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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like it may be best for both of you that the nanny is moving on. And it sounds like you more or less told her to look for a new job, which may ahve motivated her to leave before you got around to firing her. But she should not have quit without notice; this is not a situation where one walks of the job.

I am a little startled and perplexed about all the negative comments about parents who work from home --  My husband works from home, and we have no problems (yet) working with nannies. Obviously our experience is limited to just our family and two nannies so far (who are both with us; we have two because one went back to school and wanted a limited schedule). But I don't think either nanny would agree that we are difficult employers.

When the nanny arrives, my husband hands over DH and dives into this telecommuting work. He is within earshot anytime the nanny and DS is in the house (we have a small house). DS knows where he is and they may see each other during lunchtime, etc. However, my husband also doesn't interfere with what is going on; he lets the nanny do her thing and only steps in if the nanny approaches him first or clearly needs something. I do the same thing when I work from home (which is rare), except I chat more to ask how things are going, etc., since I am ordinarily MIA.

Our philosophy is that if we like the nanny, we should just let her be in charge and enjoy the opportunity to work or rest. And since we overhear quite a bit, we'd know if things were not working.

Perhaps the situation would be really hard if DS was really clingy. So far, he seems very comfortable with Daddy being around and the Nanny being around, and doesn't try too hard to ditch the Nanny for Dad.

I suppose there are numerous ways we could interfere too, and we do not. Perhaps some telecommuting parents may need to try to disengage. Find someone who is a good match and who your child likes, and leave them alone. (If you can't leave them alone, you have the wrong person.)

I hope too many nannies are not deterred from working with telecommuting parents. For us, the arrangement has been really wonderful. Our child has caregivers who give him some wonderful one-on-one time, and he has more time with us as well (well, with my husband, at least). The life-work balance has been positive for us and DS.[/quote]

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