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[quote=Anonymous]It's not too early to start this conversation.  Let her know where you're at ("We are open to the idea of you continuing to provide aftercare with baby in tow, but want to discuss details").  In your situation, I would propose doing a greatly reduced rate but guaranteeing more hours than part time (so you are paying her the same, but having her reserve more hours for you), so that you have coverage for random snow days and holidays and teacher work days and dentist appointments.  The rest of the time you can just have her run to the grocery store and maybe fold some kids laundry--it won't take up all the time but will make your life easy and will help you have backup care.

I think the biggest pitfalls will be if baby is demanding (particularly around napping on the go), and of course days when one of your kids is sick.  Does your nanny have a lot of infant experience or has she mostly worked with older kids?  If she doesn't have much newborn experience, she may be thrown by how much work it is at first![/quote]

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