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[quote=Anonymous]We have had our new nanny for 2 months now and while we loved her when we met/interviewed her, she has been ok at best since she started. The biggest issue is that she hasn’t really bonded with my kids, ages 5 and 1 and does not seem as warm and nurturing as we had hoped/wanted. The younger one gets upset every morning when DH and I leave for work - which did not happen ever with our old nanny who was with us for 4 years. The older one is kind of indifferent to her and says “she is kind of nice but not very fun”. I have worked from home to see her in action a few times and it seems like she just doesn’t try all that hard and doesn’t always engage them a ton. She is a bit quiet and for example sits near the younger one while he plays but doesn’t play “with” him a ton. I also gave her a list of friends’ nannies with kids around his age for playdates and she has not reached out to a single one. I suggested checking out story time at the library but she has never done that either. They mostly seem to stay at home or go for a walk around the block in the neighborhood.

I am not sure she is really the best fit for our family at this point and maybe we need to look for someone else - we want someone long term and I just don’t think it’s her. But at the same time we feel bad because she is not a bad nanny at all and has amazing past experience... she just isn’t what we thought she was.

Has anyone else hired the wrong nanny before and replaced them? Was it really horrible? Would you recommend we explore other options?[/quote]

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