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[quote=Anonymous]OP here -
Thank you all for the validation.  I was afraid I was being an overly paranoid first time mom - b/c honestly the lies in isolation were kind of eh - not too big of a deal.  But looking over 2 weeks, I honestly can think of a million lies she's now told me!  One of the days where her allergies were the worst - she was actually sick - and now my entire family has the plague.  My beautifully sleep trained baby has not slept straight through the night in three days and is so congested.  ugh!

Thank you to the person who mentioned references for only infants - great advice and insight. Similarly, thank you to the PP who mentioned someone who is a professional nanny vs someone doing this to make money while building a different career.  We have realized the err in our ways - funny b/c I've hired a gazillion people in my real job, but never had an issue like this one!

In terms of analyzing the lies - my Dh and I have discussed - honestly, I don't know why she lies so much. It seems to be habitual. either she needs the job so badly she'll say anything to make me think she is amazing and there are no issues or she just does it out of habit. I honestly don't know which.  I mean - why lie about having class? More than anything, it makes you  start to wonder what is is and isn't true and what she is and isn't lying about!

Sigh - I've called in the reinforcements - my parents are going to help out this week - my husband is going to find some extra help at his busienss. I've fired up all cylinders to find a new person.  I'd happily do daycare too, but there aren't any near my new job and I have so little time off since it's a new job not sure what I'd do if she ended up sick constantly (like, um, we all are now this weekend anyway!)[/quote]

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