Nanny can’t figure out anything

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. I could be your nanny. I am not good at some of the things you're mentioning.
There's not much I can advise you besides setting up everything you can so that she doesn't have to do it.
It's a pain, yes, but if you like her otherwise just let it go and help her.

I hope you are planning to change based on the advice here (use the magic google machine to get instructions on how to use things you aren’t familiar with, work on being more deliberate/mindful).

I'm usually fine when shown by someone but if I have to find my way to it alone, usually I'll fail.
I'm just not good with some devices, not everybody is perfect.
And that doesn't mean I'm a bad nanny

OP said she's shown this person how to operate everything multiple times. A stroller and a washing machine are not complicated devices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next time hire an American and educated nanny.

Seriously. If she cannot figure out how to open the stroller or use a washing machine, why in the world are you trusting her with your baby?!

+1 If you cannot afford an educated, American nanny then send your child to a good daycare. Do you truly believe she would know what to do in an emergency if she can't fold a stroller after being taught to do it numerous times?

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Sounds like my mom.

You're never going to teach her and she is not even that motivated. She lived her whole life like that. Request from you to start learning stuff for you is not going to change who she is.

Figure out if you are ok with just having her loving care or if it is a dealbreaker.

I would understand if it was a dealbreaker for you. I let a nanny go after 2 days for a reason like that. Obviously I deal when my mom can't figure stuff out because of her loving care and just let stuff go.

[Anonymous]

Op is crazy. I think your nanny is trying to get fired. You either don't pay well or you are a super OCD, annoying overprotective parent. If nanny is happy she will stay, wise words. And screw gadgets, all that Matt's is how well nanny is with kids.

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Anonymous wrote:American nannies are lazy like hell

They like to,play candy crush on their iPhone and sit and watch tv

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Anonymous wrote:Op is crazy. I think your nanny is trying to get fired. You either don't pay well or you are a super OCD, annoying overprotective parent. If nanny is happy she will stay, wise words. And screw gadgets, all that Matt's is how well nanny is with kids.

If I were you, I'd fire her and get a nanny with more smarts. Transition is hard but there are plenty of other better nannies who can do it.

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Anonymous wrote:We have had our nanny for approx 4 months. She can’t figure out how to work anything around the house correctly. She can’t unfold/ fold stroller or even take car seat out of it no matter how many times I’ve showed her. She doesn’t follow instructions on what settings to run the washing machine Or what detergent to use. She can’t figure out baby gates. Diaper genie insert loaded incorrectly often. Took her forever to learn the baby monitor, she could not understand how to set it up If it wasn’t already angled appropriately. Showed her how to use our echo to play music for baby, she could not do it. Anything with an iPad app, forget it. Just really basic baby things, I even wrote down instructions for her on some items and gave her a print out ( which I think she just took home). Her English is good and she has her own iPad that she uses for internet even! And on top of it she doesn’t really ask questions. Just getting to be really annoying because I feel like I have to have everything set up for her all the time.

sounds like my husband! year 4 and kid 2 even!

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Sad to say, but this mother needs to stay home and care for her child/ren then she wouldn't have to complain about what the nanny can and can't do. How much is she paying this nanny? How well is she treating this nanny? Is she respectful to said nanny? All these things comes into play. I heard of nannies who can cook perfectly well, yet burn their bosses' food because their bosses were nasty to them.

Lady you get back what you put out. Evidently you have no good feeling toward this person whom is caring for your child/ren otherwise you would have spent time with her to ensure your child/ren safety. And whose car is it? And why is she moving a car seat? You or your husband should have putted the seat in the car and she would have to move it.

I am a nanny and have been for many years. And I never had to move a carseat, the parents put the seats in the car and all I had to do was to secure the children into them.

I personally is afraid of breaking people stuff therefore when I can't get anything to work I don't fool with it. I will ask many questions, may seems like stupid questions but I don't care I will ask them anyway. Or I would leave it until I can operate it as it should be operated.

When my now employers moved to their new house I didn't know how to use the washing machine so I didn't touch it until one of them explain the different controls to me. And the same with the dish washer. They themselves couldn't get those new machines figured out either.

Nannies aren't morons, (despite what many of you may think) we just don't want to destroy other people's property. We can fuss with our own property all we want, but when coming to other people's we are very cautious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sad to say, but this mother needs to stay home and care for her child/ren then she wouldn't have to complain about what the nanny can and can't do. How much is she paying this nanny? How well is she treating this nanny? Is she respectful to said nanny? All these things comes into play. I heard of nannies who can cook perfectly well, yet burn their bosses' food because their bosses were nasty to them.

Lady you get back what you put out. Evidently you have no good feeling toward this person whom is caring for your child/ren otherwise you would have spent time with her to ensure your child/ren safety. And whose car is it? And why is she moving a car seat? You or your husband should have putted the seat in the car and she would have to move it.

I am a nanny and have been for many years. And I never had to move a carseat, the parents put the seats in the car and all I had to do was to secure the children into them.

