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[quote=Anonymous]I really like the suggestion of asking her to take time each day to research.  Although she'll probably want to do that during her naps!  I had thought about giving her some specific books or articles regarding the importance of independent play time.

I think that she is generally great with toddlers though, probably more so than with infants.  She is engaged with our LO, interactive, fun, and constantly coaching and teaching her.  She also tutors elementary age kids with learning disabilities, and has previous experience working at a daycare for toddlers, so I think she is pretty comfortable with all ages.

I think it's less a problem of age-appropriateness, and this is just my opinion, that she is the type of person that HAS to have something to keep her busy and occupied.  So she has a hard time just hanging back and letting LO do her thing.  I think it was also the reason she wanted to keep running in to get LO the second she heard her stir from her nap - she needed something to do (and she couldn't handle any crying).  She also leaves all the tasks like putting toys away, tidying up, cleaning up LO's dishes for when LO naps, so that she's sure to have something to keep her busy during that time.  I tried to get her to clean up toys with LO, so that LO learns to put away toys after playing with them, but no progress in that area.

It's good to get feedback.  Thank you.  I really wasn't sure if I was just crazy for complaining about a nanny being too engaged and attentive to our LO.  [/quote]

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