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Mommies with Nannies! Come in
DH and I have decided to hire a nanny part-time! We started interviews and have found many to be flaky or just plain weird!
Those of you with and who love your nannies, what qualities in her or even him that gained your trust.
Also what rules and boundaries do you expect from your nanny?
Thanks ladies!
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Re: Mommies with Nannies! Come in
I have a summer nanny. She is the teenager/20 yr old next door. She has baby sat for us before. She is in early education, gets good grades, and is very responsible. She has great parents who brought her up right. She has always had a summer job and her parents have always made her work when she was in high school. Where she graduated with honors.
She follows our rules. DS has to behave for her. If he does not, she counts to 3 and can give him a time out. Boundaries- not sure what you mean? She has free roam to the house when she has him, food, drink etc.. I pack a weekly bag for her which has snack in it. but if they are here and he wants something else she can get it for him. She has a younger sister- who would have been cheaper, but has no car. I needed someone with a car. We put DS car seat in her car on Sunday night and take it out on Thursday.
She has weekly vocab words to help with his speech delay, and on Mondays when she has him all day she has instructions to work on his ABCs, and do an art project in the morning.
The other 3 days she has him in the afternoon after preschool. Since he already had "school" she basically plays with him and gets him to talk as much as possible. Since she does not have a child, DS has to be pretty clear with his speech for her to understand. She has been doing this for 3 weeks, and I have already noticed a better clarity in his speech!!
We'll probably get a nanny when I go back to grad school in Fall 2011.
I'm actually writing this more because I was a part-time nanny when I was in college. The parents were very clear about what their expectations were - how much time they wanted me to read to the kids, what "issues" we had to work on (biting, etc), how much time I could spend talking to friends (pretty much was allowed to if kids were sleeping/napping), etc. It worked out really well. They paid very well. I actually gave up my part time job at IBM to work one semester for them because they paid better!
Anyway, I will definitely be looking at local universities for my nanny! And I will be checking their GPA, etc.
Apologies, I'm not a mom with a nanny yet, but I was a nanny in college too. I would recommend that you get a personal reference for your potential interviewees (ie: ask people you know and trust to recommend one, or ask their nannies who they rec.)
Also, have the person over for a "trial period" with the understanding that they can be "let go" for any reason during the trial period. This is an incentive for the nanny to do well and an easy out for you if it isn't working.
If you can swing the placement fee, maybe try an agency. I worked internally for an agency and I can tell you that the quality of caregivers is extremely high. Most agencies have extremely high standards. They will send you several nannies to interview and even trial with.
If you can't afford the placement fee (which is generally 10-15% of the nanny's salary for one year) then I would post on college employment boards, or try mommy mixer (they have a website). Make sure you require references and that they pass a background check.