i had the exact same problem recently. what you need to decide is whether or not you can afford to offer to drop her days/hours without needing to fill the place.
My mum wanted to drop from 4 days to 2 days during her mat leave. I explained that was fine but if she did so I would need to fill those other 2 days and there was no guarantee I'd have space when she went back to work.
I told her if she could manage 3 days then I could keep all 4 days open and would then be able to have mindee and baby when she goes back.
Perhaps if she is keeping all 5 days then maybe you could set a min. number of hours per day that will work financially for you?
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