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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, I'm looking for feed back on what to do, we have a nanny who seems to think she can say whatever is on her mind, and at first I welcomed her confidence but now it is becoming A) Annoying and B) overkill. We thought she would be good for our family as her husband happens to be surgical resident for one of our local hospitals. She came highly recommended from one of my friends who used her as a date night sitter and knew we would need a new nanny who understood what's it like to work for professionals who have a demanding and unpredictable schedule, we're medical professionals as well. She has been great with the kids, and plans activities. The issue is I have certain things I would like of her do adhere to, for example, it is important that we limit tv, she thinks it's fine to let them watch tv whenever she deems appropriately, as well as limiting her budget when she goes out with the kids. We let her spend a good amount but she seems to push over the encouraged limit (400) and makes remarks about how we are not hurting for money and kids are happy, so we should just let it be. On top of this, we plan to take vacation (she gets two weeks of her choosing)  and one of the weeks is our choosing due our busy schedules, well this did not work for her and she let us know why and basically reminded us like we don't know how hard it is for schedule too. We have a beloved sitter we use once in a while, who just happens to have met her at the park once. She never made it known she knew us, as our nanny is quite chatty and presuming she did most of the talking. Apparently our nanny made it know to our occasional sitter that she has this job because she likes kids, and does not need it as her husbands takes care of her and if concerns arise she is not afraid to set her foot down and get her way. I felt this was uncalled for, we try to accommodate and bend backwards for her in whatever way we can, but when we hired her we made it clear there are things we need compliance on and the issues she has are the ones she knew about from the get go. She is making it seem like it was never discussed. I am just looking for suggestions on how to approach this. I don't want to just let our rules slide, she was made aware of them and we don't ask for much. We give her the weekends off, and let her go early with pay if we get home. She can take the kids anywhere, we gave her a card to use and reimburse for mileage and occasionally give her random gifts, especially when she does a great job with the kids. But her over confidence on how she thinks this work should balance is driving us nuts. [/quote]

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