Gift from the Child for P/T Nanny?

If times are tight - why would you give her a couple of weeks pay? I am new to having a daycare provider, so I find it incredible that people give several weeks pay to them(and can afford to do so)? I have to rationalize here for myself - we pay our provider holiday pay for that week and other days that she will not have the kids, also, several hundred dollars is more than my husband and I spend on each other or our parents - so why would we spend that much on our daycare provider for a Christmas gift? That's my perspective, but again, I am new at this.

As for gifts from your son, what about a hand painted ornament from a paint your own pottery place - or take him to a holiday store and let him pick one out to give to her. You could also give her a nice frame with a picture of your son it or a pciture he has painted(then she can switch it out for whatever she wants later).

I'm very curious about this topic - our daycare provider also gives care to three other families - so I don't want to be the "jerk" that doesn't give cash to her, but we simply can't afford it.

WHen i did child care i had the best fammily . I had the baby since she was 3 mmonths until kindergarden . The best gift that i got from them was a letter/poem of how they felt.The little girl called me momma terri from the encouragement of her parents . she is now 13 and still calls me moma terri and i still get mothersday notes from her. I would think a nice letter and picture of you little one in a nice fram saying Thank you I love you would be awsome .

A great idea for your son is to decorate a little stocking and put candy in it. At 15 months there is only so much they can do, so helping with a glitter pen to decorate or using self stick jewels is a great thing for them to try.

That being said, I really think you need to do a monetary gift for your nanny. 2 weeks paid is an employment thing and not very personal. This woman takes care of your pride and joy after all! I think you guys really should at least try to come up with something VERY inexpensive ($10 to $20) to give her. You will be surprised how many things you can find that are meaningful and inexpensive. I don't want to sound caddy but, in her eyes, she probably wonders how you can pay for her yet not even come up with a little something for a gift. She may walk away and feel unappreciated.

Good luck!

Something with his handprints? A nice picture framed of the 2 of them?

perhaps you could get her a picture of HER family and some of your kids and put them together to show how the two families fit together in some way. I don't know how close she is to her family, but since she is probably missing them while she is watching your Sweeties, I think she would like a sweet momento from home. Just a thought!

Maybe a Christmas tree ordainment with his picture in it.

Or a foot or hand print ordainment for her.

Make sure to let him scribble on the card for her, it can also be home made, the note in it will mean more than the outside.

S.
mother to Kai
www.ChangingStores.info

If you are a picture person, you could make a picture book for her (from him) documenting the time of his life she shared with him so far. It will give her a keepsake and a personal way of saying thank you. You can make them on snapfish.com or shutterfly.com.