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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have tried searching and have not found much on this topic...

Our two-year-old is currently in a nanny share (hosted at our house).  What have others done with the arrival of a second child?  (Moving the older child to daycare is not likely given the popularity of the centers by our house.)

Do people try to take/steal the current nanny to care for both children?  (I doubt that would go over well with the other family!)  Do people have two nanny shares?  (Seems logistically complicated.)  Or just hire a brand new nanny?  (Also hard because we do like our current nanny a lot.)

Honestly, it makes me want to move our to the 'burbs where it is easy to get daycare or something.  Sigh.

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OP, you're making this way too complicated than it has to be.  When you go shopping, do you let stores convince you of what you want?

Here's what you do.  Determine what you want.  Do you want to hire this nanny to care for your two children? Do you want to keep the nanny share going with three children? Do you want a brand nanny? What is it?

Once you determine what it is that you want, approach whoever you need to make it happen.  If you want the nanny for yourself, make her an offer. She'll either take it or she won't.  If you want the nanny for all three kids, talk to the other family AND the nanny to figure out the detail.

This isn't an emotional transaction.  It's a business exchange.  This talk about "stealing" nannies is ridiculous. Nannies are living, breathing beings and they get to decide whom to work for.  If an entirely new family makes your nanny a better offer, she'll be gone in a flash without all this navel-gazing, and she'll be entirely right to do so.  Figure out what you want, and go buy it. You don't owe your share family anything except reasonable notice.  Because if they could find a better childcare arrangement, they'd turn out out in a flash. Stop imagining loyalties where there are none.[/quote]

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