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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was hired with no nanny experience, but with lots of experience with children of all ages (at a daycare).

I mean, I need to start somewhere.[/quote]

Everybody has a first hire, I was hired without experience 11 years ago too. But I'm much more interested in what parents' impressions of novice vs experienced nannies are.[/quote]

I'm the one near the top who said I hired someone without experience as a nanny. She had a lot of experience being around kids, has a genuine interest, is open to discussion, happy to research issues that come up, etc. There was a nanny on here a week or so ago saying she wanted a baby to cry it out and kept claiming HER way was THE way to raise a baby into a good person, and seemed very resistant when others posted perhaps the mother didn't want the baby crying it out. My nanny is not so rigid in her ways that she is closed to various ways of doing things. So I can say to her, "Would you research half a dozen toys that aren't plastic or character-based for DD's age-range?" and she will do it and when I come home there will be a list waiting for me. She won't just say, "Oh, every toddler I've worked with has had this Disney thing; get that" and then get upset when I don't get it. When I said something during the newborn stage about not being sure if the baby was still hungry, she suggested sticking my knuckle in the baby's mouth to see if she sucked. DH did not want that done, so she figured out a different way and was pleasant about it. This is why I'm happy having someone without specific nanny experience. No ego based on experience, happy to brainstorm and really work WITH us. [/quote]

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