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[quote=Anonymous]Our current nanny has been with us for about six months. DD likes her. She's very sweet and an okay employee, but not a great one. I could mention some of her shortcomings and they seem small when listed individually, but when taken as a whole I feel like she's not living up to our expectations. Our biggest thing is that she's very flaky and has poor attention to detail (she has misplaced our stuff, she forgets which activities are on which days, she needs constant reminding about things, etc.). And today, I worked from home (this is a rare occurrence) and she facetimed for about 20 minutes while DD played by herself next to her (I could see them out the window). I am all for independent play, but DD naps for nearly two hours a day. I would hope that any non-emergency phone calls could be reserved for that time.

We'll be coming up on six months at the end of May and I'd like to use this as an opportunity to have a check-in/reset conversation with her. What's the best way to go about this without fostering resentment or hurting the relationship?

Our DD is two and I originally didn't have plans to send her to preschool until next year. Of course, if the issues were much bigger I would not hesitate for a second in making the change sooner, but given that I think these things are not safety-related and are potentially fixable, I'm still hoping we can improve on things. If our nanny for some reason leaves before next summer, we would send DD to pre-school earlier than expected (assuming we can get in somewhere), rather than look for a new nanny for less than a year. But ideally, we can find a way to make this work for us until then. [/quote]

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