Child doesn't seem to like nanny?

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Simple as that. My child is approx one and a half years old and protests when nanny takes over so I can head to work. For context, I have unusual hours so a nanny fits in better as opposed to nursery (for now).

I really like our nanny, she has a ton of experience but is also very caring. She's older as far as nannies go and she was honest in the interview and stated this had been a problem when she was interviewing. Age wasn't a problem for me and I liked her immediately. But the constant howling from DD irks me and I do feel bad for nanny as well.

From my end, I stay out of nanny's hair when I'm working from home and I trust her to do her job without interference from me. We will talk and sometimes she'll make suggestions or vice versa - in essence we have a good relationship.

DD is my first child so I'm a bit new to ' each age' it happens. In interests of avoiding dripfeeds, nanny has been with us for around eight months (give or take a month).

I don't know what I'm asking her but is it normal for a child to protest this much? In fairness to nanny there are times DD is happy with her but approx 70% of the time, DD gets upset when nanny is around. Could it be DD is protesting as knows nanny taking over means mummy is leaving? I don't know. She has given me no reason to distrust her.

@Miriam101 Read the OP's posts. The child does NOT have a bond with the nanny, and actively dislikes them.

I used to nanny - every morning the children would scream when I came and one even used to hide under the table made me feel absolutely awful!!! There’d be tears on the doorstep saying goodbye to mum and sad but the second the front door closed they’d be on my lap, bringing me toys, asking me what we were going to do that day. When one of them started school he would do the whole process with me at the gates clinging onto my legs. So in my experience this is normal and I’m a big believer in gut instinct, if you feel fine around the nanny then I’m sure everything is ok!

Also I agree with a couple of other posters about wfh - I used to find it really stressful when parents did that and I think I actually wrote a thread on here once about it at the time!