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So I recently had to deal with a major dilemma regarding my child care. My nanny, who started working for us 2 1/2 months ago recently told me she was pregnant. Immediately I thought of myself- what was I going to do? How am I going to find another caregiver? Looking at it from her perspective and the larger issue of pregant working women made me rethink my positioning. I admit I was ready to let her go and find someone new immediately. I can’t tell you how many friends of mine, who I love dearly agreed with this approach. The first reaction of most of them was “oh no.”
But upon further thinking I decided that was the wrong approach. Just because she was pregnant didn’t mean she couldn’t do her job, right? What if, when I told my boss I was pregnant he decided for me that I couldn’t work anymore? It just didn’t sit well with me. So we reached an agreement- if my nanny feels that she can’t keep up with my young son, then she will tell us and we’ll take it from there to find a new nanny.
October 18, 2006 at 4:04 pm
I want to be your new nanny. This blog is my entertainment for the day. Job well done. Bravo.
October 18, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Luv you Sammi. Pls come be my nanny!
December 6, 2006 at 5:46 pm
[…] I believe my gut, which I rely on more than to tell me if I’m hungry or not, has failed me with my current nanny. It all started to go downhill when she told me she was pregnant. Not going downhill because she is pregnant per se, but because now I think her priorities changed, and well, so did mine as a result. What I originally thought was most important about finding a nanny (understanding how to take care of a newborn, knowing how to make bottles and change diapers), has changed to chasing around my almost-crawling son and finding interesting ways to keep him engaged when it’s too cold to go outside. […]