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[quote=Anonymous]We just hired a new nanny.  My kids are a bit older (almost 3, and 4.5), and they are independent in many ways but still require plenty of supervision and coaching. The nanny we hired is a "professional"; she has a degree (albeit online) and has only ever worked in childcare.  She came with glowing references, and we are paying her an excellent rate that is higher than what she made at her previous job caring for twin toddlers.  Our kids will be spending a lot of time in preschool, but we are still paying her for full time, so she will have plenty of downtime on the job. We haven't asked her to do any tasks other than caring for the children.

Here's the thing.  It's her first week.  I feel like she should be bonding with the kids, doing fun activities with them, getting to know them, reading to them, etc....but all she is doing is sitting on her phone all day. She was reading them a book when I left this morning, but they told me that that was the only time she read to them all day. She took them to a park, and they said she didn't get up from the bench the entire time, and she just sat there on her cell phone. She spent nine hours with them.

I understand that kids don't need constant engagement, and I am glad that my kids play well both independently and with each other.  But I also expect that the nanny should be doing a little more than just browsing her phone all day.  I also think kids should be supervised in a public place.  I find this especially egregious considering that it's her first week -- I could understand the slide into this behavior as she  grows weary of the job, but this is a brand new job.  I"m just so disheartened -- should I start looking for someone new already?  I worry about all these transitions for the kids, and I also feel like maybe I should give her more of a chance, but I am very concerned at this point.  WWYD?[/quote]

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