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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone.  Reading through the responses has made me realize that she probably is burned out.  I will say until recently she was fabulous with the kids.  She was more like a preschool teacher than a nanny.  Recently she started getting short with the kids and I heard her one day a few weeks ago telling my son he should get a spanking (we don't spank, not judging those who do but we made it clear to her in the interview our philosophy on discipline).  I called her out and was pretty angry, thiugh I'm confident she hasn't spanked either f them.  Then se started putting them in time out for 10 minutes at a time.  I explained 2.5 minutes tops based on their age.  They started thinking it was a joke bc she put them in time out so often and for such minor things.  Then she told me a few weeks ago she's concerned about how attached the kids are to her.  I explained that I would be concerned if they weren't attached but assured we that they're absolutely fine when she's not there and very attached to me and my husband.  She brought up the part time thing, not us.  I have asked her if the kids have become too much for her to handle and she says they haven't.  I old her I would totally understand if she'd prefer to do something else and we would write a very strong recommendation for her ad keep her on for 3 months to give her time to find another position but that wasn't what she wanted.  I hate to do it because she was such abig help to our family for so many months but I agree we need to seriously look at another arrangement.  Thanks for the perspective.[/quote]

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