Compromise and help your new nanny excel! a) make the purees yourself, I know it's one extra thing on your plate, but it's not super time consuming! and b) ask your new nanny to read X number of books to the baby each day.

Signed, a WOHM of two kids less than two years apart (who makes and freezes own purees each Sunday)

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here- Please ask your nanny to read books and make purées. That’s literally her job! She should be doing everything your former nanny did, that’s just basic childcare.

Not everyone can/wants to make purees. How about Dad or Mom make purees on the weekend and freeze them for nanny to use during the week?

Do you talk to your nanny about these things? Some parents do not want their children eating spicy food. Some parents do not want their kids going to certain parts of town or on the metro, etc. Maybe your nanny's last employer was like this.

You need to communicate clearly.

Your former nanny used to make "purees loaded with herbs and spices."

FYI, this seems like a cultural thing--what you feed babies (purees vs cereals vs baby led weaning-style) and whether you put spices nad herbs in children's food.

You need to guide her a lot... If she's open to feedback, it should be fine.

Anonymous wrote:*11:48: be quiet, not "be quite." But you are quite rude!

NP. 11:48 was rude, but essentially correct. We kept our nanny on after our 1stborn started part-time preschool at great expense, because we were pretty sure we would be having a 2nd kid in the near future, and didn't want another nanny other than the one we had.

Anonymous wrote:You can find concerts and make purées even if you work if those are things you care about.

+1

*11:48: be quiet, not "be quite." But you are quite rude!