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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes.  God, yes - I have definitely regretted letting our first nanny go.  She was wonderful and my son loved her.  She was college educated, American, a former preschool teacher and never late.  Neighbors would tell us that she talked to our son all the time on walks and was very involved during play-groups.  She made homemade baby food for him every day, did his laundry, cleaned his room.  However, she was expensive for our area (San Diego) and told us from the start that she did no general housework outside of housework for the baby.

At her year anniversary we couldn't meet her raise request (6.5%) which would have put her at nearly $20 an hour and we found far cheaper nannies on care.com.  Being first time parents, we had no real clue how good she actually was until she was gone.  What a stupid and foolish economy!!!!  We have lost more work hours with late, unreliable nannies since then and our son hasn't bonded with his new nanny.  I also don't think he is learning as much with the new nanny either.

This first nanny got another job within three days with a newborn and says she like the new family a great deal.  I'd hire her back in a second if I could and somehow we would find the money.  [/quote]

I made the same horrible mistake and let a fantastic nanny go thinking we could save money.  My daughter cried for her old nanny for over a month and the first new nanny didn't care about my child at all and spend hours texting, second new nanny was never on time and called in sick often, third new nanny (current nanny) is fine but very slow.  I'm terrified that my daughter will run into her old, beloved nanny and think the nanny left her for a better child.

Stupid, stupid mistake.  [/quote]

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