We've had a p/t nanny-housekeeper 2 afternoons a week for almost a year but she finished last week for family reasons and we've recruited someone new. The new person is a nanny (not housekeeper so I have a cleaner starting tues) and will do all day monday and then thursday afternoons. She'll do school run monday and then have sole charge of my 16m old DD2 until 330 when she'll pick up DD1 from school.She's in her 20s. new to the area as she's moved here to be near her partner. Been a nanny for 2 years before and worked in a kids club for years before that.
Old nanny did nursery/school pick up at 1pm/330 pm and mostly played at home/park. she was older (grandma age) and generally they just chilled out at home and took DD1 to her swimming lesson on a thurs. I'm keen for new nanny to take DD2 out to groups/activities on a Monday ideally in the morning. I've printed off the local surestart groups lists (with about 6 different monday playgroups) as well as details of a music group I used to go to with DD1 as suggestions of what to do
We've done a couple of settling in sessions and our old nanny invited her to a haloween party last week with our girls. My DD1 really likes her. DD2 is going through a horrifically clinging phases where only I will do and so tolerates the new girls but certainly didn't toddle off happily with her (but nor did I expect her to).
I don't want to push the new nanny to go to anything particular but I'd like her to try out a few groups til she finds one they both like (and if it's a pay termly sort of thing I'll pay the subs, if its a £1 a go surestart/church playgroup it'll come out of the nanny purse... She's said she thought this was a good idea.
I was going to do a little booklet of where the best play parks are, details of the bus, directions to local cafe, info of where to feed duck etc
does that sound right? Really don't want her to feel thrown in at the deep end as I know she doesn't really know any other nannies/mums locally but also aware she's a professional and I don't want to be pushy/pantronising....