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Luckily, our nanny has only been sick/called out twice and I was able to stay home with DD (you can use sick leave for that). My company also provides a "life care" benefit that includes 5 days a year of back-up care. I would have used that if my nanny called out on a day that neither my husband nor I could stay at home.

We are about to move DD to daycare and it's going to be much worse, I am afraid - daycare is open every day, but I can no longer leave DD when *she* is sick.

As a nanny I always try to avoid calling in such but usually the solutions they come up with for those odd days are:
*Grandma
*Mom or dad takes a sick day
*Mom and dad work from home together- this worked well for one family, the tag team approach meant they were able to actually get a decent amount done.
*The cleaning lady- she was a local mom to school aged kids and she could usually rearrange her schedule
Or just a weird combination of a few options. There were a few times where I called and said- I have strep but the kids were probably already exposed. I am happy to come be a warm body and do lots of TV time etc if you can't find someone. Not ideal for any of us but one family in particular didn't have great back up.

We are lucky that my mom is retired and lives nearby, so either she will watch LO, or DH/I will take a sick day. Thankfully, it hasn't happened too often with our nanny!

1st resort is my husband or i stay home, or we tag team if 1 has to go in for a portion. 2nd resort is our parents. last resort is back up care service we have through work, we've never had to use this yet. if i didn't have these resources, i would check out care.com for sure.

Eek I was going to say one of us would probably stay home, or my mom (if it's not a day she's already helping). Might be a good idea to locate one or two back-up sitters for these situations?

Our nanny had a family emergency and jury duty. We actually interviewed a friend of hers who had just ended her employment with another family (the youngest child was entering full day kindergarten, so their childcare needs changed). Does your nanny have anyone they can recommend?

This happened to me twice this week. I WAH, so I just have to try to manage the baby and my work at the same time, which is no fun. but I don't have any other options.

Like back up care options? My company has a partnership with a drop off location, is that an option?