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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I feel your pain.  It's difficult to find good childcare.  I too was born and raised in Russia, so we are committed to raising our son bilingual and providing childcare that supports this choice.

Your dilemma boils down to this: your nanny is a very nice person and she fits SOME but not ALL of your childcare needs.  In addition, you are paying an above-market rate for a below-market service.

Some nannies come with a shelf life for their services. When my son was an infant, he had an excellent nanny who was kind, affectionate and skilled in infant care.  That was all good until he reached about 14 months, and at that point he needed more than that particular nanny was able to provide. So we switched. Such is life. You are now at a point where your older child will have needs that this particular nanny cannot meet.

Here is what I would contemplate in your situation. If protecting heritage language is important for you (as it is for me), I would put my older child in a Russian-language full-day preschool, which are plentiful in MD, much more plentiful vs. VA, where we live (we just lucked into ours).  You obviously care enough about your nanny, so consider keeping her as an infant nanny for your soon-to-be born second child.  From what you explained, it seems she will be able to cover the baby's needs and babies don't need to be driven or fixed up with playdates. Have her do household duties and cooking for both children, basically fill up her day with things for which she does not need to speak English.

Now the tardiness part is important and here she must shape up to work with you.  Explain to her that even though it's inconvenient, you love her and would like to keep her, but the condition of this is that she MUST be on time.  Give her the bus schedule, anything, but make her understand that timeliness is important.

Good luck. [/quote]

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