What do you refer to your nanny as?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you’ve met her it’s more than a little rude to call her the nanny.

The people who do this are generally the same type who would refer to a longtime receptionist as “the admin” and never bother to learn their name. It reeks of insecurity.

This.

+2 It is a very classist way of operating - very much viewing her role as that of a servant. It does reek of insecurity and the parents or at least the mom is probably not a very confident parent.

We have had the same nanny for 20 years and she is part of our family. We use her name except when we say "nanny" as a clarifier.

I thought your post was going to be "do you call your nanny a nanny or a babysitter?" because I've had some people correct me and say, "you mean 'the babysitter'" as if I didn't know her role lol. There are some people who are horrified that anyone has a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Our nanny has chosen to be called “Nanny” and all the kids’ friends and their parents call her her Nanny as do we. If I used her real first name, people wouldn’t know who I was talking about.

[Anonymous]

I’m called by my first name by adults and Miss first name by children. Everyone knows who I am, because I’m with the kids whether parents are there or not.

[Anonymous]

Haha we call our nanny “Nanny.” Her given name is Nancy and her grandkids call her Nanny. She loves it.

[Anonymous]

If the person I'm talking to knows my nanny, then of course I'll use her name, but if they don't know her, then I refer to her as "our nanny" because otherwise they wouldn't know who I was referring to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a nanny and I’ve been referred to as the nanny and by my name. Seriously don’t care either was as long as I get paid on time and the parents generally treat me with reapwc

Same here. Just pay me correctly and respect my time and we're good.