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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You really need to have a backup childcare plan exactly for things like this.  I mean, your nanny lives OUT OF STATE!  This is a ridiculous job for her, and a ridiculous pick of nannies for you.

Our nanny can walk to their house from ours.  But we also have four different people we can ask to cover the kids in a pinch.

She's not asking to go on a trip or take the time off because it's her birthday - she's asking for a safety reason. You'd be quite an asshole to say no to that.[/quote]

What kind of backup childcare plan do you have? Like I have people I could call if I needed to rush to my husband in the ER; I do not have people I could call because I had an important meeting.[/quote]

I'll answer for non-Covid times, because we are all working from home now for the most part.
1.  DH and I, with notice, can work from home after re-arranging some meetings.
2.  We can fly MIL in if we have enough notice.
3.  A local friend is a writer who works from home and can come by in a pinch.
4.  The single childless neighbor who lives across the street can come by in an even shorter pinch (or the kids can go there).
5.  My friend's retired and widowed dad can help out - he's great if one kid needs to stay home sick because he'll sit and read and color with them for hours. [/quote]

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