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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The baby will suffer, OP.  You are dragging her/him out of your home on cold winter mornings and to live in your schedule and based on your needs.  You will not find a good nanny. [/quote]

If she couldn't afford a nanny, she'd be doing this for daycare.

OP, don't listen to the haters. Solve the problem of the nanny having to be so confined all day, especially during nap time, and you can make this work.[/quote]

Nonsense.  OP would not be nursing-on-demand in daycare nor tie her baby to the mother's demanding work schedule.  The "haters" are actually a few nursing mothers and experienced nannies it seems.

This is truly a half-brained idea.  OP is putting her desire to nurse on demand above her baby's well-being and development.  [/quote]

I'm the WAHM who did this. There was a professor at my college in undergrad who did more what the OP is describing. She can certainly make this work. Call it a "baby nurse" rather than a nanny if you like, and then maybe it makes more sense to you. This is a very young infant, and this is an excellent way to keep mom and baby together if mom truly can't take more time off. She does need to think through more space and variety in the day for the nurse/nanny, or she won't be able to keep anyone.

BTW, I am still a WAHM with a full time nanny. With the right match, it works beautifully, even if mom isn't hidden away so that the nanny can be completely in private. OP needs to take her time finding someone who thinks having mom around is a perk, and someone who also believes strongly in breastfeeding young infants. Maybe two part time people would work better to break up the day. I don't know, but I don't think that this is an impossible idea. If she can afford to rent a second office for a nursery, she can probably also figure out nearby places that would be acceptable for nanny and baby to go when baby isn't sleeping/eating, and maybe even a lounge where nanny could go with a monitor while baby is sleeping.[/quote]

This is a totally different situation than confining nanny and baby to one ROOM in an office complex.  How you can even compare these two situations is bizarre to me.[/quote]

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