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[quote=Anonymous]Nope, no tv or video.  She's engaged with her 100% of her wake time.

I've actually already sat down with her a couple weeks ago and flat out told her that LO needs to get 15-30 total minutes of independent play time every day, and that the nanny can have a snack/beverage, read, or whatever during that time.  But she simply hasn't done it.

I think it just really goes against her every instinct to leave her alone, so it's the kind of thing I would really need to harp on her about for it to change... but I'm just not sure if this is a battle I should be picking.

As an example to give a better picture.... I had a past problem with her and LO napping because of a similar thing.  She wouldn't let LO fall asleep on her own, and would run in at the slightest sound or stirring.  It got so bad that within a month or so, LO's naps went from 2.5 hours a day to only 30 minutes a day, fighting every nap, and she'd be a mess by the evening.  I really had to step in and put my foot down - wrote out strict protocol, and had to stay on top of her.   I had to literally make her watch the clock, because if I simply told her to wait 10 minutes after waking, she'd only wait one and half minutes and then run in.  I guess to her it felt like 10 minutes, lol.   And I also had to take the baby monitor out of the room, because she was obsessed with checking it.  But it was totally worth it, because within 5 days, LO went back to her normal nap schedule, learned how to fall her asleep on her own beautifully, and was her happy self in the evenings. [/quote]

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