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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have two weeks in our contract, one her choice and one overlapping. However, we go on vacation more often and pay her those weeks as well.

Now we are in a jam as she wants to take 4 weeks off (two unpaid) within the next month, none of which overlaps with our vacation. How are we supposed to be without a nanny for a month? She says she will help us find someone, but I don't want "someone." [b]We love her, but I just don't know how we can make this work and I feel it sets a bad precedent. There is a reason she has two weeks vacation in her contract. [/b]

WWYD?[/quote]

Since it is unpaid, I would call a nanny temp agency and have someone fill in. everyone should have backup care.[/quote]

I guess it depends on how much you love her, her reason for the 4 weeks off, versus your options for coverage (assumes you both are working).  Maybe you have a foreign born nanny who is going back home for a month? If so, this will probably happen every few years.  If you don't have that much annual vacation time, it's going to be a pain.  I'd probably use these home visits to replace her with a new nanny.  I don't buy the refrain from the nannies who claim they are such a lifeline for their charges but then are quick to say "of course, you must have back-up care."  It's one thing if back-up care is a mom, dad, or grandma  but quite another thing if you are supposed to expose your little ones to a stranger so nanny can go back to South America for a month.  No way my husband or I could take vacation for more than 2 weeks in a row without jeopardizing our jobs.[/quote]

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