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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since she has amazing references, I would probably just chalk this up to unfortunate timing and bad luck - though if you are out on leave still it's possible that the timing could have been worse if it had all happened right after you went back to work.

Personally if she seems to be a great nanny then I'd give it a bit more time.  Finding a good fit can be hard and I wouldn't throw that away just because of something like this.[/quote]

I wouldn't say anything to her, but I'd be keeping track over the next few months. A string of bad luck could happen to anyone, but some people seem to always have a reason they can't work. Yes, you need a backup plan, but she needs to be able to handle issues in her own life without always taking off work.

Our nanny really impressed me when during her first month with us, her car broke down on the way to work. She was late that day, but she got here, and she figured out how to get herself to work over the next couple of days while her car was being fixed, and was able to arrange to get it fixed without it becoming my problem at all. That's how a grown-up handles things. I had had several nannies before this who would have called in when the car broke down, and then made the entire set of logistics my problem.

Our morning person (housekeeper/mother's helper) ended up in the hospital about two weeks after she started with us. She was ultimately out almost two weeks. I didn't say anything, and she has been incredibly reliable since then. You just have to wait to find out if this is an anomaly or not.

So, I guess I'm saying that you need to wait an see. She may be the kind of person who is always sick or always having personal crises, in which case she needs a job with more flexibility. Or, it could just be two incidents with bad timing.[/quote]

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