Parents, do you check your nannies credentials?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I knew a Nanny that used to buy her Infant/Toddler First Aid & CPR certificates online every two years for twenty bucks a pop.

They looked truly legit.

Parents should not accept online training certificates.
They should only accept Red Cross.

+ 1

[Anonymous]

*nanny's credentials. Come on now.

nanny's = possessive
nannies = plural

[Anonymous]

Ugh. I'm a mom. This is why I stay awake at night, anxious about going back to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I'm a mom. This is why I stay awake at night, anxious about going back to work.

Do your due diligence, PP. Interview carefully and completely, run a background check, check her references - all of them, and accept only Red Cross CPR certificate and vaccination certificates. Get nanny cameras.

Or go through a great agency and let them do everything.

Believe me, you will relax in a very short period of time. I trust my DD's nanny more than I trust my own mother or mother in law with my child. And once, when DD had a really bad ear infection, I trusted the nanny more than myself! (Nanny had been there before with many other little ones and knew how to get the baby to take her medication and calm her - I didn't!)

[Anonymous]

I can't believe people don't check. I run background checks and check driving records and do on line searches for criminal history and pending lawsuits. I also google, check facebook etc. These are people being hired to watch our kids - it's responsible to check.

[Anonymous]

Red Cross or American Heart Association CPR/Forst Aid are both acceptable.

[Anonymous]

beware of drunken Nannies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I'm a mom. This is why I stay awake at night, anxious about going back to work.

Nanny here. When I hire backup nannies I always ask them to actually describe what they would do in the event of a hypothetical emergency. Same principal goes for someone with a lot of child care experience. She should be able to give detailed answers to hypotheticals around discipline scenarios, scheduling, age-appropriate milestones, etc. I can give you examples of how I would handle pretty much anything with no hesitation because I know my shit. Yes, talk to the families, google her, etc., but remember that you aren't looking for a checklist of credentials and a bubbly personality, you are looking for a tangible skillset, so asking detailed questions and follow-up questions should be plenty to clarify everything you need to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:beware of drunken Nannies

Beware of drunken posters with no lives of their own so they haunt message boards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. I'm a mom. This is why I stay awake at night, anxious about going back to work.

Nanny here. When I hire backup nannies I always ask them to actually describe what they would do in the event of a hypothetical emergency. Same principal goes for someone with a lot of child care experience. She should be able to give detailed answers to hypotheticals around discipline scenarios, scheduling, age-appropriate milestones, etc. I can give you examples of how I would handle pretty much anything with no hesitation because I know my shit. Yes, talk to the families, google her, etc., but remember that you aren't looking for a checklist of credentials and a bubbly personality, you are looking for a tangible skillset, so asking detailed questions and follow-up questions should be plenty to clarify everything you need to know.

Excellent response.