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[quote=Anonymous]We've had our current nanny for almost 18 months (since my DC1 was about nine months old). She is pretty good in most respects, but I feel like she doesn't engage/play with my son as much as I would like. In other words, doesn't read enough with him, play games outside (we have a large backyard area and we live in a temperate climate where you can go outside year round), etc. I actually never would have noticed this but for the fact that the after hours babysitter we use sometimes is so much more engaged and does all of those things and more. I've talked to her about doing more with my DC1 (who is now in part time pre school three mornings a week) but it's never clicked. DC2 is six months old and I've already started noticing the same pattern with him (she sits outside with him in his chair but then just looks at her phone for half an hour). There are a few other minor issues with her (she's consistently 10 minutes late every morning, which I've tried to address with her but have concluded will never improve) but besides that she is reliable and my DC1 likes her well enough. We've given her two raises since she started with us and she's now paid almost $25/hr (above market in my area). Anything else I should do/try other than either just accept this is how she is OR start looking for someone else? [/quote]

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