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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Know that you want and need a housekeeper/nanny rather than a teacher/nanny.  I’ve had both types due to a change in circumstance.

When my first son was born, we hired a great teacher/nanny with a college degree who engaged him, taught him, did art with him, took him to library story time and set up a playgroup for him.  She only did child-related chores like his laundry, cleaning his room, making his food (and grocery shopping for him) and picking up his toys at the end of the day.  She was great and she’s still a close family friend.  Both my kids adore her.

My older son was five when I had a second baby and nanny wasn’t available to come back.  We knew that DH had a deployment coming up so our old nanny helped me interview housekeeper/nanny types.  We found a lovely woman who was foreign to help with housework, pick up older from school and care for the baby.  She loved my baby but wasn’t able to even read to her in English.  But she was a huge help to me when DH was away.  And a safe and reliable driver.

You just have to make it clear what you need.  Remember the nanny will be with some or all of the older kids for school holidays and sick days too.  [/quote]

Btw, when our youngest started preschool at almost three, she was way behind where our older child was when he started.  She’s caught up but just doesn’t have the vocabulary or love of books our older one has.  Maybe that’s personality/genes but I think it was about the kind of care she had early on.  Regardless, that’s not your situation but I thought I’d put it out there for others deciding on what type of nanny to hire. [/quote]

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