Did you get your departing nanny a leaving present?

[Eleusis]

My current nanny is leaving us in a few weeks after 2 years. We will miss her, but her visa is up and and she must go. "Those are the rules, Mummy. Nothing we can do about it." as DD (4) said this morning. I don't want to spen a lot of money (less than £100) but was thinking of buying her something to remember us by, or maybe even just a bit of cash. She is taking up a nanny position in Turkey. This morning she told DD she was going to Istanbul, and DD said "No. You are going to Chicken."

Anyway, someone give me some inspiration...

When I left my nannying job after 10 years I got a really lovely framed photo of the children and a holiday to Egypt. When I left my aupair position when I aupaired in the states the family took me to Disneyworld as a thank you. If you are sticking to £100 which is more than generous after 2 years service why not get her the photo or tickets to a show and some cash.

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I bought my Nanny a lovely bracelet - something to remember DD2 by. But it was us who was leaving (that part of the country), not her. Like the ipod idea too. Unless she already has one, of course.

With our last one itook ds2 shopping to choose some jewelry for her, and ended up comign home with a Build a Bear puppy (which has a recording of ds2 saying "We love you X" in it). I then gave her a cash sum as i know she is saving for a new car. I tend to go for small token gift (eg photo etc) plus cash rather than to spend money on something that they might not want.

We gave her a nice MP3 player for Christmas. So, I don't think iPod will work.

I could do the picture thing, but I know she already has a problem with having too much stuff to ship when she leaves us, so I thought breakable glass picture frame might not be a hit.

Jewelry might not be a bad idea. Maybe I could find a silver locket and put their pics in it.