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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our first nanny (for our newborn twins) was 58 when we hired her and she was with us for three years.

She was fantastic and her experience and maturity made her invaluable in all kinds of ways.

Then, as our kids became preschoolers, they became much more difficult for her - they were too heavy for her to lift easily, she has growing arthritis challenges, they were too fast for her to keep up with which made her nervous about taking them out, etc...

So we switched nannies.  We now have a very young nanny.  Her energy and enthusiasm is fantastic (and exceeds ours!), but I also miss the maturity and experience of our first nanny.  Our current nanny would be overwhelmed by the demands of twin newborns.

Both women were terrific fits for our needs at the time.

So a great deal depends on the people in question, the ages/needs of the kids, and the overall fit of family and nanny. [/quote]

This was one reason I stuck with younger women. It's not fair, but I would have felt awful about letting an older woman go because I needed a younger model, especially if I was going to have to recommend her to the next family. I had once had an older housekeeper, and it was a similar story; I am not in a position to provide a pension to someone who can't work (particularly someone I've only know for a couple of years, not a lifelong family employee), but I also found it difficult to let her go knowing she lived paycheck to paycheck. I didn't want that to happen again.[/quote]

Well, our first nanny is now a live-in nanny to another newborn, in a job that we helped her get.  She's great w/ newborns and her plan is to work 2 more years and then retire.  She's fine.  It can be done.  I can wholeheartedly recommend her for babies - just not for preschoolers.  She's a fantastic find for someone who plans to put their child in daycare at 2 or 3 (or who has just one kid - twins are a lot for anyone!)

She also still visits us regularly, came to the kids' b'day party, babysat a couple of weeks ago, etc..   It really can work quite well. [/quote]

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