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[quote=Anonymous]If the baby is very new, I would err on the side that she needs to work out the kinks and adjust to the different structure. Even if she had similar charges before, no two kids are the same so there's bound to be some difficulties before she figures out what works. Maybe give it another few weeks and reassess.

If that's been going on for a few months now and there's no improvement whatsoever I would sit down with her and have an honest conversation with her about her duties and willingness to stay on with your family.

My NF just welcomed a second baby three months ago and the older just turned two. It's certainly been a huge adjustment. The first time I was left alone with the both of them I felt like I haven't had time to sit down from when the mom left at 8 and came back at 3. I was completely exhausted the first two weeks and would just collapse on the bed as soon as I got home. But in two or three weeks we had a bit of a schedule set up and while my job is certainly much more demanding now than it was before the baby was born, I am able to do most things I am asked to do on most days. Sure some days the older won't nap or the baby spends ages feeding and ruins the plan to take them outside or I have to stay three minutes late after the mom comes home to clean up a mess we had made earlier and I'd had no time to deal with, but that's maybe one out of five days.

That said, my MB was very supportive at the beginning and cut me all sorts of slack. It was a huge change for her as well, two instead of one, so I think she was very understanding. I don't know how old your baby is, but I honestly can't imagine that it's easy to be with a very new baby and a 3yo on time somewhere. I take mine to the park on most days, but only because we can take a while getting there and we're not on a schedule. Getting them to a class would be much more difficult.

Basically either your nanny needs more time to adjust and more support, or she's just not willing to do this job anymore.[/quote]

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