We are currently in a nanny share with another family. It has been at their house for the whole time, but we are moving it to our house next month because the other mom is due in Sept and wanted to not have two toddlers running around her house during her maternity leave. The plan was to move it back to their house in Jan since I am due with LO2.

Yesterday, she told me that she is taking an extended maternity leave and since she will only be paid for the first three months, they can't afford to pay the nanny for the remainder of her maternity leave. She also mentioned that she had not decided if she was going back full-, part-time or not at all after that. So they are dropping out of the nanny share the month before I am due.

I'm kinda bummed because I really like them, the girls get along really well and now I guess I'm going to have my toddler and the nanny in the house during my maternity leave.

If you had a nanny for LO1, what did you do during your maternity leave for later LOs? How did you manage having so many people in the house? Did anyone else come stay with you, and if so, did you give the nanny some time off while they were there?