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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You know you'll need to do your own sick child care, right?[/quote]

Why would you think that?  What is the point of having a full time nanny who won't care for sick children?  That is a crazy concept. I work with sick kids and if I get sick I use a sick day.

Signed, 
an adult nanny[/quote]

If the OP chooses to cut nanny's hours to PT, then presumably nanny will need a 2nd PT job. Therefore, OP will not be able to call nanny in when a kid is ill, because nanny's going to have promised her time to a different family.

It has nothing to do with willingness to care for ill kids. It has everything to do with OP's potential decision to stop paying for FT childcare and take her chances when it comes to illnesses, school holidays, summers, etc.[/quote]

[b]The OP of this thread isn't debating cutting the nanny's hours. [/b][/quote]

No, but she is searching for work to keep nanny busy and make sure she (OP) gets her money's worth. Which is fine, but that attitude (I want nanny to be constantly busy without any downtime!) often leads to one of several outcomes:

1) Nanny takes on more and more and more, and is unhappy and quits.

2) Nanny takes on no additional work, OP is unhappy and fires nanny after hiring a housekeeper who is able to make snacks and drive kids, but less able adequately care for school agers.
   2a) Nanny works only PT, finds a second PT job, and is fired because OP is not able to find decent last minute sick care or holiday/summer care, and blames nanny for her self-created problem.

3) Nanny and OP talk, decide on a few additional tasks beyond the household work already being done, and also look at hours to be worked on a YEARLY basis, then choose to compromise by keeping nanny FT and on-call with no expectation of any more yearly raises, since Nanny will be working less for the same wages.

So actually, cutting hours is one of the logical choices OP now has.[/quote]

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