Anyone used NannySure?
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Anonymous
| Hi all! Looking into getting a nanny for when I return to work and also debating a nanny share. We are in the final stages of interviewing and deciding. One thing I was thinking that would make me feel more comfortable is to have some sort of nanny monitoring. I had been thinking of just a plain nanny cam, but I was having coffee last week and happened to overhear a woman talking on the phone about getting "nanny sure". I googled it (http://www.nannysureusa.com/how-it-works) and it seems to be a new service, so was wondering if anyone else had used it? Thanks for any insight! |
Anonymous
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Seems like an insane amount of money.
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Anonymous
| Your story seems a bit contrived. Are you promoting this service? You're not doing a very good job in that case. |
Anonymous
OP here. Not promoting the service, just genuinely curious. I don't know why my story seems contrived, but would like to hear if anyone has used the service. My husband thinks I'm being a bit neurotic, but I had no idea how terrifying it would be for me to leave my DC to go back to work. |
Anonymous
| What a ridiculous service. Putting a gap tracker in the diaper bag? |
Anonymous
Apologies in that case. There's just a lot of information, an unlikely source of knowledge and a direct link to a how it work page, so it seems a bit suspicious. Anyway, I think it's ridiculous. It's extremely expensive for one. Two, you could ask your nanny to use Find My Friends app oh her phone when she's out with your DC, I don't think she'd mind if you phrase it nicely. Three, get a nanny cam and let the nanny know - she'll be on her best behaviour, and a nanny who wants to slack won't apply for a job with a nanny cam. It also seems like you're going for a share, so there'll be double the parents to fool if the nanny weren't doing her job well. Chances are that a lazy nanny will choose to look after one child, where there's much less work or navigating around parents. And most nannies are genuinely caring and kind caregivers who only want the best for the child they're looking after, so if you're not paying dirt you'll be able to attract good and professional candidates. Good luck! |
Anonymous
OP here. I agree that the GPS part is likely not the value of the service. I was more interested in the observations. They seem to offer an in-person observation (assuming the service sends someone to the GPS location) and also some sort of camera feed option. These are the parts of the service that I was interested in. |
Anonymous
OP here. I see how my request could be kind of random, so thanks for seeing me through and providing me with some encouraging feedback. Reading a few of the "I saw your nanny doing X" posts on these boards made me want to seek out some resources to prevent such things happening and/or know if they happen to my DC. I'm not as worried about a lazy nanny as I am about a mean/abusive nanny. But, like I said, my husband thinks I'm being neurotic and a nanny cam should be more than enough! |
Anonymous
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Never heard of it. To me nanny cams are over the top, this sounds insane. It says "with your nanny's permission" so my guess is that some of this would be illegal to do without her consent, and I honestly think you'd have a hell of a time finding someone to agree to it.
What especially bothers me are the reports given from observations. What does that mean? Unless there is constant surveillance, including while out, how could they make reliable observations and judgements? We've all seen those "I saw your nanny" posts by busybody judgey mommies who can find fault with anything. If you are having this hard of a time leaving your baby, you honestly may want to consider just staying home. This amount of oversight is crazy and won't allow you to be productive at your own job. If you're going to watch her do her job all day, you might as well do it yourself. |
Anonymous
| That seems like a lot of money for nothing. Get some cameras if you are concerned and an iPhone just for work (so she can take pictures too) with find my friends and let her know they are there. |
Anonymous
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How old is your DC?
If you're feeling so worried, you could sign up your DC to some classes with the nanny. After a few classes go yourself and speak to the other mothers/nannies/teachers there and find out how your DC is being treated while you're not there. These I Saw Your Nanny Posts are awful. Often events are taken out of context by busy bodies who make it seem like the nanny is being heartless and mean to a child when in reality she was probably teaching the kid that you only get something if you say please, so that's why the child is grabbing at something while walking down the street crying. Of course some of those incidents are terrible and I do hope the parents are made aware (in which case it's probably much more useful to follow the nanny and the child to find out where they live and speak to the parents than take a picture and write about it on a website not so many people use?). Don't read them. It's like reading illustrated car crash reports for a car you're going to buy. Of course people are going to die in car crashes, it doesn't mean you shouldn't drive a car. You just have to be careful, do your best research and trust your instincts. As a nanny, I wouldn't want to be under the 'observation' of someone else, which is what I'm guessing the company provides, someone monitoring the nanny the entire time and then sending the parents samples. I could understand (but wouldn't work for) parents who insist on a nanny cam, but this seems completely over the top. As an employer, I would be uncomfortable to give more people access to my home and private life than at all necessary. |
Anonymous
| Waste of money. Buy drop cams that are cloud based and buy your own gps tracker to stick in the diaper bag. You can pop in on your nanny or have friends. But besides turning off a bunch of nannies, it might make you more neurotic because you will spend all your time watching and tracking them. Maybe a corporate daycare that has live feed cameras would be better for your family. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks everyone for the insight and encouragement. DC will be 6 mos when I go back to work. I think there are some great suggestions on dealing with my concerns/irrational worries. Thanks a bunch. |
Anonymous
| If I found out you put a GPS tracker in the diaper bag, had someone spy on me and asked people I interact with at child-related activities how I am with your DC- I would quit on you so f**king fast that your head would spin. You sound absolutely bats**t crazy. |
Anonymous
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If you are that anxious as a parent and are having trust issues OP, then you are not a good candidate for hiring a nanny.
Your best choice is to stay home and raise your child...At least until he/she is able to speak. It sounds like you just do not possess any type of capability to trust anyone w/your child and why go to work all day if all you are going to do is stress over your child??! Not worth it. |