S/O MBs of infants - At what age did you allow your nanny to drive your children?
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Anonymous
| We're wondering when is appropriate - 6 mos? 12 mos? |
Anonymous
At around a year to a toddler music class and back only. At 2, to pre-school and back, and around that time, other occasional trips. But we live in a neighborhood with a park and a library in walking distance and regular neighborhood playgroups and play dates so driving is not really necessary. |
Anonymous
| I'm so relieved we live in the city and can walk or use mass transit to get everywhere. We've had the same caretaker for the kids for almost 3 years and driving them has literally never come up once. |
Anonymous
| I've been driving my charges since they were two months all over my city or taking public transit. I've never worked for a family that had an age restriction and all my families were first time parents. Maybe I've been lucky or radiate safety and trust |
Anonymous
| Whenever your nanny feels comfortable? Good for baby to be out and about! |
Anonymous
| I've never had any age restrictions related to driving my charges. I also have a better driving record than most of my employers. |
Anonymous
It's good for the baby to be out and about, but that can include walks in a stroller. For driving the baby, the threshold question is when the parents feel comfortable. |
Anonymous
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MB here: I felt like every other new mom. I was terrified to let someone new drive my baby around. BUT, I recognized this was irrational fear talking, and I needed to just pull off the bandaid. After they came back safe the first time, I was able to relax a little bit.
It's hard to trust someone else with your child, but I think you have to let go. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Yes, I am struggling with the trust issue. Our nanny has only been with us a month so I may wait another month and give it a go. |
Anonymous
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MB here. We had twin infants. When the nanny drove them wasn't a function of when we trusted her enough, it was a function of when they actually needed a level of stimulation and activity that couldn't be provided within walking distance in our neighborhood. That happened around the year mark - when they started walking and talking.
But it was driven (ba dum bum) by their needs - not my anxiety. |
Anonymous
| although we never restricted our nanny from driving our DC, I would say it formally happened around 6 months when we signed them up for a music class. we didn't want them cooped up in the house all day. she also drove our DC down the road to the library for story hour or for a play date in the neighbrohood when the weather was bad and didn't want to push the stroller in the rain. |
Anonymous
| From the get-go basically. Nanny lives not far from us so she knows the area; we live in the suburbs so it's not nerve-wracking city driving. Now she drives them all over including to Baltimore sometimes for a fun day trip. Honestly though it never occurred to me to ban her from driving them places even at the beginning. |
Anonymous
| Been with my employer for 4 years, and I guess trust is still the issue. We stay home most of the day aside from walking around the neighborhood. Trust your nannies. |