Anonymous wrote:Are nannies hiring other nannies? What is the backup plan to the original plan?
Anonymous wrote:What was the original plan of all these nannies who seem to be having babies all of a sudden? No child care plans prior to conception or during 9 months of pregnancy? COVID has only been around a short while. Surely they had already interviewed nannies/babysitters /family members and did not just give birth and think, "Hmm, now what do i now?"
aAnonymous wrote:Hello? Schools and daycares are closed... Covid-19. Maybe show some compassion and let them bring their child.
Anonymous wrote:NP, but I just received an application for a nanny who wants to bring her baby and her toddler when she comes to care for my toddler. This has never come up for me before (I have a much older child and hired nannies in the past for him)...do we think this is a newer phenomenon with the pandemic? I’d be more open to it if it was just one child, but a baby and two toddlers seems like a lot. She also wasn’t willing to negotiate her rate down, which isn’t my primary factor in not wanting to move forward with her (I get that she has to make a living) but I would have thought that someone bringing two kids would have been a little more flexible.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would never do this - especially not with a nanny with a toddler. Not for any amount of savings. The nanny will treat your child second to her own - that’s just maternal nature. Your child will be number 2 in his/her own home. So unfair to your baby.
If I absolutely couldn’t afford it otherwise, I’d go with the nanny with the teenager.
You're an idiot but a nanny would resent more the fact that she has to pay for her child to be cared for by someone else due to your inability to be impartial and alwsys favor your own child.
Another child is good for social interaction for many reasons. If I liked her and her references were good, I would hire her and I would not deduct from her hourly rate for bringing her own child. This would be a loyal nanny who would be worth her weight in gold