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[quote=Anonymous]We've had our current nanny for 4 months now.  Our previous nanny was with us almost a year.  She was amazing with the children but was always late so eventually we let her go.  We interviewed tons of candidates over a 2 month period and eventually hired our current nanny.  We did 3 trials days with her before she officially started and we thought she was wonderful.  The children seemed happy with her and she seemed to really care about them.  Now 4 months later I feel like she hasn't really bonded with my oldest.  She complains a lot about normal behavior from the children and often seems impatient with them.  She is extremely reliable, rarely late and has never taken a sick day.  I know the children are safe with her and in general she is nice to them but she almost never plays with them, she just watched them play.  The oldest is in school but on days he is home he really gets bored unless I specifically leave activities for them to do.  So basically she isn't bad but she isn't great.  I really don't want to let her go and have to look for someone else but I keep fantasizing about finally finding the perfect nanny.  I think we offer a good package, $1100 gross/week for a guaranteed 50 hours but she only actually works 50 hours about once every other month.  Most weeks she works about 42 hours and she's never gone over 50 but if she did we'd pay for the extra time at an OT rate.  She gets 2 weeks paid vacation (all of her choosing) plus whatever time we take off which amounts to about a week.  She also gets 5 sick days.  We do expect her to do the children's laundry and change their sheets as time permits but those are the only housekeeping tasks we ask.  She does frequently go above and beyond that and really does make my life easier in that respect (she empties the dishwasher even though I have told her it's not necessary, organizes my refrigerator/cabinets etc) which I greatly appreciate but I don't know if it's worth keeping her for.

Am I settling here or is it just wishful thinking that I can find someone amazing with all the qualities I am looking for at the rate we are paying?[/quote]

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