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[quote=Anonymous]Our Nanny went home for three weeks.  While she was gone, we had a substitute nanny watch DD.  Over that period of time I realized that our permanent nanny while incredibly loving to out daughter, could be doing a lot more.

Our substitute nanny texted me frequently and took photos of dd, cooked, did the laundry (it is at the end of our hall in our building), changed the sheets and made sure our daughter's room was clean.  She did this all unprompted.  Our current nanny won't cook, does not feel comfortable doing the laundry because she doesn't want to leave dd behind. Our current nanny is also older so she doesn't know how to text or do photos.

To make this more difficult.  Our nanny seems even less interested in working since she came back.  I'm trying to be sensitive to the fact that she might miss her family.  But at the same time her attitude makes my life more challenging.  I find that I am getting to work later because I have to do a lot more things in the morning (make lunch for dd, seperate laundry).  When I come home the dishes are put away but she rarely cleans any pots and pans I have used to cook DD's lunch.  At the same time DD loves her, is healthy, sleeps well at night etc.

We pay our nanny a competitive salary, with paid vacation, sick days and have provided her assistance with some family issues that have come up throughout the year.  I feel like we have been good employers from that standpoint.

I would love to hire the substitute nanny but she doesn't want to be paid on the books. So that's a deal breaker for me even if she seems to be wonderful.

I know that part of this is my fault.  This is my first child and I've never employed someone before.  I probably should have set my expectations higher from the start.  I wonder if after a year, it is too late to change things and if I should think about hiring someone new.

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