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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here.  When I was hiring if any reference seemed even the least bit fishy or felt odd, I moved on to another candidate. I didn't feel comfortable giving someone the benefit of the doubt when it came to my kids. Just something to think about. [/quote]

Another MB here and I didn't hire a great candidate because of her current employer said she was "very involved" with her son and mentioned how much her son loved her and her love for him.  Felt strange to me even though she said she was a great nanny - there was just something about the way this mother talked about the nanny...  I didn't hire her.

However the nanny took a job nearby and I see her all the time with her new charge... the nanny is 100% attentive, talks to the toddler constantly and has her signing fluently.  All the librarians at our children's library rave about this nanny.  The pre-preschool program we both attend with the kids offered this nanny a job at their preschool based on how she interacts with her charge!!! 
Basically I totally screwed up.  Thinking back, the mother was probably jealous of the nanny's relationship with her son.

You cannot always trust another mother's opinion! Just read some of the comments on the general board from mothers and you can understand better.  [/quote]

MB here.  This was such a rookie mistake you made.  If the worst thing an MB has to say is that the nanny is "too involved" and the MB cannot give specific examples of why this bothers her, then clearly it's MB's problem and nanny is a gem!  We actually used to have a nanny who was a little too involved BUT I could describe specific situations in which it negatively affected her care of our child.  Having said that, in the greater scheme of things, I didn't think this was that big of a deal, certainly nothing to fire her over, and gave her a glowing reference.  [/quote]

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