My nanny is lovely but new to the job and admitted to me today that she suffers from depression. This was in response to me asking why she had been quiet and her demeanour had been rather negative in the past couple of days and I've felt that she's been operating below par.
She's our first nanny ever and I've had to recruit her to help us whilst i go through treatment for cancer so we're going through a difficult time ourselves which I think might be impacting a bit on her.
It's her first nanny job too and the hours are long and she's struggling with them although I give her as much time off as I can.
When she's on form she's great; the children like her and I'm happy with her.
I am very sympathetic to her situation, but ours isn't great either and the children need someone who is upbeat to help them through a very difficult time for them (I'm often feeling too ill to interact with them and I'm not reacting well to treatment and spend every other weekend spending 3 or 4 days on hospital, so it's tough on them at the moment). I want to accommodate her as best i can but I can't reduce her hours much more than I do and beyond that there's nothing else I can compromise on. She's been with us for just over a month and I have formally offered her a permanent position last week.
She is a lovely nanny, and when she's on form she's a great.
WWYD in this situation? Anything? Nothing?