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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you do sound very particular (as you admit). I have no idea where the issue w/ citrus comes in unless there are allergies in your family to this?  You do not like this person for it seems a number of reasons. She is not working out for your family. Because she's not a good fit, you should try to find someone else who is. given the low hours perhaps a grad student?

re: the bike - if you haven't acted already, just let your DC "play" with it for a bit, then store it up by saying it's a summer thing. I would be shocked if your kid remembers it by the time it's warm out. Mine wouldn't have at least at 3 (so long as she did not see it).  [/quote]

Thank you for your response and yes I am VERY particular when it comes to my kids. I do like the nanny and I know she genuinely loves my children and would never hurt them but I think what gets to me the most is that she does not take me seriously, and that is the core of the issue here. I think that if she followed my requests and instructions, even most of the time, other issues would not rile me so much. I think a written set of house rules is exactly what needs to happen. This is a challenge for me however because I am a wimp as an employer, but I need to be better and clearer at rules and regs instead of being passive and having the issues build into resentment.

And if I'm being honest, I also resent working and the time it takes me away from my children and then seeing nanny with my children and I understand it's not her fault. I am pretty open about this to everyone in my life, incuding my nanny, and she does understand that this was part of the reason I was upset yesterday, and she told me she empathized with me about it. That said, me not working is not a financial possibility for us for at least another year, so I need to suck it up for now I guess.[/quote]

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