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Help with nanny settling in..

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history · 21/02/2012 14:42

I am going back to work properly for the first time since having my 2 children aged 5 and 2 3 days a week. What is reasonable/best for the children in terms of settling in visits or a handover period for the nanny before I actually start?

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HappyAsEyeAm · 21/02/2012 15:17

Hi there,

I went back to work 3 days a week too after having my DS, and we had a nanny.

I introduced him to the nanny at her interview, and then she did a 3 day week as her first week, with me, the week before I went back to work.

The first day, she was with the both of us all the time. I showed her where things were, what DS liked etc. The second day, I left her alone with him for an hour or two in the afternoon whilst i went out 9to the supermarket, I think!). And the next day, I went out for the whole afternoon (shopping, to buy new clothes for work).

And then the next week she started her 3 days a week on her own with him. It worked really well.

On the practical side, whilst she was doing ehr week whiilst i was there, I drove her round showing where the local places were eg where DS went for his classes,the doctors, parks, local hospital, where friends lived etc. I also did a list of emergency contact numbers, got a set of keys cut for her etc.

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