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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About 14 years ago I was nannying for 2 babies. I got let go after 3 weeks and I posted on here because I didn’t think the reason was a good one and wanted perspective. I got slammed by everyone. 
(the 12week old was sleeping on his stomach, I was with him the whole time watching him, sent a pic to parents because it was cute, they said never put baby on stomach and I was let go. I do know that it’s not safe, but 2 babies was a lot, and I felt it was ok at the time because I stayed watching him) [/quote]

Ohhh, they are very brutal in the Nanny Forums.

So sorry.[/quote]
I mean, I would also have fired a new nanny that thought it was a good idea to put my baby to sleep on his stomach and send me a picture of it.  [/quote]

Yes![/quote]

You would actually FIRE an otherwise good Nanny just because she put your child to sleep on his or her stomach??
 
This is outrageous! 😤
Unless you specifically instructed her not to do this -&gt; this is not a fireable offense!!

You sound like a mentally unstable helicopter parent who would be much better off staying home w/your child vs. leaving them in the care of a nanny.

* I mean this with one-hundred percent respect by the way. ;)[/quote]

DP. I would 100% fire a nanny that put the baby to sleep on its stomach. This is basic childcare knowledge. [/quote]

This is not a reason to fire a nanny on the spot.
A lot of parents put their babies in their crib/bassinet on their stomachs ….. it isn’t basic childcare knowledge.

I put all four of my babies to sleep on their stomachs and they have all been healthy, thriving kids -&gt; adults.

I would fire a nanny who abused or neglected my child.
I.e., left him alone in the bathtub, fell asleep while child was unsupervised or drove them inside a car w/out a car seat, etc.

But not for putting my infant down on his stomach! ??[/quote]

A nanny isn’t supposed to be clueless about safe sleep practices and basic childcare knowledge. You’re feeling defensive because you were.[/quote]

DP.

I also put my baby to sleep on his stomach, despite knowing that it’s not considered safe.  You know why?  It’s the only way he (and by extension, we) would actually f—king sleep.

You know what is statistically more likely to cause child death than sleeping on the stomach?  That’s right, car crashes!  You know what can contribute to the likelihood of that happening?  Right again, chronically sleep deprived parents![/quote]

I also did this when my children were young babies so that they would actually sleep.
And my children have not had any long-term issues arising from me doing so.

And I would never fire my nanny over something like this.
If I didn’t want my nanny putting my baby to sleep on their stomach then it would be entirely up to me to let her know this prior.
And no, it is not basic childcare knowledge to not do so.

Basic childcare knowledge is not feeding a young child a jawbreaker or allowing them to swim in a pool unsupervised.[/quote]

If you never heard the "back to sleep" campaign you have been under a rock. How old are your "kids" exactly if you didn't know this?[/quote]

DP.  I had heard of it, but I decided to trust my own judgment and take a calculated (and extremely minuscule) risk in the interest of actually getting some GD sleep.[/quote]

Unless someone has been in this position (exhausted post partum w/a newborn baby who has difficulty sleeping….to say the very least!) then they have no right to judge what another parent deems safe + appropriate when caring for their OWN child.
This IS also a parenting forum overall so parenting topics are often discussed.

While I agree that firing a nanny over putting a baby to sleep on his or her stomach to sleep is quite an overreach, Nannie’s seem to get fired on a myriad of reasons.
I have heard of Nannie’s getting let go due to showing up for work with fake or polished fingernails and for not getting the dishwasher emptied fully prior to the parents coming home.
Parents fire their Nannie’s over the most stupid things so it shouldn’t surprise me that a nanny should lose her job over a picture sent to a parent of their child asleep on their stomach![/quote]

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