Nanny sick leave

[pommedeterre]

As succinctly as possible - nanny doing three days a week for just over a year for pre schooler and toddler. All fine except bit crap at food and bit pestery for me to use her nail business.

I go on a version of mat leave for four months. Keep paying her and she helps with complicated nursery and school runs and takes toddler out. She goes in for routine operation, books two weeks off. Will now be longer as still poorly. Fine. Obviously paying her normal wage still, ok with that, grateful in fact for lucky timing with mat leave.
Except now i discover that when she felt better ten days in she babysat for someone else (then felt bad again meaning it will be more than two weeks).

Aibu in thinking she should have used her bit of energy to help me (just one school run would be awesome to be fair) rather than trying to make an extra £40???

If your not happy shelling out so much for the cinema on top of sick leave TELL HER! if she is a professional nanny she will understand and will not let it interfere with caring for your children.

She does sound like she's taking the piss but if you don't put her straight things will not improve.

Exactly lovely. Not everyone can afford 30 quid cinema trips on a regular basis so I don't think it is right of the nanny to take this for granted.

pomme- it would be a shame to let this bad experience put you off nannies altogether as there are plenty of other lovely hard working, professional nannies out there.

I wasn't presuming 30 quid cinema trips, there are plenty of cheap days and kids' clubs which are loads cheaper.

Anyway, it sounds like you've made up your mind OP. Good luck with future arrangements

Really you don't know the circumstances of her babysitting at all? She might have been nagged into doing it against her will by a desperate relative, maybe she babysat with a friend because she didn't feel up to doing it alone? Who knows.