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[quote=Anonymous]I can't imagine a nanny leaving a one year old in a room alone, for any reason, unless he or she were safely in a crib.  You might want to reconsider whether this nanny is worth holding on to.  In my experience, nannies are either conscientious or not.  It's not something you can train or manage into them.

If you do want to keep her, just sit her down and tell her that you are concerned about what you are hearing from your husband, and that it is important to you that she keep both kids within her eyesight at all times unless they are sleeping, limit phone calls of more than one minute to times when the children are asleep, etc.  Since she seems to be having trouble keeping the kids engaged on her own initiative, you might also want to put her on a schedule that requires her to do specific activities with them each day, e.g., minimum one hour of playground time each day, at least one walk each day, minimum 1/2 hour of reading to each kid, classes at the library or one of various private outlets a couple of times per week, singalongs, weekly dance contests (basically consisting of playing music and dancing with the kids til someone drops out in exhaustion), one creative teaching activity per day (get some books to help her).  If she's bored, she may welcome the structure.  If she's lazy, she'll probably resent it and quit, and you can find someone better.[/quote]

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