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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a nanny and work for an extremely high profile family. I can’t even bring my phone into their home, I check it in with security. I get it back 11 hours later, after my shift. I have a nanny phone. Honestly it has made me a more engaged nanny as I used to mindlessly scroll while the kids played independently. Now at this job I don’t have that option. Sucks that I won’t know about emergencies until after my shift, but that’s the job I chose. I’m also paid 120k a year which I’m sure is way more than op is paying.[/quote]

Op - if this is you, and you have a security detail and want to provide not just a watch but a second phone that you then have your staff go over, and pay wages like this, it sounds great. That way your nanny can also take lovely sweet pictures of your baby that only for sure ever reach you, keep you updated ad have a way to be reached by your other staff if there is a terrible emergency.

If this is not you, I’d strongly suggest saying this is what you would like and why and not actually putting it in the contact, and getting someone who you trust will really do this.  This will create a much better setup. You must trust your nanny; you are giving then responsibility for your child, the most precious thing in the world. If you don’t trust them to be judicious on this point with you, why trust them to be serious about your child’s safety?  I mean are you also putting it into your contract that the nanny will not drop the baby while he/she is awake (or asleep)?

Perhaps more productively we had a former Waldorf school teacher as a nanny so the no electronics idea was a given. You can find this and also will need to pay appropriately to show you respect the skill set and commitment to your wishes. But you need to shift your mindset about how to use your contract and how to create a trusting productive relationship that is optimal for your child. Good luck. [/quote]

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