute before basically hanging up on me. Needless to say, I didn't call out sick for her again, I just showed up even if I thought I might be contagious, because I didn't want her to yell at me again (and I stopped working for them about six months later, mostly due to other issues pertaining to being a PITA MB).

I think back up care can be a difficult thing to set up, even without other issues (such as special needs). Sure, you can have a person or two on call, but there are never any guarantees they won't be working for someone else or otherwise busy on any given day with little to no notice. Well, I guess you could hire someone to be on call, but that sounds crazy expensive. I live in a smaller town and there isn't anything that I know of like White House nannies here for emergency back up care. There are nanny agencies, yes, but the ones I am familiar with here only do long term placements.

For me, I just do the very best I can to stay healthy and not call out sick, and (knock on wood!) I haven't had any serious health issues that have required more than two or three sick days per year. [/quote]

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