Reply to Replacing new nanny with someone else

Forum Index » Employer Issues

Reply to "Replacing new nanny with someone else"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]We had a new nanny start a little over a month ago for my 5 year old and 1.5 year old and for whatever reason the kids haven’t really taken to her. My older one has asked a few times if we can get a different nanny and simply says that the new nanny isn’t nice or fun like the old nanny. Truthfully I think our old nanny was better at juggling two kids in very different phases because the younger one is a handful which can mean the older doesn’t always get as much attention. DH and I discussed looking for someone new but decided we would wait it out a little more.

Anyway, my cousin just texted me last week to let us know they are looking for a new home for their nanny of 8 years and she wanted to see if we are interested. We have all known this nanny for a long time and my kids already think she is great. My older one in particular has spent a decent amount of time with her and really likes her. This nanny also does more housekeeping than our current nanny which would certainly be helpful. While we weren’t going to make any changes so soon we also don’t want to pass someone amazing like this up.

DH and I talked again and now want to replace our current nanny with my cousin’s nanny but we feel really bad letting our current nanny go out of the blue. In the end we feel like this is the best decision for our family and our kids’ happiness is the most important thing. Any advice for the best way to handle this in the nicest way possible? Thinking we should let her go on a Friday and have the new nanny start the following week, vs giving her two weeks notice which would be more awkward and I would be concerned about how she would handle the kids if she is really pissed/angry.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics