You can come up with all kinds of creative schedules and combinations if you get two reliable nannies. The advantage of having a “team” is that if one gets sick, and you cannot afford to miss your own workdays, you have a back up nanny in your second.

If this all seems like too much for you, you may want to ease into this situation and hire someone a few days a week until you are more comfortable about relinquishing control of your child to a nanny.

If you have other workers in the house, you have to do some human relations work to make sure that your team works well with each other. Some families have a housekeeper in addition to a nanny. Some families have gardeners once a month or once a week or more. Some have cooks or personal assistants. Some have pool boys or plant doctors once a month. The most important thing you can do to make sure everyone gets along and your home runs like a well oiled ship is to delegate clearly, and don’t overload one employee with more than they can handle – especially when there is a child involved.

The last thing you want is a nanny who is doing four things at once, and doesn’t see the child eating the housekeepers laundry soap or slipping out the backdoor while the UPS delivery man is having the nanny sign for packages.

If you travel a lot for your job, or if you travel regularly for your job and you want to bring your nanny and your child (or children), make sure that you let the nanny know this in the job interview. If this traveling is a pre-requisite for the job, be sure to make this clear. If the nanny has children or a husband, make sure that the nanny has made provisions for them while she is traveling with you.