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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nannies, parents, any advice for how to handle this situation? The nanny we hired for our 7-month old twins has been great. She started two weeks ago, and is reliable and does everything we ask of her. Our daughters seem to be OK with her too. Though I jus returned to work, I have realized that I can't bear to be away from our babies. I will be resigning (and becoming a stay at home mom) in one week. The work agreement we have with our nanny has a 1-month trial period spelled out, during which either party can bow out for any reason --- with no hard feelings or consequences.

We will provide her a reference letter and would definitely give her a positive review. I really feel bad about having to let her go so soon, but I didn't realize how hard it would be for me to be away from my daughters. Is there anything else we can do to help our nanny out? She will have two weeks' notice of our decision, I suppose I'm just trying to ask if there's anything else parents/nannies have experienced in situations like this; especially since she has done a great job so far.[/quote]

Yes.  Give her a month's severance pay.  You are really a shitty person. She may well have turned down other good jobs and now has to start looking again.  Do not insult her by suggesting that she can babysit on your date nights or any other occasion. [/quote]

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