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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone for your feedback.  I wanted to respond to a couple of the comments.  One of the reasons I got a nanny was to give the kids consistency and make my life easier.  I am not all that comfortable with getting temporary nanny care.  I have local family but they lead very busy lives as well.  I can ask them to help out in a pinch or even if I want to have a date night with DH.  Family is my backup so I don't have anyone outside of family or nanny watch my kids.  I am asking a lot of them to help me in April for 3 weeks.  I cannot imagine asking them again especially around the holidays.

As for the comments about hiring immigrants.  Nanny is 100% legal and we pay on the books.  We pay her $23/hour + OT for 50 hours a week.  She has lots of experience and she is very good at her job.  I'm not gonna lie I depend on her A LOT.  That is why I am willing to work with her on extra vacation time.  She just needs to plan it when its convenient for me.[/quote]

If you are not able to accommodate over 4 weeks of leave in a year then you really should not employ a foreign nanny. For the amount of money that you pay you could easily hire a quality American nanny who won't ask for 3 weeks off twice a year.

I 100% agree with the previous posters that if you tell her she can only take one week off in December she is going to agree, then call or email you the day before she's supposed to return with an emergency and say she won't be able to come back for another week or two. When that happens you'll have no one but yourself to blame.

And to the pp who says her nanny never took extended trips during her employment, that is very much the exception, not the rule when it comes to foreign nannies.[/quote]

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