Interviewing for a new nanny

Well Doma was only able to give us one week's notice AND her connection for a Nepali nanny fell through. The woman has already found new work. :-( For some reason I was not shocked or devastated when she told me this. Maybe it was the way she delivers bad news, with this beautiful smile and so calmly. The more I got to know Doma the more I thought she epitomized the buddhist spirit. She takes everything in stride. So calm. But I did cry with bitterness when I closed the door behind her for the last time. We watched sadly as she walked up the street to catch her bus.

We did have a moment though, a good laugh together when the second woman, nanny, showed up for her interview . She was severely obese and I was worried that she was going to break the chair. After the calm and pleasant (yes, she was very nice) interview, I was again worried that she would not be able to get out of the chair. I don't mean or intend to discriminate, but there is no way I could feel safe about leaving my child with her. There were so many things that could go wrong. What if she had a heart attack or got stuck somewhere and my child was left to fend for himself. I don't care if there might be people around to help out. It is a huge risk. What if she fell and couldn't get up?! What if she lost her balance and fell forward onto Ryden. I'm not kidding. She could literally smother him, crush him. Who is she kidding?! Maybe with older kids it would be okay. Maybe. I was appalled at her condition. She did have really great references and experience, all the way back to 1986.

I also interviewed Noemi from Hungary earlier and she was pretty excited about Ryden and the nanny position. She really liked Ryden. They seemed to get along fine. Noemi will try us out babysitting on weds, thurs, and friday.

And I interviewed another woman today. Gabriela is from Switzerland. She was very organized and asked a lot of questions about medical insurance, accidents and coverage, taxes and whatnot. I don't know if I should take that as a precursor to how she interacts with kids too, but she did not say more than a few words to Ryden. I hope to see more connecting between them when she babysits for one day next Wednesday. Then I have to decide.