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[quote=Anonymous]We had a new nanny start about 3 months ago and while she is great in almost every way and my kids have really taken to her... we are having one recurring issue in that she is late almost every single day (at least 3 days a week). It’s usually just 5-10 mins, but sometimes it can be as much as 30 mins. She takes the Metro to work and pretty much texts me every morning at 7am that there are delays/issues and she is running behind. She lives about an hour away and claims to leave by 6:45am to buffer extra time so she can get to us by 8, but that rarely happens.

We have spoken to her about this twice now and she completely understands and tells us she will try to make it but says sometimes it’s just out of her hands with the way the Metro is running. And despite our talks it’s not better overall.

It’s not that big of a deal most days when she is late since DH takes our older one to school on his way to work and then I usually end up waiting at home with the baby until she arrives. However, today I have a 9am meeting that I am now going to be late for since my nanny arrived at 8:20am and my commute is about 35/40 mins. So her lateness impacts me being late and that can’t happen regularly.

What would you do here? Keep the nanny with the understanding that she clearly just isn’t a punctual person and it’s probably not going to change, but your kids really love her and she is great in most other ways? Or look for someone else and let her go despite the headache to find and train someone new? Really torn since we really do like her, but part of me feels like it’s going to become an issue long term.[/quote]

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