Supernanny!

I think we may have found the 2nd best person to Supernanny! I love watching that show because she has hands on techniques that seem to be very useful. I say "seem", because I haven't had the chance to try any of them yet. Our teenager, Princess-Pie, is a little too old for the "time out" techniques, and our Mon-Chi-Chi is still in that endearing phase where she can't do any wrong, so there is no need for discipline yet ;)

Well, we found another young woman on care.com. She was listed under housekeeping, but after I spoke with her, she mentioned that she really wanted to do a little of everything- nanny-ing, cleaning, organizing. She also said that she loves to cook and would love to cook dinner for us when we want her to! It sounded like a dream come true. It still sounds too good to be true, but I think it might BE TRUE!

She worked at our home 4 days last week, doing cleaning, organizing and taking care of Mon-Chi-Chi. Not only did she help our teenager clean and organize her room (which is incredible considering that ALL Princess-Pie's clothes were on the floor, dirty dishes were in her room, and you couldn't walk anywhere without stepping on something like a CD or a pair of glasses), but she got along so well with Princess-Pie that Princess-Pie keeps asking when she will be back. She even took Princess-Pie to church this past Sunday just because she wanted to!

Our little Mon-Chi-Chi lights up when Supernanny enters the room. She starts giggling and flapping her arms, and cries when Supernanny leaves the room! It's absolutely incredible.

After almost 1/2 a year of horrible childcare experiences, I think we found a winner! Now the key is getting her to stay with our family and not scaring her off ;)