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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nanny doesn’t work on Fridays.  Last week, knowing that we were going out of town, 
Nanny asked me if anything in her schedule would change (my parents will have DD).  Then today, I mentioned she would have to work on Friday morning and sleep over Thursday night - which I just didn’t think about before - and she was clearly bugged.  She made an appointment for Friday morning that she now has to change.

I love our nanny and hate that I messed up (again - I am so fricking overworked).

WWYD? [/quote]

Google calendar, now!  Nanny has one color for anything she needs/wants to do, you have one color per color, another color for a grandparent.  One color per parent for individual things.  Last two colors are group of kids and parents.  This way, you block off what you need nanny to do (ahead of time!), and she can put in things like appointments (without electing for you what she’s doing), so you know when she isn’t available.[/quote]

We use google calendar as well, but only one color for the kids/parents schedule. I have enough colors showing in my calendar for my own things, the way PO does it would annoy me to no end!

OP, you can ASK nanny to work outside if her schedule, but not TELL her what she needs to do, unless that is in the contract and compensated for. The only proper way to address the situation is to give her an additional bonus for rearranging her life at the last minute to accommodate your needs. It is extremely rude and demeaning to assume your nanny will simply do what she is told without regard for her life and commitments outside of her job. And in the future, remember that your additional requests are just that, requests, and should be made a MINIMUM of two weeks in advance. [/quote]

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