SIL wants to share a nanny. I am not sure how I feel about that. I am just wondering if anyone has done it, and how it went.
I think the hardest thing would be what if SIL wanted the nanny to do something different with her baby than I wanted done with my kids (she is raising her kids vegetarian, for example, or we are fairly scheduled with our kids eating at certain times/naps at certain times, whereas SIL just doesn't do that). Also, what if a child is sick? Or the nanny is sick? Or vacation schedules don't match up? IDK, sounds like a lot of planning would need to be done up front.
Re: Has anyone tried a nanny share?
I've done it. a GOOD nanny should be able to accomodate some differences - like food. She can serve your kids and your SIL's kids different food - not a big deal.
Schedules - I'm pretty scheduled w/ DS and having a nanny for a couple years was nice. Things revolved more around him. But I will say that going to a DCP made me let go of that a little. Or I should say I had to be open to a new schedule. My DCP has aschedule, but as she can have up to 8 kids, DS is on HER schedule, not mine.
That being said - as you're the one w/ the schedule, I'd expect the nanny to get all the kids onto that schedule.
Whose house would yo udo this at, and are you set up for multiple kids? That was the thing- we had to have a PNP for the other kid who came to our house to sleep in.
But if you don't want to do it, then don't! There is nothing wrong in saying "We don't feel this would be a good fit for us."
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
Are you sharing the nanny at one location, ie all the kids with the nanny? Or are you splitting days?