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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC's nanny has taken a second job with a very wealthy and high-profile family on weekends.  She is earning $6 more per hour with this family than with us.  The weekend family has a beautiful home both here and a vacation home and I know her job is much easier than with us who live in an apartment without a yard or a lot of space.

Nanny took the job with us because it is within walking distance to her home and now we have to move to where she would need to drive.  She also took the job with us because we have just one child and now I am pregnant with number 2.  And she used to work just 34 hours a week and now we need her for 44 to 45 hours a week.

I am afraid we are going to lose her.  We cannot afford (honestly) to pay her more.  We are renting and DH is still in graduate school.  I know Nanny is devoted to my child but...  Well, we simply cannot compete with the salary or perks she gets from her weekend job.

What, if anything, can I do?

TIA[/quote]
Families move on from nannies, and vice versa all the time. Just be fair, honest and have open communication. If you have to do a search process again, so be it -- I'm sure you're wiser and have better questions to ask.  Your child is resilient and will roll with any transition.  They are tons of available nannies out there, and not just at back to school time.

Don't create any unnecessary brain damage for yourself on this - childcare is supposed to help you, not be a .
PITA.[/quote]

How the hell is this nanny being a PITA by working two jobs and clearly doing an excellent job with OP?!

You're an ass, PP.  There are NOT tons of good, educated and experienced nannies out there and many children are not resilient when it comes to losing a beloved caregiver.  [/quote]

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