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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently her car has a sensor that when the keys are in the car it will lock after 30 seconds.  She heard the car lock as she was strapping the baby in, but didn't worry since she thought the keys were in her pocket.  The keys fell out of her pocket as she was bending over to put the baby in her car seat and she didn't realize it until after she had shut the door.

My husband said when he got there that the keys were clearly down somewhere where they would have fallen, and that it looked like an unfortunate accident, but not something caused by distraction.[/quote]

This doesn't sound like it has anything to do with being distracted. Sounds completely like an accident partly due to her car's technology and partly due to fluke. it sounds like you are irritated with her for other things and that is coloring your view of this incident. [/quote]

OP here - This is the situation completely.  I've been thinking about it all night, and I recognize that my frustration has been due to the fact that she started out as a fantastic nanny and has slowly turned into a good but not always great nanny.  This has coincided with a lot of changes to her personal life which make me think that no matter what I say she just is stretched too thin to give us the kind of effort and energy that she did a couple of years ago.  She still is great with the kids (5.5, 3 and 7 months) and we do mesh very well together.  I didn't mean to make it sound like she wasn't cleaning up after the kids ever - she's just not always making it her first priority but it does get done most of the time before she leaves (unless she's rushing to class and I tell her not to worry about it).  I guess I've just been wondering what's fair - to everyone, not just me.  I can't imagine firing her and finding a new nanny, I just want to feel clear on when to draw a line and say 'enough'.  But for now things are working ok, and I know that there will continue to be changes as the kids get older and we'll just see how it goes.

Thanks everyone.

On the original car issue - she's taking it to the dealership today to have them turn off the automatic locking feature and also leaving a key here so we should never have to deal with that again :)[/quote]

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