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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op. What were the red flags? [/quote]

Hindsight is 20 20. Of course these things sound so bad  now, but it was very easy to brush them off at the time.

1- the candidate told me at her first interview that she also did frequent pet sitting. On her way out of  the interview, she mentioned that the dog she was sitting had not been let out all day since it was raining that morning. She said she had considered going over to let it out while her current charges were napping.  At the time I asked my husband whether he thought she meant she would have left the charges home alone sleeping. We decided that she must have meant that someone else (grandma) was at home, because no one would be dumb enough to leave  kids home alone sleeping. On the other hand, if someone else was home and she could have left, why would she not have been conscientious and let out the poor dog? Either way it is bad.

2- she came over for a second visit, which was supposed to be a chance to get to know the kids. It ended up being an awkward time because we had just gotten home from an activity, and our daughter was hungry and not interested in spending time with someone new. The nanny spent about 15-20 minutes interacting with her, chatted with me a bit, and then whipped out her phone and started clicking away. I was really bothered that she got out her phone during that time since we were paying her get to know our child. But I rationalized that my DD wasn't in the best mood and maybe the nanny didn't want to force interaction.

I posted about this nanny a few weeks ago - she came over and sat on her phone for 3 straight days and didn't interact with my kids at all. She ignored them when they tried to play with her. I witnessed it with my own eyes and ears. In hindsight her lack of conscientiousness and phone addiction should have been obvious.

I appreciate the suggestions so far! [/quote]

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