Am v sad as have to come to accept that can no longer afford to keep my nanny. Have the opportunity to put children in local nursery which dd1 used to go to before dd2 and because dd1 will soon get subsidy, childcare suddenly becomes £400 cheaper a month. Unfortunately it comes down to the green stuff and given that I am hardly netting anything once I take costs out (and I work 4 days a week), I feel I have no choice but to move to nursery. The thing is that I feel sick at having to tell my nanny who is lovely and has her own family commitments. I am hoping to give her 7-8 weeks notice and where possible some time off to research new posts. It is entirely down to finances and nothing to do with her, she's great. I feel bad because she's only been with us 5 months. Unfortunately the nursery won't hold the place so I have to act now. I want to tell her as soon as my boss has confirmed the new arrangement for me (involves a change in working days) but this week at work is mental and I can't get away earlier or leave later. She doesn't work on fridays but would feel terrible being the harbinger of bad news on her day off plus also the problem of alerting her to it beforehand. I really want to do this face to face and not on the phone and ideally when the dc are out the way?
Any suggestions/recommendations??