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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, do not listen to the PP who said you have a high needs baby. That is just ridiculous.

You have a baby who is overtired and underfed.  Any decent nanny would be able to devote 10-15 minutes to a successful sleep routine each nap (yes, even with TWO babies). I can't even imagine how incompetent she is if she us unable to even feed your baby enough, smh.

If you really want to keep this nanny, you are going to need to give some pretty explicit instructions and plan a detailed schedule, including times and amounts of feeding, times and lengths of naps required, a quiet place that your baby can nap (work this out with the host family) and a set routine that needs to be followed to get baby to sleep. Honestly though, unless things improve pretty quickly, you might be better off cutting your losses and finding a new nanny right now.

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Calm the hell down.  It's been a friggin week. Even exceptional nannies need a little time to get used to a new schedule.  
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No she shouldn't calm the hell down. As a nanny who does only shares for the past 8years this is a huge sign of a nanny's lack of experience, at least the feeding part. Her baby should not be underfed. What the hell is the nanny doing that she can't keep a feeding schedule. Napping may take some time but feeding shouldn't be an issue. If the baby isn't sleeping or eating tha im assuming he's crying all day and overstressed. This is a major concern. I've met a lot of nannies who just can't handle multiples/shares so it's not a far reach to say she's not the right fit if she can't manage to fed the baby[/quote]

It could also be the sign of a high-needs baby.  This is not normal behavior.  So perhaps instead of PP acting like a lunatic, it would be wise to understand what is actually going on prior to suggesting that OP fire the nanny.  I have also worked in shares exclusively [b](way longer than you have)[/b] and can tell you that when a high-needs infant is put in an unknown situation with an unknown person, it affects their eating and sleeping routine.[/quote]

Requiring more than a few scattered hours of sleep a day and being adequately fed are completely normal behaviors. There is something seriously wrong with the nanny profession when multiple people think that this baby needs special care and you are a lunatic if you suggests that, perhaps a nanny who is incapable of feeding an infant be replaced.

Also, curious as to how you acquired the bolded information PP...or do you always just blindly assume you are superior?
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