Help me be less annoyed with our nanny or otherwise how to deal

[Anonymous]

OP
How much are you paying your current nanny?

[Anonymous]

I am not OP, but I pay 27 per hour in Fairfax and just cannot find a good nanny with a handle on English. Our current nanny spoke well enough to get by the interview and is incredibly nice, but it's a real problem that we don't know how to fix (and we'll feel bad letting her go, because she is, after all, nice).

[Anonymous]

I had problems with professionalism with my last nanny as well. Nothing that concerned me about my children, but the kinds of things you are describing...giving me work to do as she left (couldn't get to some Landry, so you can fold it tonight), not taking responsibility for the kids the moment she got there, taking naps while the kids were napping, then not getting up right away when I got home and took over childcare (once she continued napping for two hours, then ate dinner with us).
I ended up letting her go. It just drove me crazy. I feel bad though because she cannot find a job now, and she has asked me for help, but I don't feel comfortable recommending her to anyone I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not OP, but I pay 27 per hour in Fairfax and just cannot find a good nanny with a handle on English. Our current nanny spoke well enough to get by the interview and is incredibly nice, but it's a real problem that we don't know how to fix (and we'll feel bad letting her go, because she is, after all, nice).

You should be able to find an AMERICAN former preschool teacher of $27 an hour. You are doing something wrong, PP.

[Anonymous]

There are many great nannies who speak English but you moms choose the cheaper nannies who speak limited English. Boo hoo

[Anonymous]

OP again. We're not in the DC-MD-VA area where rates are higher. We are in the suburbs of a major city and pay $20/hour while the going rate around here is $15/hour starting, but for someone who is probably an immigrant (yet native English speaker) and maybe no college. I know a few people who started their nannies at $20/hour and they are college-educated, U.S. born nannies. We are not being cheap here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had problems with professionalism with my last nanny as well. Nothing that concerned me about my children, but the kinds of things you are describing...giving me work to do as she left (couldn't get to some Landry, so you can fold it tonight), not taking responsibility for the kids the moment she got there, taking naps while the kids were napping, then not getting up right away when I got home and took over childcare (once she continued napping for two hours, then ate dinner with us).
I ended up letting her go. It just drove me crazy. I feel bad though because she cannot find a job now, and she has asked me for help, but I don't feel comfortable recommending her to anyone I know.

Two hour nap after you got home?! That's crazy!