New Nanny with unvaccinated own child

[FrenchMagpie]

Has anyone been in this situation?

Our lovely new nanny starts soon - initial impressions are great and I'm really pleased to have found her. However, I've just found out that she doesn't believe in vaccination and her own child (13 months) is not vaccinated against anything. Also, she herself did not have whooping cough/Flu vaccination in her pregnancy.

I am expecting DC3 in the summer and I'm not sure how I feel about my nanny being in close contact with my newborn.

I feel very confused. It is, of course, her choice not to vaccinate her child. But am I putting my children at risk?

Is this common? Do you ask if your potential employees are vaccinated? And any nannies, are you vaccinated and how do you feel about this?

Thanks for any input

Will she be caring for your child before your child has had any vaccinations?

Where will her 13mo be while she is working for you, and does that environment represent any higher risk for the proposed nanny? Does she have medical issues for example.

Will she be taking your child for vac's as part of her duties as a nanny? Frankly I couldn't be dealing with any form of comment or judgemental looks.

My kids are vacc'd up to the eyeballs and I've had everything that was available when I was a child but I didn't have the flu jab or the WC one either during my pregnancy.

I'd want to know if she's actually had chicken pox and her own vaccinations as a child. It's no guarantee but I'd want my nanny to have some immunity to serious illnesses like measles.