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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I want to say a big thank you to everyone for the thoughtful suggestions and empathetic perspectives. I have to admit I wrote the original post in a moment of frustration when our nanny was out sick all last week (the type where we check in every morning to see if she can come yet, so it's hard to plan around). Now that she is back and things are sort of back on schedule, I can at least look at things less emotionally.

After reading some of the comments, I'm realizing the burnout is probably more severe than I thought. Currently, she averages 2 hours of break time a day (90 minute daily nap, plus a few drop-off enrichment classes for the kids that add up to 2.5 hours/week). This feels generous but not ridiculous, so I am going to try my best to let it go, and focus my feedback on her being proactive and present during the other 6-7 hours. I also looked at the calendar and realized that in the past 12 months, in addition to her 2 weeks of PTO (which she used all on sick days), we gave her close to 7 weeks of vacation of our choice (our contract guarantees 4). However, her performance didn't really improve after any of those breaks, at most a little bit for a couple of days and then it was back to usual. I feel like if that amount of time off can't resolve the burnout, there is probably no amount of breaks that can.

DH and I discussed and we will probably just do the full severance but move up the end date to June to minimize our frustrations. In hindsight, I let some things go for too long thinking they were a temporary slump and parting ways earlier would probably have reduced her burnout and our frustration.[/quote]

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