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[quote=Anonymous]I am searching for a PT nanny for my 3 year old son who is in a PreK 2 days/week. I'm paying $28/hr, for 25hrs/week.

I am seeing an increasing number of applicants who want to being their infant or young child. I have tried this on three different occasions wanting to see if it would benefit us, it never brought us any benefit and brought extra chaos, mess, and provided no actual benefit to my son for socialization. I find most nannies claim it benefits socialization, but it really doesn't. My kid was usually overstimulated at the end of the day, he's never been in a daycare environment or had playdates for 8+ hours/day, so for him to be in close quarters with another kid who he has zero bond with proved to be stressful on him.

On all 3 occasions, I've found it's double the mess. D

Diapers from the nanny who brought her young infant tend to pile up in the garbage and the nanny never took it out to the main garbage. The napping schedule of their infant didn't mesh, my son would be left alone for long periods during nap times, feedings. There was an issue of carseats and the amount of work the nanny had to do to schlep everything inside and outside the house.

One nanny brought her 4 y/o who was supposed to be in preschool but had some behavioral issues and broke several of my sons toys and didn't last past the initial day.

One "nanny" was really just a SAHM looking to earn more income and asked if her older son could sleep in my sons bed and spent more time and attention playing with her son, with my kids toys while ignoring my son and barely engaged with him.

And yes, all 3 came with references and resumes. I interviewed and background checked all and did trial shifts. It never worked out.

I'm wondering if any families have found the nanny bringing their kid seems to benefit them? I'm getting really tired of trying to find a nanny, only to have the candidate not read the post that I'm not looking for someone to bring their kid and it really makes me doubt the professionalism if they lack reading comprehension.[/quote]

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