Isolation of Nanny

[Anonymous]

I'm willing to take a position in which MB is not comfortable with a new nanny driving charges until she knows her (she said ~2-3 months), but only if there's some other way to have some kind of adult interaction. If we can walk to activities or the park, great! If we can host all the playdates (and since I'm going to have to use my contacts, the kids might not always be within 2-3 months), that works too. But I've interviewed for positions in which the mom said the nanny would spend the whole shift in the house and yard, three children under 4, because she didn't want the infant going out to be exposed to germs until a year old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

But it is ok for you to be posting on DCUM while at work, thus screwing your emoyer out of work time. Hypocrite.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

If you are at work you feel it is fine for you to be on DCUM? U ou should be fired.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any parent would go crazy if they didn't have SOME kind of adult interaction during the long days with a small child.

You have to wonder if extreme isolation is what can cause a person to suddenly "snap"?

Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If having significant adult contact during your work day is important then you shouldn't apply for nanny jobs that are working with one infant in a private home.

SOME amount of adult communication is essential for most adults during a 50-60 hour work week.

I don't believe successful nannies should have to take a vow of on-the-job solitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If having significant adult contact during your work day is important then you shouldn't apply for nanny jobs that are working with one infant in a private home.

SOME amount of adult communication is essential for most adults during a 50-60 hour work week.

I don't believe successful nannies should have to take a vow of on-the-job solitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

But it is ok for you to be posting on DCUM while at work, thus screwing your emoyer out of work time. Hypocrite.

Funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

But it is ok for you to be posting on DCUM while at work, thus screwing your emoyer out of work time. Hypocrite.

Funny.

I am a nanny and this is not at all hypocritical. An employer can demand you do any number of things that he/she doesn't do. I think nannies would do themselves a huge service if they would understand that simple point as it is applicable in ALL fields.

[Anonymous]

I always feel very lonely and isolated when my charge is a newborn and first born. In both of my positions, I have started with new families with just the newborn and in neighborhoods I didn't know. Walks were my only outing. But it is just for six months and then I was able to take the baby to classes and the library.

It is the nature of the work, I think. Both of my charges were born in the middle of flu season, too.

[Anonymous]

I worked with a family who had an 18 month old. Just 4 hour shifts each time but it was incredibly boring. They lived in a tiny apartment, didn't want the TV on and had no music to play. It felt like a prison and I was glad to leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

But it is ok for you to be posting on DCUM while at work, thus screwing your emoyer out of work time. Hypocrite.

Funny.

I am a nanny and this is not at all hypocritical. An employer can demand you do any number of things that he/she doesn't do. I think nannies would do themselves a huge service if they would understand that simple point as it is applicable in ALL fields.

Psst, you aren't a nanny at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked with a family who had an 18 month old. Just 4 hour shifts each time but it was incredibly boring. They lived in a tiny apartment, didn't want the TV on and had no music to play. It felt like a prison and I was glad to leave.

Some parents are just nuts to think that kind of work environment is ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

But it is ok for you to be posting on DCUM while at work, thus screwing your emoyer out of work time. Hypocrite.

Funny.

I am a nanny and this is not at all hypocritical. An employer can demand you do any number of things that he/she doesn't do. I think nannies would do themselves a huge service if they would understand that simple point as it is applicable in ALL fields.

Psst, you aren't a nanny at all.

Yes, I am a nanny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

But it is ok for you to be posting on DCUM while at work, thus screwing your emoyer out of work time. Hypocrite.

Funny.

I am a nanny and this is not at all hypocritical. An employer can demand you do any number of things that he/she doesn't do. I think nannies would do themselves a huge service if they would understand that simple point as it is applicable in ALL fields.

Psst, you aren't a nanny at all.

Yes, I am a nanny.

A nanny and a grown-up. This is simply life in the working world. Your boss/owner of the company gets to do lots of things the employee doesn't get to do. Not the least bit hypocritical - simply the way of the world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.

What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.

+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.

But it is ok for you to be posting on DCUM while at work, thus screwing your emoyer out of work time. Hypocrite.

Funny.

I am a nanny and this is not at all hypocritical. An employer can demand you do any number of things that he/she doesn't do. I think nannies would do themselves a huge service if they would understand that simple point as it is applicable in ALL fields.

Psst, you aren't a nanny at all.

Yes, I am a nanny.

A nanny and a grown-up. This is simply life in the working world. Your boss/owner of the company gets to do lots of things the employee doesn't get to do. Not the least bit hypocritical - simply the way of the world.

While I agree, I am thankful I can up and quit any job I am unhappy at. I work with newborns and infants but I will not work with a family that won’t let me leave the house. Babies need interaction and so do adults. Hence baby lap time is filled with nannies and mothers of newborns and infants.