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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you most care about, OP?[/quote]

Hm - safety and trustworthiness would be number 1 of course.  My friend had a nanny cam and noticed one nanny stealing and a later hire left a baby alone in the bath!  Experience in taking care of an infant, and preferably multiple kids at a time since we hope for a share, and a calm attitude in doing so.  Reliability and punctuality so we don't have to worry about being late to work.  Also, cleanliness - we don't expect her to do housework other than to clean up after herself and the baby, but I am somewhat of a cleanliness fanatic so no dishes in the sink, clean up your crumbs, etc.  Easy to communicate with during the day (texting, picks up phone, etc).  Good with pets.

This was actually a helpful exercise, thank you!

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Trustworthiness, communication, reliability and punctuality you will get from her references. I would ask them about cleanliness as well.

Safety--ask for certifications in first aid/cpr and ask her some "what-if" scenarios and ask whether she had had to take a charge to the er or ever dealt with and emergent situation and ask how she had to manage it.

Tell her that you are a neat freak and ask what her expectations are regarding sharing your home/her workspace.

Ask her how she prefers to communicate with employers.

Ask her about her experience with pets.

Ask about her experience with infants/multiple kids and take notes--you want to be able to confirm with her references what she says is true.[/quote]

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