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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, OP, but you really do need to find a new nanny.  I have a friend in your position who has an equally unreliable nanny and I gave her the same advice.

Sensitive question:  is your nanny foreign-born?  Does she have family obligations that she’s hiding?

Anyway our nanny is 66 yrs lad and has never called in sick in three years.  She’s only left early twice due to not feeling well but would have stuck it out if we needed her.  She took two days of planned PTO after her vaccine and booster and we planned around it. 
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No, she's US-born. I suppose it's possible she is sneaking time for family obligations she hasn't shared, but I don't think it's likely (she is chatty and doesn't strike me as someone good at keeping that kind of secret).

OK. I'm going to have a hard conversation with her on Monday and say that this latest string of absences has created a lot of stress for our family, and she's now missed an entire month of work this year and the year's not even over yet. We are fond of her, we don't want to fire someone who loves the kids, but if she can't get the absences under control we will have to look for someone else.[/quote]

Go ahead and give her your talk, but I’ll tell you right now what is going to happen: she’ll stop taking sick days through the end of the year in the hopes she still gets a holiday bonus, and come the new year she’ll be back to taking lots of sick days. Start looking for a new nanny now. [/quote]

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