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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  Thanks to everybody who wrote helpful responses (which obvs was not everybody).  I agree that nanny hanging out with her friend is not a problem, just the frequency of their getting together doesn't look great considering she's not meeting anyone else.  I also agree that I should focus on #1 and #2 will resolve itself on its own.  I probably wouldn't care about #2 if she was taking care of #1.

I didn't mention in my OP that it is actually really easy to meet other nannies and kids in our area.  Literally at least a dozen playgrounds within a 15 minutes' walk, neighborhood is teeming with kids and their caregivers (mostly nannies)!  I am with DD a lot as I work part-time and know how playdates go.  I know they often don't work out and when that happens, you have to put in the effort to find new ones.  My guess is nanny put in the effort to connect with other nannies in the beginning and hasn't since.  As to me finding nanny playdates for DD, I did find her one and they get together just once a month as the other girl has her own playdates to go to.  With our former nanny, I actually found a couple playdates, but their schedules wouldn't match, which made sense as those nannies go to the park when *I* do, but not when nanny goes.  That's when I realized it would be easier for nanny to find her own playdates.

I know our nanny has a lot to remember and it's easy to let certain things go.  I think that's what happened here and not surprisingly given it's so easy and nice for her to meet up with a good friend of hers rather than make new friends.  I will remind her about the playdates and this is actually the right time to do so now that it's spring and much easier getting together with others.[/quote]

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