Found Nanny and baby asleep on the couch

[Anonymous]

I want my kids (at any age) sleeping in their crib/pack & play/bed whatever - just for good sleep habits. But an occasional nap on a couch w/ a baby is something I, my husband, and our nanny have done.

If I found my nanny asleep w/ my child, the child was clearly sleeping happily (no obstructed breathing issues) and I knew it was a "one off" (not routine) occurrence, I'd tiptoe around to let them sleep as long and well as possible.

I trust our nanny w/ our kids lives every single day. If she falls asleep on a couch with one of them it's because they BOTH really needed it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I think it's unprofessional to sleep on the job. I work twelve hours a day, then commute home to take care of my family. I sleep at night. Of course, I get a break now and then during the day, but I certainly don't sleep. I expect the person I employ to take care of my child to be alert at all times.

Of course, there are families who feel differently. OP, if you want to allow her to sleep on the job, that's fine, but you might want to consider that you now know she's not a light sleeper because you had to wake her up. She was also engaged in a dangerous practice while sleeping, not following your expectations on when and where to sleep.

(The firefighter example is not a good one. Very loud alarms wake them up whenever they are needed, 24/7. Also, firefighting is an extremely demanding job, physically. Nannying is not.)


She didn't ask if it was unprofessional, troll. We know how lowly you think of nannies, it's obvious. Stop posting on every thread about how easy and unprofessional nannies are....

Firefighters work 24 hour shifts and are off for 36 hours. Is it always highly physical? Depends. Some shifts you could never leave, others you are out all 24 hours fighting fires.

Is nannying physical? Not always, but it certainly can be very physical based on ages of chargers/number of charges. So quit making sweeping statements in order to put down the career.


And be honest. You don't have a family, you have nothing.

You're confused, sweetheart. I don't post on every thread. I hardly ever post here. I also don't think most nannies are unprofessional; only the ones that sleep on the job. I do think that nannying is a far easier job than most jobs and I'm surprised you don't think so as well. That doesn't mean it isn't a valuable job. But it isn't firefighting.

You should try not to take things so personally. You also should quit making sweeping statements about anonymous posters on an anonymous forum. You look foolish. You look especially foolish by reducing yourself to petty insults implying I don't have a family. What a truly ugly person you are.

But, thanks for making my point about sleeping on the job. Your firefighter example is false. If firefighters serve for 24 hours, then of course they would sleep when they can. They would also wake up the minute the alarms sounded. A nanny who can't stay awake for 12 hours is a different example entirely. You cannot compare the two.

Again.

You aren't a nanny and you don't have a nanny...why do you post here?

Because you are a bitter paper pusher.

[Anonymous]

Again.

You don't know me and you have no idea if I'm a nanny or a mother.

You know nothing.

Your weird obsession with people who disagree with you, coupled with your trolling insults, should embarrass you.

I'm embarrassed for you.

Sadly, you're not smart enough to recognize how pathetic you sound.

So, rock on with your mean self and insult me again. I can take it. I'm a grown up who owns my posts and can defend my position.

What is most interesting to me is that you can't. If you could, you wouldn't resort to such petty insults.

Game. Set. Match.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again.

You don't know me and you have no idea if I'm a nanny or a mother.

You know nothing.

Your weird obsession with people who disagree with you, coupled with your trolling insults, should embarrass you.

I'm embarrassed for you.

Sadly, you're not smart enough to recognize how pathetic you sound.

So, rock on with your mean self and insult me again. I can take it. I'm a grown up who owns my posts and can defend my position.

What is most interesting to me is that you can't. If you could, you wouldn't resort to such petty insults.

Game. Set. Match.

WTH?

This thread has been overtaken by the loony bin.

[Anonymous]

I know. The nanny troll is out in full force.

[Anonymous]

Co-sleeping on the couch is unsafe! Period. Sleeping on the job is unprofessional and a red flag!
I don't care that others have successfully co-slept with their charges without smothering them. Their are plenty of other cases where the child has been suffocated and that is why the American Pediatric Association has defined that act as dangerous. It is alarming to me that their are nannies on this website that think co-sleeping on a couch is safe.

I had a nanny who co-slept on the couch with my 10 week old strapped in a baby bjorn for 3 hours! I found out about it only because my mother happened to be visiting and witnessed it. Foolishly I had a talk with the nanny rather than fire her on the spot. But her lack of good judgement regarding safety led to other unprofessional and risky acts such as....swaddling our then 11 week old and and somehow strapping her to a stroller made for a toddler! Why? because the nanny really felt like going on a walk in our hilly neighborhood and could not remember how to attach the car seat to the stroller. We had another talk with her. But more risky acts occurred so she has since been

[Anonymous]

She has since been....fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How old is this infant? A newborn?

Fired.

An older infant...we'd talk.

Almost 15 months.

However there is a risk of SIDS till two-years.

So not a baby or an infant?

For me, as a parent, that changes everything. I'd probably say,"I'd rather he slept in his crib" and leave it at that.

[Anonymous]

My nanny is always sleeping on the job. Even found her sleeping holding my 3 months old baby. What do I do??

[Anonymous]

Perhaps she didn’t intend on actually falling asleep.

Maybe her eyes were just closed and she accidentally fell into slumber.

It could happen to any one of us.

Even Mothers do this.
No one is perfect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nanny is always sleeping on the job. Even found her sleeping holding my 3 months old baby. What do I do??

It’s good that you looked through the archives, but you should start your own thread. Obviously you do not have a professional nanny; if you can afford one, fire your nanny and hire a better one. If you cannot, be more specific in your new thread and we will try to help you work through it.

[Anonymous]

Jesus, like you parents don't do it.

And probably she was just resting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She has since been....fired.

For that or something else?

[Anonymous]

This thread is five years old. I hope the nanny is awake now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is five years old. I hope the nanny is awake now.

Hilarious