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[quote=Anonymous]MB here.  Do you know if the family that is hiring her is hiring her primarily for newborn care or primarily for the older kids?  Do you know if the hiring family has had other nannies in the past?  Do you know anything about the other references the nanny was able to provide, or that you spoke w/ when hiring her?  Your reference to the new family should only be a bit of the data in their hiring decision.

I think this is a tough call.  It sounds like you gave a reasonable, balanced, reference with an appropriate caveat about the nanny's infant skills.  It also sounds like the nanny's performance with you declined after being given notice (which is perhaps human, though certainly not ideal.)

So I think that if you leave it alone you are ok.  I think that if you reach back to the hiring family it isn't likely to change their decision at this point given that what you're describing isn't intentional harm, it sounds more like a lack of knowledge or preference, or even just a lack of effort since she was let go.  So the hiring parents may feel that they can work with the nanny, don't need the newborn to be the primary focus, are experienced enough parents that they can be extremely explicit, etc...

I think I'm leaning towards doing nothing.  I think I'd lean more towards reaching out if the hiring family were first time parents, but if they are on their fourth child they are quite experienced at parenting, and perhaps at hiring nannies - so I would give them more credit in terms of managing the situation (if in fact it proves not to work well).

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