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[quote=Anonymous]OP, no need to overthink the right of first refusal thing. You are getting some people calling you out because that is the relationship they have or wish they have, but there are also nannies who would feel pressured and overworked if their employers always ask them first for any date nights or extended hours, and be unhappy that their employers haven't put in the work to develop a roster of back up options. And especially if this is a short term thing for your nanny, she may not even want to be your go-to babysitter after this short-term money issue is resolved. Just talk to her a bit more about the whole situation.

Our #1 preference for childcare, even at OT rates or with travel expenses, would be our nanny. However, we know based on her resume/references that the normal hours she works with us is already on the high end of what she has done with previous families, and she's not a tireless robot. She has offered to do occasional date nights and the like, and we do sometimes ask her to do extended hours or come on vacation with us. But we also go to other babysitters / family members first in a lot of situations where we feel like we might burn her out with the frequency of our requests.[/quote]

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