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[quote=Anonymous]We were clear in our interviews that our next nanny had to be punctual. DH and I have demanding jobs that do not tolerate lateness. Our previous nanny was great about being on time, we wanted the replacement to follow in her footsteps.

The problem is the nanny arrives to our house 15-20 minutes early every morning. She comes in, says good morning, then sits in the living room reading from her ipad. We hear her phone alarm go off at 8am when she is scheduled to start. Only then does she put the book away and pitch in.

The morning routine is like a zoo. We are chasing one kid and the other is in one of our arms or screaming for our attention. If I need to change my blouse, like Wednesday when I spilled yogurt on myself, I have to carry DD upstairs, change my clothes, carry her back down to the basement to stain treat the shirt and set the machine to soak, then back up to the main floor to finish packing school lunches and chasing kids and geeting myself ready.

We would like to ask her to either (1) pitch in if she is going to be there or (2) come closer to her start time. The train runs every minute during rush hour so I doubt she couldn't arrive a bit later if she doesn't want to do extra work.[/quote]

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