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[quote=Anonymous]Our nanny of the past 7 years is retiring due to some health issues so I am looking for someone new to care for my 3 kids, ages 7, 3 and 1.

A friend of a friend is moving and her nanny needs to find a new position, so we interviewed her over the weekend. She honestly seemed great and we really like her, however, when I spoke to her current employer this morning she mentioned that the nanny just received another job offer but would rather work for us, so if we like her we need to act fast.

When speaking with the current employer for a reference she had glowing things to say about the nanny, how warm/engaging/proactive and overall amazing she is. I asked for any negatives and the two things she told me are that she isn’t the best cook (she is fine with kid basics but not much beyond that) and that she isn’t the best at cleaning/organizing (she does put things away but just isn’t the best cleaner). Neither of these is a deal breaker and I know that no one is perfect, I just wonder if we can find someone even better if we interview more people. But I remember when we hired our first nanny and interviewed like 20+ people we literally liked no one except the nanny we hired (who also isn’t perfect).

So I guess my question is... do we go for it and just hire her because she checks many of the boxes, or continue the search just to meet a couple more people and take the risk that this nanny accepts another position (which it sounds like she is likely to do)? There are really so many things we like about her, but I hesitate because she is literally the first and only person we met.[/quote]

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