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[quote=Anonymous]We recently hired a new nanny after our old nanny moved to a different city.  New nanny is lovely in lots of ways, and wonderful with our younger child (age 2).  Older child, 4 1/2, was very close to the old nanny and has had a tough time adjusting.  He's in school so only with her for about 90 minutes a day, and it's not a great time for him anyway--he's usually pretty wiped out by the end of the school day when she picks him up, and tends to be wild and cranky.  New nanny is much stricter than our former nanny--she does not tolerate bad behavior.  While I'm grateful for this, it is really impacting the relationship he's building with the nanny.  He is very weepy, upset to see her, and just doesn't seem comfortable with her at all.  She's been with us for 2 months.

I'm not sure what to do.  On the one hand, of course DS should NOT be talking back or otherwise misbehaving with our nanny.  We have certainly made that clear to him, in front of her.  We have consequences for bad behavior (removing a toy or or a treat or time out, depending on the infraction).  She is instituting the same consequences.  He just seems to find it very upsetting, much more so than when we discipline him.

Any suggestions?  I feel stuck.  I can't very well tell our nanny to let our DS walk all over her, but I also feel that they are not building a good relationship together.[/quote]

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