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[quote=Anonymous]This has been very helpful. We let our  nanny of 3 months go.  We gave her 1 week severance pay since we didnt' give her any notice and we were also in a share so that family needed to have some temporary help.  My child runs away crying and screaming every time she comes in or even if someone rang the doorbell and he thinks it's her.  At first I thought it would be an adjustment that he would get over, but it's gotten worse instead of better.  I stood outside the door to see how long he would cry and after 10 minutes I went back in and she was nowhere near him. I asked why she wasn't trying to comfort him and she told me he just threw something and she doesn't tolerate tantrums. He's 2.  I drove by and watched her for 20 minutes while they were in the park the next day and she was looking at her phone the entire time, only paying attention enough to push the swing with one hand and watch her phone with the other.  I pulled up to the park and waved at her several times and she didn't acknowledge me, but she suddenly started playing with my son I a big way and sending me this pic telling me how much fun he had.  Later I told her I was trying to get her attention and she said she didn't see me.  For anyone out there who is doubtful because their nanny is just "ok" (kids are safe, but are they taken care of?) and want to stick it out, go with your gut and don't look back.  I would also recommend having a few backup babysitters in case so this doesn't force you to stick with mediocre when your child deserves fantastic.  I've had fantastic nannies so I know they are out there.  In addition to not paying attention to my son she left the house a mess so I picked up toys and dirty dishes when I got home, she didn't communicate the during day even though we repeatedly asked her to, and argued every time we asked her to do something (ie. take pictures of the kids during the day and text us, plan activities for them and let us know ahead of time, let us know any challenges they were having, etc.).  [/quote]

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