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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for all of those who posted helpful and non-hostile suggestions. I think perhaps I've also been frustrated by some other minor issues that I mentioned (lack of cleaning up after herself and DS, who is still pretty young at 20 months, and the fact that she is routinely 10-15 minutes late every morning despite the fact that I let her come later every morning since I don't have to drive to work anymore) and perhaps I just focused on the phone thing rather than looking at the bigger picture. Perhaps the suggestion about a quick mention of the phone usage at the end of the day will do the trick, since cutting it in half would be more than sufficient at this point. As people pointed out, she takes good care of my son and he loves her and that's really what matters most to me anyway. Thanks all. [/quote]

If there are that many issues, you need a reset conversation, preferably during naptime.

“Larla, we love how you do xyz with our child.  He’s so excited to see you every morning, and that really makes us feel wonderful about having you care for and teach him.  We do have a few concerns about a few things.  We’d like our home to be in the same condition at the end of the day that it was in the morning.  We’d also like you to work on being here by abc time every morning.  Finally, we’d prefer that you only accept urgent calls and respond to urgent texts throughout the day, and we’d like to suggest an Apple Watch (or similar device) as a way for you to feel connected while still paying attention to our son.  If you can cut down on phone usage over the next month, especially while outside with him, we’d be happy to pay for half/all of that device.  We know our son loves you, and we really want this to work long term.  Having you here means that we can focus, knowing that we trust you to handle the things that come up throughout the day.”[/quote]

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