Nanny flunkie

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Nanny flunkie

19th August 2007

posted in Child Care, Working Moms, Mom Rants |

My perfect weekend of blog rehab ended with a quick phone call from my nanny tonight:

“I don’t think I’m going to be reliable anymore.”

Effective Thursday.

I couldn’t make this up if I tried.

Two nannies. One year.

I’m a nanny flunkie.

And to think, I was in the middle of composing a really great post when this all happened. A sign, perhaps?

Tags: nanny, child care, break up with nanny

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1 On August 19th, 2007, Busy Mom said:
Eeek! So sorry…
2 On August 19th, 2007, MommyWithAnAttitude said:
Oh I sympathize! We are on our second nanny of the year too, and I tolerate all the ways she annoys me because — well, a good nanny is so hard to find! (Unfortunately I have to clean my own toilets, so I don’t have a cleaning lady to give me the scoop, but that’s a great idea!)

I do think our nanny is good, she’s just not ME if you know what I’m saying.

By the way, I met you briefly at BlogHer and just finally found the time to visit you. We sat next to each other at the the Book to Blog discussion if I remember correctly.
3 On August 19th, 2007, crazedparent/jobmom said:
oh no! but what does this mean? this cryptic “not going to be reliable” business?

i’m so sorry — i know how stressful this is and of course, the timing is never perfect. for what it’s worth, when something like this happens to me i give in a little and try to enjoy what i can…work will alway be there waiting. i know, i know, i’m a pain in the ass:)
4 On August 20th, 2007, Amy said:
Nannys are a pain in the butt. We’re on our second in 4 years, but might be making a change. The first one ended in a blow up fight, and I just told her to leave and not come back. It was great, I had just had our second baby two weeks before that. Total disaster. Current Nanny is good with one kid, not so great with the other. Hmmm. You have to pick your battles, I guess. Nanny searching stinks though, I sympathize.
5 On August 21st, 2007, Operation: Help Me Find a Nanny » Self-Made Mom said:
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6 On August 21st, 2007, Nataly said:
Hi!
I am away on vacation, otherwise would have responoded sooner - I so know what you are going through. Really. It sucks, plain and simple. And when we went through this, I could not help but try to figure out what WE did wrong.

The one thing I can say as a piece of advice is to just take a breather and focus on finding another great candidate - our third nanny was AMAZING! - I cried for days when we moved because we had to leave her. You can find someone and you might end up liking this person even more.

Nataly
7 On September 28th, 2007, The times, they are a-changin’ » Self-Made Mom said:
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