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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The OP has already posted that she is going to move home rather than take this offer which sounds like a better move. It sounds like the OP's MB is being nice and hasn't thought through how this will not work so its good that the OP is doing this. My kids are ages 4 and 7. They aren't aggressive but their schedules and activities would not meld with a newborn or infant. Its smart of the OP to think about the summer swimming. There's no way the OP could restrict the kids from spending the summer at the pool without jeopardizing her job and she can't safely watch a 4 yr old swimming and care for a newborn.

I remember when my kids were babies that there was someone about the time period between 5-7 pm that we called the fussy witching hour. Several of my friends had the same experience. Unless MB gets home at 5pm, OP would be dealing with homework, dinner prep and the older kids while trying to care for her infant. The OP's current arrangement involves housekeeping while the 4 yr old is in school. Unless she really isn't doing any housework during those 3 years, nice she has her baby things will not get done. Her MB may not have thought about this and may be less thrilled with the arrangement once she realizes this.

OP also has to consider how comfortable she will be bringing her newborn along when her charges are sick. One of the reasons people have a nanny is so they don't have to take off work if the kids needs to stay home from school when they are ill. The OP can't expect her employer to extend her unlimited PTO or let her not come whenever the older kids are ill.

Unless they have a minivan, there may be issues with car seats. There is a big liability problem with a nanny bringing her child to work. If there is a car accident, the insurance will most likely cover the nanny's child as a guest rider since the nanny was bringing the child to work. This liability would be on the nanny. If the baby is injured in the house the same holds true for the home owners insurance but the liability would be on the parents.

Finally, one of the biggest concerns from MBs on this is that they do not want care where their child is always #2. Nannies will claim they never favor their child but the OP has been very honest that she considers her infant to be #1. This isn't going to work. [/quote]

Thank you! You are exactly right on all that you said. I am thinking of myself and my family, but obviously as many of you pointed out, this would not benefit my MB or her kids much at all. So I'm doing what is best for both of us. I am going to speak with the nanny agency as my leave gets closer and see if I can help out in finding a replacement that may want to stay on permanently, so they do not have to go through so many changes in a short time. [/quote]

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