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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD has been in the share almost 6 months. The initial adjustment was a hard couple of weeks, and then since then she has been pretty happy with some reasonable periods of unhappiness (illness or other normal baby phases they go through). Recently the issue has come up because the other family is dissatisfied with the care their baby is receiving, and so I feel even more pressure to make things right (though they are completely out of my control outside of doing what pps mention). We would like to just have the share at one house full-time, I do think that would help, but it doesn't sound like the other family is into that idea. Our nanny is wonderful, she really does get through the hard periods well. I do get paranoid she will quit though, and we are already so attached to her.[/quote]

When I'm going through a rough time with one or both of the kids, my MBs have done little things to show their appreciation or to give me a break, and it really goes a long way toward keeping me happy and ready to keep at it. They have brought me coffee and muffins in the morning, let me off early, and once at the end of a really trying week they sent me home with a bottle of wine. As for the other family, maybe you need to have a discussion about what they feel is the issue and how they'd like things to change. You guys really need to be on the same page, and your nanny doesn't need extra pressure while dealing with this. Kids go in and out of phases. Right now its your kid, next month it could be their kid, and they will hope that you will be understanding. [/quote]

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