I personally is afraid of breaking people stuff therefore when I can't get anything to work I don't fool with it. I will ask many questions, may seems like stupid questions but I don't care I will ask them anyway. Or I would leave it until I can operate it as it should be operated.

When my now employers moved to their new house I didn't know how to use the washing machine so I didn't touch it until one of them explain the different controls to me. And the same with the dish washer. They themselves couldn't get those new machines figured out either.

Nannies aren't morons, (despite what many of you may think) we just don't want to destroy other people's property. We can fuss with our own property all we want, but when coming to other people's we are very cautious.

Wow you sound really self righteous. You have a vendetta against the world. Looking for a fight with anyone. You must be an excellent influence around kids. You need to find a job doing something else. Do you have any other options? i'm guessing no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sad to say, but this mother needs to stay home and care for her child/ren then she wouldn't have to complain about what the nanny can and can't do. How much is she paying this nanny? How well is she treating this nanny? Is she respectful to said nanny? All these things comes into play. I heard of nannies who can cook perfectly well, yet burn their bosses' food because their bosses were nasty to them.

Lady you get back what you put out. Evidently you have no good feeling toward this person whom is caring for your child/ren otherwise you would have spent time with her to ensure your child/ren safety. And whose car is it? And why is she moving a car seat? You or your husband should have putted the seat in the car and she would have to move it.

I am a nanny and have been for many years. And I never had to move a carseat, the parents put the seats in the car and all I had to do was to secure the children into them.

I personally is afraid of breaking people stuff therefore when I can't get anything to work I don't fool with it. I will ask many questions, may seems like stupid questions but I don't care I will ask them anyway. Or I would leave it until I can operate it as it should be operated.

When my now employers moved to their new house I didn't know how to use the washing machine so I didn't touch it until one of them explain the different controls to me. And the same with the dish washer. They themselves couldn't get those new machines figured out either.

Nannies aren't morons, (despite what many of you may think) we just don't want to destroy other people's property. We can fuss with our own property all we want, but when coming to other people's we are very cautious.

I was going to ask if you missed the part where OP says she has explained the different gadgets to the nanny more than once but I bet reading comprehension isn't one of your strong suits.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. It’s not hard to figure things out. When I started with my current families (in a share) nobody knew how to take down the stroller. So guess what I did? Open my YouTube app and put in the name of the stroller and BOOM! Nest thermostats are becoming more common. I had no idea how to work one either but the parents showed me. It’s not hard at all. I’ve come across fancy machines that I’ve never seen nor knew how to work it. Guess what I did? Just guess... opened my YouTube app and BOOM!

How is it that the nanny can operate her own iPad but not the one provided by the family? It may be a different generation, but it does the same thing. Op, I would just have HER show you how to use the items that she’s having trouble with since she doesn’t ask questions- this way you’ll know if she understands or not. I would defined be concerned about her driving my child- like you said, what if she puts the seat in wrong and goes to press on the break or makes a turn and the car seat and baby flip over? You basically have two options: continue to go step by step with her and worry everyday or get a new nanny. I am American and I also know of foreign nannies who go above and beyond- so your ethnicity has nothing to do with it. Some people are lazy and it comes out, sometimes sooner than later; especially when they realize they’re being under paid- not that you are but nannies talk.

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Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. It’s not hard to figure things out. When I started with my current families (in a share) nobody knew how to take down the stroller. So guess what I did? Open my YouTube app and put in the name of the stroller and BOOM! Nest thermostats are becoming more common. I had no idea how to work one either but the parents showed me. It’s not hard at all. I’ve come across fancy machines that I’ve never seen nor knew how to work it. Guess what I did? Just guess... opened my YouTube app and BOOM!

How is it that the nanny can operate her own iPad but not the one provided by the family? It may be a different generation, but it does the same thing. Op, I would just have HER show you how to use the items that she’s having trouble with since she doesn’t ask questions- this way you’ll know if she understands or not. I would defined be concerned about her driving my child- like you said, what if she puts the seat in wrong and goes to press on the break or makes a turn and the car seat and baby flip over? You basically have two options: continue to go step by step with her and worry everyday or get a new nanny. I am American and I also know of foreign nannies who go above and beyond- so your ethnicity has nothing to do with it. Some people are lazy and it comes out, sometimes sooner than later; especially when they realize they’re being under paid- not that you are but nannies talk.

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[Anonymous]

I had a nanny like that... for a week.

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Please OP, let her not drive your child if these simple things complicate her. The car seat is one thing, but the harness and the pull strap to tighten it and this needs to be done correctly. Yes, there are multiple kinds/styles of strollers, but a simple push/pull can fold that d...n stroller. The diaper geenie? that's OMG and I feel for you OP. I am a nanny with years of experience like her and I manage to figure out all these ( I am not an "American" nanny, but I speak four languages ). As other PP said, google it bec. for the majority of us by now are Google masters. Good luck.