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[quote=Anonymous]1. Tracking nursery supplies is a given for most nannies. Make a chart and put it on the nursery wall, that way there’s excuse.

2. Some nannies make homemade baby food, others don’t.  Find out now if she’s willing to cook at all.

3. Doing baby’s laundry is a given.  Organizing, purging, ironing, and ordering more clothes are iffy, depending on the nanny.

4. Some nannies (and parents) believe kids should stay home til 6months or even a year.  Others believe in getting kids out and about.

5. Infants play by themselves (especially exploring their own body parts!) or with another adult.  They frequently aren’t even parallel playing (same thing next to another child, looking at the other child, then back to their own toy) until 12-18 months.  However, the earlier they start being around other children, the earlier that things like sharing, patience, taking turns and not hurting each other can occur organically.  Some parents/nannies want to start that before 12 months, others don’t.

6. Some believe in classes for kids under 2.  Some don’t.  Again, kids aren’t going to play together as much as they will interact with an adult, and most of those activities can happen at home.

7. Some want kids introduced to germs early.  Others want to wait.  The easiest way to limit germs is to keep the child inside, at home.

8. Some nannies believe in fresh air everyday, and will walk after putting a cover on the stroller when it’s raining.  Others will only walk in “good” weather.  Others don’t like to walk at all.

9. Some nannies are extroverts and will make friends with multiple nannies, sahms and APs at each park, library and class.  Other nannies are introverted enough that they may not talk to a nanny they sit next to for 12 weeks of class.  Most will fall somewhere in the middle.

10. Some nannies are confident about looking around and finding activities when told “to get out more.”  Others aren’t, or would need/want more direction about what types of activities you’d like to see them attend.

11. Some nannies are proactive, some aren’t.  Some were proactive in previous positions, but felt like the families took advantage and never offered anything extra (even gratitude).  Some parents feel guilty about the amount of time they spend away from their kids, and they have certain things they do to help them assuage their guilt; if a nanny accidentally upsets the parent by being proactive when a parent didn’t say that they wanted to do it, it can make them less likely to look around for things that need to done for another family later.

12. Being late is not acceptable.  On time or early.  This is a personality trait that is very individual.  If you’ve already spoken to her, but it didn’t stop, it’s not going to change now.

Pull out your contract.  Compliment her on what she’s doing well and emphasize that you and your child like her.  Make sure to address everything you want done.  Set a certain time limit to see results, and set a time/date to review.  If she’s doing better on at least half, set another review to see results on everything.  If not, let her go with a prepared written statement about why.

If it was just one or two things, I’d be more likely to recommend keeping her.  If it was a personality conflict, I’d recommend firing her now.  But with the exception of tardiness and supplies being the only two that are givens for every infant position, I think you really should give her a chance.[/quote]

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