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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mlk is a federal holiday [/quote]

so what.   lots of companies and organization work on all the minor federal holidays or generous school holidays.

national holidays are July 4th, Xmas day, Memorial Day and Labor Day.

I don't even know what the silly federal holidays are since the last 5 companies I've worked for over 18 years have not had those off. Growing up in Chicago I didn't have those off from public school either.  Must be a liberal east coast teacher's union thing, plus all those professional days off.

can't imagine if my nanny disrespected my schedule and didn't show up, got caught and then turned around an pretended to be sick.  Unprofessional. [/quote]

To be fair OP and husband have the day off. They choose to be lazy ass parents and not want to deal wth their kid. I wouldn't be surprised if there's other issues going on and nanny is already looking for another position. [/quote]

Hahahaha. OP here. I told myself not to bite, but I'll respond to this and then will hopefully have enough self control to even acknowledge any other comments like this. But I would like to say that we have zero family in the area and pay within what seems to be the norm for childcare. We are paying for the services that we need. I'm not saying we do anything above and beyond what many parents do on this board. However, I don't think that working full-time jobs, caring for our child, and expecting that our paid nanny works on days we decided on ahead of time is asking too much or anything beyond what should be expected. Furthermore, I don't think that wanting childcare on days we have off so we can go to doctors' appointments, run errands, or heaven forbid just take a moment to breathe all of a sudden makes me a "lazy ass parent."[/quote]

I'm an MB too and would have responded to PP's comment against better judgment, LOL.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with having your nanny come in when you are not going to work.  DH and I do the same and we both get to leave the house (as opposed to just one of us) when DD takes her two naps and get errands done or go to the gym.  We will take DD out as well while nanny does baby-related cleaning or laundry.  It's not like nanny is sitting around twiddling her thumbs and in any case, she is getting paid for that day.  Some nannies on this forum are (surprise, surprise) so entitled.  [/quote]

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