SURRENDER!

In the beginning of January our nanny decided it was her time to move on… and since that moment I have been in Nanny hell… the kind that has been self imposed of course.  I searched, I refined my search, I listened, I interviewed, I scoured Craig’s List, my mommy community and I even did the ultimate NO NO… I tried to poach from the playground…  Which led me know where so I don’t feel any guilt, at all.  I posted on the nanny sites, I asked for referrals, I kept searching high and low, week after week.  Now let me also say that I interviewed over 20 nanny’s and hired someone the first week, who never showed up, then hired another who did show up, and was on time!  Here is where the self imposed crisis had occurred.  I THOUGHT I could find someone else… for more money.  Yes, that is correct I said, more money.  I thought if I offered more money I could find someone who would be better, more suited, more, able, more, more, more I don’t know?  After three MORE weeks of the search, and the second hire doing her job, “watching my son”, I decided to watch…  I watched her, I watched my son, I watched the dogs, and my husband.  Here is what I caught, I caught the dogs greeting her with excitement.  I caught her feeding the dogs, great!  I caught her folding the laundry, and picking  up the mess… I caught her PLAYING with my son, and reading to him as he laughed hysterically.  I caught… and this was it… I caught my son kissing her and gently taking his hand to her face. 

Surrender.

She is the ultimate nanny.