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[quote=Anonymous]I am a SAHM, she sounds like a great nanny and you sound unhinged. What would you prefer her to do? Refuse to chat with other parents at activities? Stand awkwardly off to the side? Don’t you want your kids to have play dates and get invited to birthday parties??

My kids have lots of friends with two working parents and nannies, and I will definitely text the nanny to set up play dates when I know the parents are working. I am friends or at least friendly with all the parents but I know they would be annoyed if I bothered them at work to ask if Larla wants to meet us in the park in an hour, when I know the nanny’s number and know she is the one who would be bringing the child! It would be super awkward for me to text the parents and have them then text the nanny and then have the nanny text them back etc.

If the nanny isn’t forwarding you birthday party invites for weekend parties, that is a legitimate gripe. And if she is setting up girls night outs with the neighborhood moms and excluding you, that would also be very weird. But nothing you mentioned crosses any sort of line that I can see.

I think should make more of an effort to be involved in your kids lives without firing the nanny. Take an afternoon off and take your DD for mommy daughter manicures, or have the nanny stay with one kid while you go to sports practice with another and then you can chat up the parents. Volunteer in school, invite families over for backyard get togethers on the weekend etc. Lots of ways to spend more time with your kids and their friends without completely quitting your job and firing the nanny! I love being a SAHM but it will be very hard for me to re-enter the workforce if/when I do that. Maybe you could find a job with more flexibility/shorter hours.[/quote]

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