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[quote=Anonymous]Our Nanny of 2.5 years accidentally locked my 7 month old in the car when running an errand on her way to collect my 3 year old from school.  Luckily I was able to quickly reach my husband who was driving in to work and able to help.  Everything turned out ok, but I'm still a bit shaken by the possibilities.  We have a good relationship with the nanny and think of her as a close friend, but after hiring her she has alternated between excellent and focused at times and then having periods where she is distracted and clearly not paying attention to what she's doing at work.  Usually these periods have coincided with major life events (medical issues, divorce, GED, new boyfriend, starting college full time, etc) but the distraction is now becoming more constant.

In addition to working 40+ hours a week for us, she is trying to juggle 3 or 4 college classes and time with her boyfriend.  I did express my concern as she was starting college in August that I felt as if her job with us was clearly not a priority (in a conversation when she was asking for a day off - not a big problem since I was still out on maternity leave, but I was also exhausted).  We haven't really discussed it since, and I've never asked her to limit her distractions during the work day since I always said as long as the kids were happy and well cared for she could use her time as she needed for errands, etc.  I'm beginning to wonder if I should ask her to stay off her cell phone unless it's necessary and not run errands as much, but I don't know if that would actually make her less distracted.

Any advice?  I feel like I'm willing to make a lot of accommodations to keep her as a nanny because of how good she is when she's focused, but now that she often isn't, I find myself resentful when I come home and see her schoolwork out and the kids laundry is not folded or I hear her on the phone when I walk in and there's a mess of cereal on the floor, etc.  What's reasonable to expect?  What's reasonable to ask for?  FWIW, she actually locked the 3 year old in the car once before about a year ago, but it was in the garage and again my husband was working from home that day and able to stay by the car while she drove to get her spare key.

For starters, I'm thinking of making a copy of her car key and keeping it at our house.[/quote]

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