I'm facing a tough nanny day...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't expect my nanny to do my dishes. Just stack them by the sink while you are doing the kid's dishes. Then put them back in the sink.

Np
I can't imagine leaving dishes in a sink and just not washing them as a nanny. My job description says no cleaning but I always clean what needs to be done. If a sink is left full of dishes as a nanny I assume it's left for me to clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't expect my nanny to do my dishes. Just stack them by the sink while you are doing the kid's dishes. Then put them back in the sink.

Np
I can't imagine leaving dishes in a sink and just not washing them as a nanny. My job description says no cleaning but I always clean what needs to be done. If a sink is left full of dishes as a nanny I assume it's left for me to clean.

When you work and don't expect the nanny to do the dishes, that's what you do. When you get home and finish dinner, you wash all the dishes at once. Saves time, water and energy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...MB is working from home today. Ugh. I am looking at a day of constant interruptions and our usual routine going to hell. I will have to keep my charge quiet during MB's business calls (we are in a small house and usually like to sing and dance after nap -- but can't today). MB will leave her breakfast and lunch dishes in the sink so I will have to do them before I can prepare my charges meals and snacks. My charge will cling to me today because every time he sees his mother he will think I am leaving.

Why? When you have a lovely office to go to why do some mother's insist on working from home?!

What the problem?!!i know you like on the phone or tv al the time right??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...MB is working from home today. Ugh. I am looking at a day of constant interruptions and our usual routine going to hell. I will have to keep my charge quiet during MB's business calls (we are in a small house and usually like to sing and dance after nap -- but can't today). MB will leave her breakfast and lunch dishes in the sink so I will have to do them before I can prepare my charges meals and snacks. My charge will cling to me today because every time he sees his mother he will think I am leaving.

Why? When you have a lovely office to go to why do some mother's insist on working from home?!

What the problem?!!i know you like on the phone or tv al the time right??

. Dou you like be on the phone or tv all the time right?

[Anonymous]

Just ignore them and take care of the kids...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Dear nanny, I noticed today you washed my coffee cup. Kind of creepy. Wish you hadn't done that."

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why? Because it's their home and their choice.

I suppose you'd be fine with your boss working next to you in your cubicle?
Wouldn't bother you at all?
Imagine you're on a call with a client trying to finalize some plans and they hear your boss in the background. They demand to speak with your boss instead. Wouldn't annoy you in the slightest?

My boss did work beside me without so much as a cubicle between us.

I can understand that having mom home would upset a routine, but in the end it is their home and their choice.

OP does she do this often.. can you have a discussion to agree on some ground rules. FWIW, I wouldn't do her dishes for her. That's one thing I would want clarified.

[Anonymous]

My sympathies.

I hate HATE working in a home where the parent telecommutes. It sucks balls.

I'd rather listen to Justin Bieber CDs on repeat all day.

[Anonymous]

Disruption of routine is tough on both the children and me. I truly hate it when MB "works" from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...MB is working from home today. Ugh. I am looking at a day of constant interruptions and our usual routine going to hell. I will have to keep my charge quiet during MB's business calls (we are in a small house and usually like to sing and dance after nap -- but can't today). MB will leave her breakfast and lunch dishes in the sink so I will have to do them before I can prepare my charges meals and snacks. My charge will cling to me today because every time he sees his mother he will think I am leaving.

Why? When you have a lovely office to go to why do some mother's insist on working from home?!

What the problem?!!i know you like on the phone or tv al the time right??

. Dou you like be on the phone or tv all the time right?

What are you babbling about, Dear?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why? Because it's their home and their choice.

You sound like a self-absorbed tween. Now that you're a mommy, it's time to act grown-up and be concerned about what's best for your child.

Here's a hint: CONSISTANCY

[Anonymous]

I do hate it when MB decides to stay home. I'm on camera all day long so it isn't a matter of her checking up on me - it's the constant interruptions and intrusions into our usual happy routine. The baby cries and she comes in (it is so much worse when the baby wants me to console him and not his mother). The baby laughs and she comes in. The baby is FINALLY happily playing on the mat during tummy-time and she picks him up.

I know I would never accept any position where the mother even occasionally worked from home.

[Anonymous]

OP HERE Yes, it was as difficult a day as I'd feared! Everything was off-kilter and my charge was cranky all day. I am so happy I have the day off today!

And for the record, I personally cannot stand dishes in the sink either at my work or my home. Just a personal pet-peeve. I'm sure my MB would tell me to put her dishes aside but I can't do it. This is not her fault at all but obviously not an issue when she is at work.

To the foreign nanny - my employers do not have a television and I carry only an inexpensive phone that only the parents have the number to when I'm working. I am also on nanny cam all day/every day so it certainly isn't a matter of feeling checked up on when MB is home.

MB just stated working form home two days a month in October. I would not have accepted this job had I known this was even a possibility. Now I am entrenched in this job and love my charge. I will have a conversation with her about ground rules at some point as the days of her working from home are truly miserable.

Thanks for the responses, Nannies!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP HERE Yes, it was as difficult a day as I'd feared! Everything was off-kilter and my charge was cranky all day. I am so happy I have the day off today!

And for the record, I personally cannot stand dishes in the sink either at my work or my home. Just a personal pet-peeve. I'm sure my MB would tell me to put her dishes aside but I can't do it. This is not her fault at all but obviously not an issue when she is at work.

To the foreign nanny - my employers do not have a television and I carry only an inexpensive phone that only the parents have the number to when I'm working. I am also on nanny cam all day/every day so it certainly isn't a matter of feeling checked up on when MB is home.

MB just stated working form home two days a month in October. I would not have accepted this job had I known this was even a possibility. Now I am entrenched in this job and love my charge. I will have a conversation with her about ground rules at some point as the days of her working from home are truly miserable.

Thanks for the responses, Nannies!

I'm glad to hear they have nanny cams because it does sound like you do best when someone is checking up on you. You don't seem to be able to handle small changes very well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP HERE Yes, it was as difficult a day as I'd feared! Everything was off-kilter and my charge was cranky all day. I am so happy I have the day off today!

And for the record, I personally cannot stand dishes in the sink either at my work or my home. Just a personal pet-peeve. I'm sure my MB would tell me to put her dishes aside but I can't do it. This is not her fault at all but obviously not an issue when she is at work.

To the foreign nanny - my employers do not have a television and I carry only an inexpensive phone that only the parents have the number to when I'm working. I am also on nanny cam all day/every day so it certainly isn't a matter of feeling checked up on when MB is home.

MB just stated working form home two days a month in October. I would not have accepted this job had I known this was even a possibility. Now I am entrenched in this job and love my charge. I will have a conversation with her about ground rules at some point as the days of her working from home are truly miserable.

Thanks for the responses, Nannies!

I'm glad to hear they have nanny cams because it does sound like you do best when someone is checking up on you. You don't seem to be able to handle small changes very well.

Be gone, Troll, and try to get a life of your own.