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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nanny of 3 years, who we adore more than anything, just left us so we had to hire someone new. I interviewed more than 25 candidates and didn’t really LOVE anyone, but found someone I liked much more than the others and hired her. She is currently working with another family and finished that job this past Wednesday, so she agreed to do a trial day with us yesterday and then she starts on Tuesday.

Now that I spent a day with her yesterday I am really second guessing whether she was the right choice. Of course she is different from my current nanny so I don’t know if that’s the issue and we just need time to adjust, or if something rubs me the wrong way. She was very nice (a bit too chatty but she may have just been trying to get to know us) but I didn’t find her to be as warm as I was hoping for with my kids, age 3 months and 3.5 years. My older one wanted to play dolls with her but she seemed a little disinterested and only played for a couple minutes before trying to convince her to do something else on her own, like a puzzle. Another thing, we all went for a walk to the playground and she was pushing the baby and rather than use the dip in the corner of the sidewalk to cross the street she just pushed the stroller off the curb which jerked the baby a bit and she started crying. It felt a bit aggressive or maybe not cautious is the right word. One more - around lunch time I offered her a break since the baby was napping and she said she was going to grab some lunch and then come back (she didn’t bring anything) and was gone for a full hour. I didn’t specify when exactly to come back but that seemed a bit excessive. These are just a couple examples and I know they are totally small things. There were more but no major red flags.

That said, she did get my 3 month old down for a nap - which is no easy feat - and she gave me some other good tips that I appreciated. And, my 3yo said she really likes her.

I guess I am feeling a bit disappointed in how things went. I think my expectations were too high, but now I am worried she is t the right fit for our family and wish we had more time to keep looking. Like I said, something about her just rubbed me the wrong way but I can’t say exactly what.

Would you proceed as planned and have the nanny start on Tuesday and give her a chance, or keep looking and go with your gut? So torn.[/quote]

You are crazy. I can guarantee this nanny will leave within six months because you will drive her as
crazy as you.[/quote]

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