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[quote=Anonymous]I’m really not understanding why your nanny wasn’t setting appropriate boundaries with your toddler pre-covid, and why your family wasn’t upholding them while she was gone.

By 18 months, the child stays with me, wears a harness, or go into a back carrier.  If we’re in a store, they can be strapped into the cart.  I don’t play around with runners, it’s just not safe.

Your toddler should have had some supervised, unguided free play prior to covid.  That means up to 30 minutes in a playpen, childproof room with a baby gate or strapped into the high chair.  Any nanny worth anything does this, because the child HAS to learn to self-entertain at some point, and it’s much easier to do as a baby/toddler.

As to now:

Nanny gets mixing bowls and a wooden spoon on the kitchen floor for the toddler, 6yo does legos at the table.  Nanny can sit at the table or stand between table and toddler, talking to older child and supervising toddler.

Toddler gets a sheet pan with finger paint on the kitchen floor.  6yo gets arts and crafts at the table.  Nanny walks between kids, adding tiny blobs of (sometimes new) color to the toddler’s pan every few minutes, to prolong interest.

Toddlers can play dolls too.  Easily.

Nanny should have the 6yo help actually make tea and cookies, then everyone can have the tea party after nap.

Your nanny seems to have no clue about mixing age levels.  Prior to covid, it wasn’t an issue.  But the fact that she was lacking in teaching the toddler so many social/life skills AND can’t handle two kids is very concerning.[/quote]

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