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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you were taking care of a single kid, I'd totally let you bring your own baby, but I would have a long talk with you about the difficulty of working while your own baby is right there (I know I can't do it with my work...!) and then I would look out for performance issues.

However, if I had two kids, and you wanted to bring your own to make three, I would be less comfortable with that. It would depend on the ages of all the kids, and all kinds of other variables.

[b]As for maternity leave, I'd be happy to provide one month paid and up to and additional six months unpaid. (My own work only allows up to four months but I think that's too short.)  I'd ask for your help finding someone to cover.[/b][/quote]

Curious, how easy to think it would be to find someone who wants a short term job like 6 months?  Would have any concerns that after 6 months, your child may have bonded with the new temporary nanny, or that you might the new temporary nanny is an even better fit for your family that your original nanny?  How would you handle that?  Would you rescind your offer to hold the job for your original nanny--or would you make your child say goodbye to the temp nanny...and take back the original nanny who will now be dividing her attention between your child and her own?[/quote]

Not the PP you highlighted. These are all concerns. I lost a terrific temp nanny once when my full time nanny came back after three months, stayed for a month, and then quit. That was when I decided I would never again hold a job for someone who hadn't worked for me for at least a year.

I would hope that by the six month mark, the original nanny would let us know if she wasn't returning so I could hire temp nanny. Since I couldn't afford paid maternity leave, there would really be no incentive for her to not let us know. If the temp nanny was a lot better than the original nanny, like, I didn't realize how bad original nanny was better, I'd give her some severance and let her go for those reasons. Otherwise, I'd just make an attempt to keep in touch with original nanny during her leave and have DC spend some time with her, so the transition back wouldn't be sudden.[/quote]

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