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[quote=Anonymous]Had a new nanny start 2 months ago after our long-time nanny left to go back to school. She seemed amazing when we were interviewing her (and had really strong references), but in reality seems good/fine but not great. Not sure if our expectations are too high, but a few examples below...

- In 8 weeks she has been late 5 times. Not crazy late, but arrived at like 8:05am instead of 8am. The rest of the time she walks in the door at exactly 8am and never a minute earlier. While she does not have to come early and it's not the biggest deal when she is a couple minutes late, my old nanny was ALWAYS 5-10 mins early just to ensure she was never late.

- We live pretty close to a Starbucks (like 5 minute walk) and most days after arriving the nanny will take the baby out for a walk. I found out she typically takes him to Starbucks to grab a coffee. She also takes him to the grocery store a couple times per week (also walking distance) to get things for herself to eat (I see the grocery bags when I get home). Not a huge deal, but I am not sure that I love that it happens so regularly and I wonder what other errands she may be running which takes time away from engaging with my son. I have no problem telling her not to do this, just wondering if it's something that needs to be spelled out or should be a given.

- She does not seem to get on the floor and play with the baby. She does take him out for walks at least twice a day, which I like, but from what I can tell his toys - which I put away and organize when I play with him at night - are untouched. I asked her about this and she said they are so busy they don't always have time, and I told her I just want to make sure he has time to be on the floor and practice crawling, etc. I was also home once and my older one asked her to play dolls and while the nanny agreed - you could tell she was not into it. After a couple minutes she suggested playing a board game instead. Trust me I get that playing dolls is boring, but I still do it.

All of this said she is very sweet and seems to be taking good care of my kids, but we are wondering if we could have done better. What do others think? I never thought my other nanny was exceptional but maybe she was? I can definitely talk to the nanny about any or all of these things, but wondering if I should even have to or that's a bad sign?
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