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[quote=Anonymous]We hired a nanny in August of this year.  She has had several issues with reliabilty (relating to sick time/snow days - she will not drive if there is a threat of snow even if it is not currently snowing).  She has been out of work for 13 days since her start date.  She does have PTO, but only 3 out of 13 were scheduled.  Both my husband and I have jobs that rarely close with the weather and we cannot work from home easily.

She got into a fender bender with my kids in the car a month ago - insurance company ruled her fault.  This is not something I would hold against her and did not require that she pay any part of the deductible - but it does add together with all the other things.

Additionally, while she is great with our baby, I am afraid that she is not at all connecting with my preschooler.  The preschooler is in 3 half days of preschool currently, but will spend the upcoming summer with the nanny and then start school in the fall.

We have started using a back up nanny for the time that she is out (and paying BOTH of them for the day).  She is great with the preschooler and okay with the baby from what I can tell.  The backup nanny has expressed an interest in coming on full time with us as she is currently in school at night and working several part time jobs.  We like her, but she is younger than I would have chosen for the baby and we have really tried to be fair with our current nanny in case her issues have really been a string of bad luck.

At what point do we give up and make a change?  How much do we cater to what I think is best for the baby vs what is best for the preschooler?  We also have a school aged child who is rarely ever there but when he is the backup nanny is better for him as well.[/quote]

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