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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the suggestions.  We have one candidate right now that we like, so I am trying the idea of asking her to come back a second time.  I have not heard back from her, but I hope she will be willing to do it.  If not, then she is not right for us.

I have been involving my DH and my mother this time, and DH has already rejected one person I liked, so hopefully he is keeping me from making another mistake.

The question about what was so great about our long-term nanny is an interesting one.  There was certainly more to it, but at bottom I think it came down to respect - she respected us, our house and most importantly our kids.  It was entirely mutual.  When she left, I don't know if I have ever cried that much over a non-family member in my life.  We threw her a big going away party, of course gave her a bonus, paid her health insurance for several additional months before the new employer would agree to pick it up and bought her a charm bracelet from Tiffany's with three charms - two charms with the first letter of our children's names and one that was a circle of red hearts. When you have someone with whom you felt that complete trust and like they genuinely loved your kids, it is impossible not to love them, too. There are times I think I should have never let her go, but she really wanted to keep being a full-time nanny, not a nanny/house manager, and I could not justify paying for 50 hours when I only needed 30.

Hopefully the next great one is out there.  I have to keep looking.[/quote]

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