People don’t live in fairytales, and it’s impossible for every family or every mother to find her own Nanny McPhee. However, even if you can’t find a magically skilled nanny, you can find the perfect nanny that your child needs, and all you need are some skills of your own in interviewing them and setting your priorities.

Everyone knows that every child is different, so not everyone will get along with your child, especially if he or she has some preferences or if it’s needed some special attention. Because of this, we’ve thought about creating a list that will help you out in choosing the perfect nanny for your child very easy.

Your Priorities

This is the first step – you have to decide what are your priorities when choosing a nanny, and it’s best to talk this through with your partner. There are several questions that you need to answer truthfully, and it’s about if you want a nanny who is older (meaning mature) and with experience, or if you want someone who is younger and who can relate easier with your child. Another thing that you need to take into consideration is if you want that nanny to have a special degree – early childhood education would be a good choice.

You’ll also need to answer yourself how much independence will you offer to the nanny in taking care of your child, or if you need someone just to feed, bathe and provide transportation for your boy or girl.

Apart from this, you can also consider any other thing that is important to you, so when you’ve done with your list, you can start interviewing nannies or you can talk directly to a nanny agency.

A Thorough Research

When you start this process, make sure you let everyone know that you’re in search for a nanny. You can also post on Facebook or on Twitter, as the social media is a wide environment that gets the word around pretty fast. Your friends or members of the family might also recommend you someone, or they will be able to tell you who might know.

Another thing that you really have to do is to talk to the professionals in this area – this means that you can go to a nanny training program and see if you can find someone who is qualified for what you need. Apart from this, there are also the private nanny placement agencies who can make some recommendations based on what you look for.

The Internet
This is another great resource when you’re looking to hire a nanny. There are plenty of websites that advertise for this, and you’ll find that there are plenty of women (usually) who offer their services as nannies or baby-sitters. It’s great if you can narrow down your search in your local area, and once you do this, you can browse through their resumes to see what matches and what doesn’t match with the list you have made (the priorities that you have set up in the beginning).

Interview

Once you’ve gone through all the possibilities, gather all the resumes that have attracted you and start interviewing the possible nannies. It will be very easy to talk to them, as you will get a first impression based on what you feel and not on what is written on the paper. You’ll see if they are nice or not, if they really have all the skills they say they do and so on. Apart from this, the first impression is what always counts, so keep this in mind when you make the choice.