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[quote=Anonymous]We hired a new PT nanny about 6 weeks ago (our first nanny ever) and overall we think she's doing a good job.  However, there have been some issues where she doesn't seem to be following instructions, even after being told several times.  Language doesn't seem to be a barrier.  How would you handle these situations?

1. Sippy cup valves.  She keeps forgetting to put the silicone piece in to prevent links.  On Mondays, we do the "hand off" at my daughter's ballet class and my work clothes got soaked from a leaky water bottle in the diaper bag. And, my daughter didn't have water on the way home... I've shown her a few times now how to put the valves in.  Unfortunately, this is something that's difficult to do ahead of time since the cups are usually in the dishwasher overnight.  However, overall this is a relatively minor, although annoying concern.

2. Dog left outside.  Our older terrier dog doesn't bother with "come" (even with $$$ in training) and to help with this we have a long tether hooked to our porch.  He can easily be hooked to the tether and taken off and put inside the house when the nanny needs to leave.  We've repeatedly told her that the dog may not be left outside running around the fenced yard when she and the kids leave the house.  However, in coming home early yesterday, I discovered that he had been left outside unattended for more than an hour while the nanny/kids were at the park.  The nanny said he didn't want to come... And she "forgot" about the tether.

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