Would you hire a Nanny that wants to bring her baby to work with her?

There are topics out there regarding this but many are very old. Would you hire an experienced Nanny (9 years experience) that wanted to bring her baby with her to work? Most of the concerns lie with the parents feeling that they will be feeding, etc the Nannies child as well as their own. What if the Nanny brings her own food, diapers, etc for her own child and the Nanny even brings her own food for herself...would you hire her?

Mamma Duck in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida said: There are topics out there regarding this but many are very old. Would you hire an experienced Nanny (9 years experience) that wanted to bring her baby with her to work? Most of the concerns lie with the parents feeling that they will be feeding, etc the Nannies child as well as their own. What if the Nanny brings her own food, diapers, etc for her own child and the Nanny even brings her own food for herself...would you hire her?

No I would not hire a Nanny who wants to bring her own child...It would take away from time your being hired for...I certaintly wouldn't want to pay you for taking the time to feed your child. I understand that is might be hard to keep a job and see that your child is well cared for too. With your experience you should be working in a daycare facility and this way you can bring your child and recieve all the rewards of possible cheaper child care rate, your child would have interaction with other children and you would still be able to spend time with him or her.

I want a live in nanny so I would be open to having her bring her child but not a baby because I already have a baby and I know how much care they need and I wouldnt expect her to give mine enough attention when she has to tend to hers as well.

I am a nanny who brings my almost two year old to work with me. This has been a WONDERFUL situation for both her and I as well as the family's I have worked for. My first family I worked through my pregnancy and then brought my daughter after she was born. After I moved on from that family when they were school aged I found a family with a child almost the same age as my daughter and they are the BEST of friends! It's actually easier to take care of two kids and keep them on a schedule and wouldn't you rather have someone for your child to play with rather than be hanging out with a nanny who is 3,4,5x their age???
Ask anyone who's had a nanny with a child their child's age and I can almost guarantee that their situation was wonderful!

Well being a Nanny for 10 years and now having a child of my own now, I just do not understand WHY some parents would not allow this. Especially since there are Nanny jobs out there where you are caring for infant twins, etc. I would think that it would benefit everyone all the way around. You own child as well as there's would get to interact with other children.

I agree with you Sarah =)

I would let a nanny bring his/her children. Not only would your kids benefit, but could be an exception to the household employee IRS rule. You would no longer be in complete control of the nannies daily duties which is the IRS' own example of what constitutes a household employee. The nanny could be back to an independent contractor which could save some dough.

Mamma Duck in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida said: There are topics out there regarding this but many are very old. Would you hire an experienced Nanny (9 years experience) that wanted to bring her baby with her to work? Most of the concerns lie with the parents feeling that they will be feeding, etc the Nannies child as well as their own. What if the Nanny brings her own food, diapers, etc for her own child and the Nanny even brings her own food for herself...would you hire her?

As an expert in the field of nannying, I own a nanny placement agency and also was a nanny myself for 13 years, I feel that decision is one only you can make. There are pros and cons, letting a nanny bring her own child with her you usually can pay a little less hourly. There is also the benefit that if the children are the same age they can play together. However letting the nanny bring her own child, will your child be getting the same amount of attention? Also what if the nannies child is sick then what happens? There are definetly pros and cons to this situation. Hope this helps.

Hi I am in the same situation, where out of desperation I hired a sleep in nanny who brought her two and half year old daughter with. The issue now is that the child is quiet a bully and disrespectful and my child is frightened of her and the mother doesn't even discipline her child. Another thing is that is that by her bringing he rchild could distract her from her duties, my child wont be receiving the attention that she deserves, so I am basically her to not only look after my child but hers as well. How do I tell that her child needs to go back home.