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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]we are trying to figure out what would make sense to discuss with our nanny.  She and ds are very bonded and she has told us often that she loves working for us.  We are pretty relaxed and she has good pay (high $20s) and benefits. I would like to find a way to keep her on when kid starts preschool but DH won’t go for it unless there is some way to fill up at least some of the school time.  I wouldn’t propose cleaning, but she likes cooking a lot so I thought I might ask her to cook for the family or do shopping/errands etc.  The other option is to offer fewer hours (she is guaranteed 50 right now, but usually works less than that) and would go down to 40, so still full time but no overtime.  I’m curious to hear what arrangements others have made that worked for them.  If you are a nanny does this sound reasonable to you?[/quote]

Will you still need 50 hours when ds is sick or school is closed?  If so, don’t cut her guaranteed hours.

You can certainly ask if she’s willing to cook, shop and do errands, and she may be interested.  However, most preschools are only 15 hours or less for 2-3 year olds, and you need to factor commute into that, so it’s really not that much time.[/quote]

Yeah, if we do a a very minimal hours  program I wouldn’t look to change anything but a lot of the programs we are looking at are “half days” that end around 2 pm, so it’s a big chunk of the day.  Also she probably wouldn’t need to do drop off in the am, just picking up.

That is a good point about the guaranteed hours, thanks.  [/quote]

Honestly curious which programs end at 2, all the ones I know either end 12-1.30 or are daycares so end around 5.[/quote]

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