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[quote=Anonymous] Sorry people are piling on you 0P.   I think that this could go one of two ways.  We are really clear on what exactly it is that you are expecting from your nanny. It is possible that you were looking for skills that one would find more with a newborn care specialist. Newborn care specialists absolutely work to get infants on a good routine and  educate parents on how to establish a routine and build a schedule.  That said, at this age they should not be on a strict schedule, but more of a routine it gives you a rough idea of when things will happen while still being very flexible and responsive to babies needs.  They should be able to feed on demand at this age.  I am not sure what it is exactly that is going on with you and your nanny without hearing both sides of it, but rather than declaring her incompetent I think you need to focus on figuring out what it is that you truly want from her (a daytime nanny can reasonably be expected to work on getting your child into a flexible routine that gives you a little bit of predictability well still being responsive to the baby)  and what you need to provide (overnight sleep is not something that she can help with, unless you are willing and she is willing to hire her for 24 hour care for a few days so that she can see what you are currently doing and give feedback on how to structure that)

Frankly the level of negativity you were just playing here leads me to believe that even if your nanny is competent, she is likely not going to be doing very much towards educating you because she can tell that you are not open to more receptive to her ideas and approaches. It is entirely possible that she is coming at this from a very different angle than you and that the two of you are simply not compatible.  If you really want someone who can focus on routine/scheduling/sleep training at this young age, then you really need a newborn care specialist, and after you hire that person, you need to actually listen to what they have to say and treat them like the experienced professional that they are.   If you are not going to be willing to listen to a nanny or a newborn care specialist tell you that your 10 week old should not be sleeping through the night yet, then you are going to have to figure out how to make that work on your own. [/quote]

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