Lesson From Our Son's Nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh god. *puke* Go on with your prejudice ladies. You could very well be missing out on the perfect nanny for your child and your actual needs. I have been a teacher, am raising my own children, and (unfortunately) had more life experiences than most in my 26 years. I've lived all over the world, I've been to college, I've survived a tumultuous childhood, I've been in a terrible relationship and a healthy marriage. The only thing on your list I don't have are dried up eggs. There are plenty of old women that have none of the wisdom you speak of. Life experience makes you wise, but simply being on the earth longer doesn't necessarily give you that. I promise you the old lady who lived in one town her whole life, never went to school, and knows nothing outside of her own limited experience, is not a more fit nanny simply by virtue of her age. What condescending bullshit.

"Oh god. *puke*" and the fact that you are reading/posting at 9:55 AM on Monday when you should be caring for you charges are reason enough for me to dismiss you as a good nanny.

You're right. I couldn't possibly have a schedule different than the usual 9-5, and therefore not actually be at work right now. Is this the "wisdom" I have to look forward to? Because us young people call that dementia.

+1 I agree. I'd personally rather have a young adult who is educated, motivated and nurturing than a 60+ nanny who's over the hill and starting to slow down.

[Anonymous]

OP here: The desperate protestations and trolling of the young nanny falls on deaf ears - anyone who has ever had an older nanny knows their value. Go back to your texting, Angry Girls - I want nothing to do with you.

You have one saving grace however - you will be older one day too. Thank God, You (and there is just one of you pretending to be more) need to grow up and stop hte ugly, melodramatic rants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here: The desperate protestations and trolling of the young nanny falls on deaf ears - anyone who has ever had an older nanny knows their value. Go back to your texting, Angry Girls - I want nothing to do with you.

You have one saving grace however - you will be older one day too. Thank God, You (and there is just one of you pretending to be more) need to grow up and stop hte ugly, melodramatic rants.

Whoa OP, where did this come from? You were all sunshine and butterflies in your OP, and now you're being a huge bitch. This was obviously a troll thread that you started and sock puppeted into something nasty. Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: The desperate protestations and trolling of the young nanny falls on deaf ears - anyone who has ever had an older nanny knows their value. Go back to your texting, Angry Girls - I want nothing to do with you.

You have one saving grace however - you will be older one day too. Thank God, You (and there is just one of you pretending to be more) need to grow up and stop hte ugly, melodramatic rants.

Whoa OP, where did this come from? You were all sunshine and butterflies in your OP, and now you're being a huge bitch. This was obviously a troll thread that you started and sock puppeted into something nasty. Shame on you.

!!!!+one million

wtf OP. Please start more nice troll threads and don't sock puppet them. I was enjoying this one until your insanity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: The desperate protestations and trolling of the young nanny falls on deaf ears - anyone who has ever had an older nanny knows their value. Go back to your texting, Angry Girls - I want nothing to do with you.

You have one saving grace however - you will be older one day too. Thank God, You (and there is just one of you pretending to be more) need to grow up and stop hte ugly, melodramatic rants.

Whoa OP, where did this come from? You were all sunshine and butterflies in your OP, and now you're being a huge bitch. This was obviously a troll thread that you started and sock puppeted into something nasty. Shame on you.

!!!!+one million

wtf OP. Please start more nice troll threads and don't sock puppet them. I was enjoying this one until your insanity.

Sorry, crazy girl - I am not a troll. I will simply not sit back and watch jealous, troubled girls trash our nanny because of her age. You have made the case for anyone reading that if you are an example of a young nanny - mothers will run to an older nanny. And your double and triple posting does not convince anyone that you are not the same person. Your poor grammar is evident in all your posts.


+ 1,000,000

[Anonymous]

There's nothing like experience, not to mention the pleasure in seeing your former charges become ethical doctors, lawyers, and other professionals, and ultimately parents themselves.

