A new baby changes your nanny's job. Telling her early, and planning duties, pay and the transition together, protects a relationship your family depends on.
Once you're comfortable sharing, and well before the due date. She needs time to plan too, and hearing it first from you builds trust. Pick a calm moment, not the doorway at pickup.
Tammy Gold, LCSW, spent years matching families with nannies before writing Secrets of the Nanny Whisperer (Penguin). Today she works beside families, and their agencies, as a neutral expert: defining the job, interviewing candidates, checking references and setting up the first 30 days.
If you've agreed to guaranteed hours, her pay continues while you're home. Use those weeks well: she can focus on your older child while you recover and bond with the baby.
Your nanny can be your older child's steadiest person during the change. Ask her to protect one-on-one time with your older child and keep familiar routines going.
Many do, especially when the pay and plan reflect the bigger job. Ask her directly, early.
Usually, yes. Settle it before the baby arrives and put it in the agreement.
If your agreement has guaranteed hours, yes, and her help with your older child is valuable during that time.
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