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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I have a totally different view of how things are going with our son's new nanny. She's been on the job for two months. I think she's great, attentive, gentle, flexible, open to suggestion, etc. He thinks she's aloof, doesn't listen carefully, isn't assertive enough (lets our son get away with stuff like eating on the sofa) and doesn't engage our son enough. It's almost as if we're talking about two different people. We have agreed to start giving her some more regular feedback (e.g. weekly) and see if things improve, but I'm really struggling with the fact that we have such different perceptions of what's going on.

Other important points:

1) She communicates better in French than in English, and she speaks French to our son; I speak French and my husband does not; so there could be quite a lot "lost in translation."

2) My husband works from home frequently so he sees more of her than I do (but I feel like I see her enough/daily to see how she interacts with our son and to talk with her a bit).

3) Our son is 3 and in morning preschool; nanny comes afterwards (while I'm at work) and leaves when I come home (around 7pm). The transition from dad to nanny is around lunchtime when he is hungry, so sometimes it doesn't go very well.  On the days when there is no preschool, she comes earlier and I do the transition, which goes perfectly fine.

Any advice from the nannies or parents out there who have been in this situation?[/quote]

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