What more would I, or anyone else, want?
Proven success is what can easily double or triple your hourly rates. Easily. Fewer parents can afford that, but hey, one at a time is plenty for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We hired a fantastic nanny for our baby. She is smart, educated, responsible and loves my baby. She is also older (60) and "gives as good as she gets".

Last week the baby was sick and had a high fever. The nanny called me and we brought the baby to the doctor. Before the doctor came in the nurse wanted to weight him - and he started crying. The nanny gave the baby his lovey to hold on the scale and he quieted down immediately. The nurse got an attitude saying the weight would be off now and nanny said, "Well then you'll have to weight the lovey after I take the baby off the scale and subtract it from his weight - problem solved". The nanny added that the baby doesn't feel well and there is no reason anyone in his doctor's office should make him feel worse.

Way to go Nanny! I'm a FTM and always afraid that doctors, nurses, et al will think I'm being an over-reacting mother. Later the nanny told me, "always let me play bad cop - no one ever bitches about a pushy nanny the way they do a pushy mother".

I love our nanny!

Old post, but I love knowing there ARE some appreciative parents out there. Most of us dedicated nannies work hard to do our best with your children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We hired a fantastic nanny for our baby. She is smart, educated, responsible and loves my baby. She is also older (60) and "gives as good as she gets".

Last week the baby was sick and had a high fever. The nanny called me and we brought the baby to the doctor. Before the doctor came in the nurse wanted to weight him - and he started crying. The nanny gave the baby his lovey to hold on the scale and he quieted down immediately. The nurse got an attitude saying the weight would be off now and nanny said, "Well then you'll have to weight the lovey after I take the baby off the scale and subtract it from his weight - problem solved". The nanny added that the baby doesn't feel well and there is no reason anyone in his doctor's office should make him feel worse.

Way to go Nanny! I'm a FTM and always afraid that doctors, nurses, et al will think I'm being an over-reacting mother. Later the nanny told me, "always let me play bad cop - no one ever bitches about a pushy nanny the way they do a pushy mother".

I love our nanny!

Old post, but I love knowing there ARE some appreciative parents out there. Most of us dedicated nannies work hard to do our best with your children.

Good employers know you do work hard and have our kids best interest at heart.

My DD has had an older nanny since she was born and nanny has more energy and stamina than I do. I have depended on her experience and education to teach me as well as DD. We are expecting a new baby in March and nanny is ready to care for the new baby too.

[Anonymous]

The nurse is in charge in the doctor's office, not your nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The nurse is in charge in the doctor's office, not your nanny.

The nanny is in charge of the child, not the nurse in the doctors office. Stop being such a child and speak up for your child or charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The nurse is in charge in the doctor's office, not your nanny.

The nanny is in charge of the child, not the nurse in the doctors office. Stop being such a child and speak up for your child or charge.

The nurse is doing her job and should tell the nanny to take the extra weight away. If the brat screams for 20 seconds, he screams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The nurse is in charge in the doctor's office, not your nanny.

The nanny is in charge of the child, not the nurse in the doctors office. Stop being such a child and speak up for your child or charge.

The nurse is doing her job and should tell the nanny to take the extra weight away. If the brat screams for 20 seconds, he screams.

Nope. The nanny had a solution that gave the exact same result while keeping her charge calm. Nanny won.

And I hope to God you aren’t a nanny or parent calling an infant a “brat”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The nurse is in charge in the doctor's office, not your nanny.

The nanny is in charge of the child, not the nurse in the doctors office. Stop being such a child and speak up for your child or charge.

The nurse is doing her job and should tell the nanny to take the extra weight away. If the brat screams for 20 seconds, he screams.

The nanny had a better solution an an infant cannot, by definition, be a brat.

Good for the nanny!

[Anonymous]

Love the positivity. I prefer older nannies too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love the positivity. I prefer older nannies too.

+1. Although I have nothing to compare her with since she has been with us for five years and is the only nanny we have ever had (or hope to ever have). But I knew during hiring that I wanted a mature nanny. Nanny is sharper than me, with Terrific energy and can easily keep up with two and soon to be three kids at 63.