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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is going to sound like I'm just full of myself but I swear I'm not.

We've gotten both our nannies at [I]slightly[/I] below market rates ($24 in 2020, $26 now in DC) because nannies like working with us. The first nanny we had was coming of an experience with a really crappy family and a chaotic household, and her number one priority was a nice, loving family, who liked routine and stability. She was interviewing us just as much as we were interviewing her.

The second nanny we got off a temporary hire, and her big feedback was our schedule. We put our kids on a schedule starting in infancy. We've never handed a baby over to nanny without already being sleep trained and on clear schedule, that (in the case of two kids) merged well with the other.

They won't say it to your face, but for a baby 5 months or older, nannies don't want to hear "follow his cues, see how the day goes" baby-driven responsive parenting. You wouldn't want that at your job either. [/quote]

As someone who has been a nanny, although now I am here as a parent, I would much rather here “follow his cues” than rigidity.  Being asked to follow a schedule set by someone who isn’t the one there during the day wouldn’t appeal to me at all.  [/quote]

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