Nannies and maternity leave

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Hi nannies, I'm asking this question on behalf of a friend and grateful for your views. She has 23 month old twins and has had a great nanny since they were 6 months old

. She is due to have another baby in December and wants to keep her nanny on but her nanny was not expecting to be kept on and now doesn't seem very keen. Is this an unusual/strange situation to put a nanny in. My friend doesn't think she can keep up with twins and a newborn!

Perhaps the nanny thinks that she will not be affordable/needed while your friend is on maternity leave? Has your friend actually sat down with her and told her her job will continue as before? If the nanny doesn't want to deal with a newborn as well as the twins then she needs to find another job.

I think she has told the nanny her job is safe and she will be needed but I'm not sure her nanny believes her.

Maybe nanny is concerned with how it will work having boss around at home all day.

In my experience it works ok, though need to keep out of each others way a bit, esp in the kitchen.

Twins and nanny can stik to their usual routines and add in care of baby after a while. Baby would be in mums care for the first few weeks or indeed months I expect, with nanny doing the household tasks, carng for the twins, and occasional time with baby so mum gets a break.

Thanks Nannynick. Is it usual not to keep a nanny on during mat leave in your experience?

Maybe she's got a new job already? Or she's not comfortable doing shared care.
Maybe she just wants the redundancy pay?
Your friend could just get a little extra help (mother help type nanny) to cover until she goes back to work).
For example when I had dc3 I had dc1 in school, dc2 in nursery 2 days a week and then a nanny 2 days a week and it was a lovely balance.

There won't be any redundancy pay as she has been employed less than 2 years.

Sounds like an ideal job, it does sound a bit odd, unless she doesn't want to be around when Mum is?

Over the years there are definitely Mum's I could have worked with at home, but also a few that I couldn't!

Hmm thank you all. My pal is fairly easy going. Maybe too much so but she's not overly demanding.