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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 46, my nanny is 35 and American born, and I feel like she's more of a co-worker rather than my employee.  Bothers my ego.  My youngest child has medical needs, so it would be very hard for me to trust anyone else with his care.  I am definitely keeping the status quo and I'm grateful I've been able to keep my career despite my son's disease, so I'm fortunate.  But, any advice for how to stay humble at home?[/quote]

I also have a younger child with medical needs, and we are very lucky to have found a nanny who loves and adores him. I view our nanny as a member of our team. My son LOVES her, and to be honest, he spends way more time with her than he does with me. He cries when I show up after work, and very casually says "bye bye" to me when I'm leaving in the morning.

How do I feel about that? I'm thrilled that he loves his nanny so much, and that she is taking such good care of him that he feels like I can just walk away and he's in good hands. Our nanny takes him to doctors appointments (we meet her there to do the actual appointment), and by herself to his county preschool program. She is there when his therapists come to the house 2-3 times a week, and takes him to private therapy 3 times a week. She is certainly not my underling, but we discuss issues and we generally make a decision together. I ALWAYS seek her advice on issues, because she knows what she's talking about. Sure, she's my employee, and if I have issues with her, I bring them up and we solve them. If she has a schedule change or wants to change his therapy up or whatever, she brings it up to me and we solve it. But at the end of the day, we're there to help my son, and that's our goal.

What would you change about your relationship with your nanny so that your ego felt better? [/quote]

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