And it seems complicated from the start. I mean, it is tough figuring out who you’ll trust with your kid. Trust to take care of. Trust to nurture. Trust to educate. Trust to help form their perspective on life.

One really can’t figure all that out in a 45 minute interview.

Turns out the nanny we were hopeful about didn’t seem as “warm” as others, by mom’s standard. I felt okay. But mom’s got instincts I don’t have. And maybe I’m not as “warm” either, so it seems alright. We did find a “warmer” nanny. I felt she could have used a bit more sophistication, but she wasn’t going to hang out with me, so that didn’t matter too much. At 16 months old, Sal wasn’t going to complain about a lack of sophistication.

But he didn’t seem to warm up to her. And he’s going to have to spend time with her. We’ll see if we can get a trial day for them to see if they can’t get along a bit better.

There is another one too - one that he is warmer with, who seems to be a real good fit. Just that she’s $18 an hour, wants the 10 national holidays paid, and 2 weeks of paid vacation. Another family is interested in her too. They’re willing to give her all that, plus, when they take a vacation, they’ll pay her too. That way, she’s not out of work while they’re on vacation. Very generous. We matched that offer, figuring, well, after paying her $18 an hour, we won’t be doing much vacationing anyway.

So - at first it seemed it would be hard to find the right nanny. Now we’re reminded, that when we find one, they’ll be the right nanny in many people’s eyes, and we’ll have to bid on their services.

What’s going to be our next surprise?

Tags: parenting, nanny