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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird set up but maybe it works for them. I agree you don't need to pay her more if the older child is never there. But you should also consider she may not currently be interested in being a FT newborn nanny. [b]It's basically starting over in a new job and she may not want to do it at that rate, or at all. [/b][/quote]
I am not sure what you mean.  She was OK taking care of a newborn full-time three years ago, at a lower rate.  Why should she not be OK with it now, at a higher rate?  What has changed so much that she doesn't want to do it "at that rate"?[/quote]

It's hard for a nanny to lose care of a child she loves.  To be told that she will never care for the older child, but will see that child every day in the morning for the next 2-4 years?  I would have quit, it would be less problematic for me, especially after you showed exactly how little respect and feeling you have.[/quote]
All nannies job end. That is the nature of nannying.  The nanny has been told ahead of time about his preschool plans, and she can stay with the family if she likes, thus staying in touch with her first, about to become former, charge. I'm not sure I understand your concept of respect - is the family supposed to keep nannies forever because it's "disrespectful" for the child to move on?[/quote]
Forget about the nanny for a minute. What kind of parent does that to their own child?[/quote]
Does what?[/quote]
Severe a long established relationship between child and nanny.[/quote]
She'll still see him, it's not severed.  He's moving on and looking forward to it. She can't nanny him forever.[/quote]

Did she know AT THE YEARLY REVIEW that this change would take place?  Yes: she has no room to complain.  No, but she knew you were pregnant,: she made assumptions based on just about every single job in which there is a birth in a family when the nanny is already caring for the older child.  No, but she didn't know: well, this is the time to renegotiate the contract, because the job she had is ending and a new one is starting, the only consistent are the parents.

I noticed that you didn't answer about whether you were nickel and diming her.  How did you handle paying when your child started part-time preschool?  Guaranteed hours are great, but you didn't say if the hours were decreased when he started pre-k.

If your nanny makes more than $17/hour, she has less room to complain, but it also depends on whether she didn't negotiate better at the annual review because she assumed there would be a raise when the baby was born (norm).

Your nanny may not agree to a clause that puts her in charge of both children in an emergency.  After the way that you have explained everything, I wouldn't.  But I would also be looking for another position asap, as your attitude is clearly that the nanny is the help and deserves no further consideration.[/quote]

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