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[quote=Anonymous]We are on our second nanny in a year. She's been with us 3 month and I'm starting to feel like maybe we made a mistake in hiring her. A little background: our first nanny was with us 9 months. She was fantastic with the children but was always late and since she had a family of her own she didn't really want to work the full-time hours that I needed. It took me 3 months to find another nanny who I thought would be a good fit. We had 4 trial days with her. She seemed great with the children, played nicely with them and had the personality we were looking for. We spoke with her references who all had excellent things to say about her.

Now, 3 months in I'm starting to have some regrets. She's nice to the children but not great with them. I think she does really care about them but she never sits down and plays with them. She just watches them play. She will read to them if they want and help them do art projects if I suggest it but mostly she just watches them play. She does take them out to the playground but that's about it unless I suggest something. She is also very reluctant to help with potty training.

She is extremely helpful to me. She does all their laundry and changes their sheets. She gives them baths and she does a lot of extra things I don't ask her to do around the house as well.

Anyway, I'm just feeling frustrated because while she is good she's not great and I'm not sure what else I could have done differently to find the great nanny. I had the hardest time finding someone with the personality and experience that I wanted. I know some of you will say it might be what I'm offering so I'm going to just be clear now. We are paying her $24/hr plus overtime for 45 hours per week. All over the table. She gets guaranteed hours, 2 weeks vacation of her choosing (plus whatever days we take off) and 5 sick days.

I don't know if my expectations are unrealistic or why I'm having such a hard time. I also don't know where to go from here. I really don't want to look for ANOTHER nanny. Theres nothing specifically wrong with this one, she's just not great with the children. She keeps them safe and find though. So do I need to accept this or am I settling?[/quote]

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