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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So do nannies prefer to quit and find a younger family when their charge outgrows his nap?[/quote]

Good question. [/quote]

Of course not.

As a child gets older, the downtime provided during a daily nap can be substituted with longer periods of independent play. A four year old can play alone for 15 minutes while you sit and have a cup of tea, for instance. It's actually much nicer, in my opinion, because you can time it for when you need a break rather than when the child needs a nap![/quote]

Well all we heard from our former nanny was complaining: Too much work with two kids (one was an infant), too many car seats, doesn't like any strollers, so exhausting, etc., etc.  You'd think no one in the world had 2 or 3 kids. 
It got to the point where it was clear she couldn't handle it. Over paying was not a solution, she really just didn't have it together with two kids and we got sick of doing more and more and writing down schedules, meal recipes, play options, doing pre-school drops and pick ups (trying to get it so only one kid was home for her so she had it easier).

Then we looked at our budget and got a better nanny, for the same rate, that was proactive and life was back to usual.  We almost did daycare as well. [/quote]

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