S/O what things does your nanny do that annoy you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

My AP is SOOOOO wasteful also. BUT, not with her items. She will use half a tube of $10 diaper rash cream on one diaper, 30 oz's of dish soap in one week (WE HAVE A DISHWASHER AND ONLY HAND WASH POTS AND PANS), a thick stack of wipes when changing a small poopy diaper, cook WAY too much food for the kids and throws it away when surprise surprise, they dont eat it etc. It is getting on my last nerve! I noticed that her facewash in the bathroom hasnt gone down much in months, so she DOES know how to use things without excess.

I know this post is years old, but when I saw this post, I thought Yes!!! That sounds a lot like DC's nanny. She goes through, I kid you not, 32 oz. of dish soap in TEN DAYS. I have told her NOT to hand wash dishes (we have a dishwasher) except a handful of things that add up to maybe five items daily. But she washes everything, which is annoying because she does a mediocre job (I always find crud on dishes she washes) and probably would do better if she washed just the few things I asked and she often leaves something or another not done, which she could have done if she left the dishes! Plus, even with washing all the dishes, I still don't get how you can use up a full-sized bottle of dish soap in less than two weeks...!

Also, I try to always have an extra whatever it is, pack of diapers, box of oatmeal, tube of eczema, but occasionally it slips my mind and we're on say our last pack of diapers. I've asked the nanny DOZENS OF TIMES please please let me know if we run low of something so I can get more before we run out. She NEVER does. Back when I kept asking her to do this, she would tell me once out of maybe ten times. I got so tired of being a broken record and not getting through to her that I've stopped asking her. Now she never tells me. It has happened that I came home from work early and before heading to the drugstore, I asked the nanny, is there anything we need for the baby? She said no. I left, came back, nanny left. As I'm getting DC ready for bed, I notice there are ZERO DIAPERS. Luckily, I had a spare in the diaper bag, but I was pissed! And this happens all the time. I swear that the nanny has something mental going on.

I really can't even imagine letting the diapers run low. These people need training on how to be a nanny, don't you think?

[Anonymous]

She tells my wife one thing (I will be at work in Friday) and then tells me the opposite (Ihave an appointment Friday and won't be in, pay me now, Thursday).

She changes her vacation week every single summer and doesn't understand that we already made backup care plans (flew grandma in, took half days at work, arranged a paid sub nanny).

She never takes feedback well, gets super defensive and never agrees.

If one of the children gets a cold she asks what we did and how we gave that child a cold. Oh, and it's never due to germs at a kids bday party or preschool, it's always something wrong we what the child was wearing or the temp in the house.

She won't cut the blueberries for the 1 yo, doesn't view them as a potential choking hazard because the child "already at 8 of them just fine!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She tells my wife one thing (I will be at work in Friday) and then tells me the opposite (Ihave an appointment Friday and won't be in, pay me now, Thursday).

She changes her vacation week every single summer and doesn't understand that we already made backup care plans (flew grandma in, took half days at work, arranged a paid sub nanny).

She never takes feedback well, gets super defensive and never agrees.

If one of the children gets a cold she asks what we did and how we gave that child a cold. Oh, and it's never due to germs at a kids bday party or preschool, it's always something wrong we what the child was wearing or the temp in the house.

She won't cut the blueberries for the 1 yo, doesn't view them as a potential choking hazard because the child "already at 8 of them just fine!"

Why are you still employing her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She tells my wife one thing (I will be at work in Friday) and then tells me the opposite (Ihave an appointment Friday and won't be in, pay me now, Thursday).

She changes her vacation week every single summer and doesn't understand that we already made backup care plans (flew grandma in, took half days at work, arranged a paid sub nanny).

She never takes feedback well, gets super defensive and never agrees.

If one of the children gets a cold she asks what we did and how we gave that child a cold. Oh, and it's never due to germs at a kids bday party or preschool, it's always something wrong we what the child was wearing or the temp in the house.

She won't cut the blueberries for the 1 yo, doesn't view them as a potential choking hazard because the child "already at 8 of them just fine!"

Why are you still employing her?

She has bills to pay. Her bills don't stop because we let her go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She tells my wife one thing (I will be at work in Friday) and then tells me the opposite (Ihave an appointment Friday and won't be in, pay me now, Thursday).

She changes her vacation week every single summer and doesn't understand that we already made backup care plans (flew grandma in, took half days at work, arranged a paid sub nanny).

She never takes feedback well, gets super defensive and never agrees.

If one of the children gets a cold she asks what we did and how we gave that child a cold. Oh, and it's never due to germs at a kids bday party or preschool, it's always something wrong we what the child was wearing or the temp in the house.

She won't cut the blueberries for the 1 yo, doesn't view them as a potential choking hazard because the child "already at 8 of them just fine!"

Why are you still employing her?

She has bills to pay. Her bills don't stop because we let her go.

What? She is responsible for her bills. You are not. If she is unreliable, negative and does not value the safety of your children, she has forfeited any right to employment as tour nanny. It's nice that you care about her financial well-being, but you should care about the physical and emotional well-being of your children more! I am a nanny BTW, and I am shocked at her behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nanny always tries to talk to me when I walk in the door. She goes on and on about mundane things, even when I hint I'm busy. She's my employee - we're not going to be friends. Often I walk in pretending to be on a call, but many times she'll just WAIT for me to finish. I wish she'd just be ready to go and then leave when I arrive.

What a bitch!

[Anonymous]

Cut blueberries? Ludicrous!

[Anonymous]

The toddler crossed the street OK by himself a couple times so it must not be a hazard! Ludicrous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She tells my wife one thing (I will be at work in Friday) and then tells me the opposite (Ihave an appointment Friday and won't be in, pay me now, Thursday).

She changes her vacation week every single summer and doesn't understand that we already made backup care plans (flew grandma in, took half days at work, arranged a paid sub nanny).

She never takes feedback well, gets super defensive and never agrees.

If one of the children gets a cold she asks what we did and how we gave that child a cold. Oh, and it's never due to germs at a kids bday party or preschool, it's always something wrong we what the child was wearing or the temp in the house.

She won't cut the blueberries for the 1 yo, doesn't view them as a potential choking hazard because the child "already at 8 of them just fine!"

Why are you still employing her?

She has bills to pay. Her bills don't stop because we let her go.

Who is "we"? Because it isn't the above poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bull shit

You bumped up a THREE YEAR OLD THREAD to start a MB-Nanny war. Shame on you! The worst kind of troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ah yes, the age old paper towel issue.

Nannies need a ton of paper towels, ok MBs? To wipe your kids' hands, mouths and in some cases snotty noses, to clean up after you and your children (which can take many depending on the size of your counters & table and how messy your kids are), to dry their own hands after a lot of washing to prevent themselves from getting sick for your kids (no offense, but its kind of gross to use our employer's bathroom hand towel), cleaning up after crafts and activities, etc. Some nannies even need to take them to the park to dry off slides so your kids can play more comfortably.

The point is, stop it. We work hard enough as it is, and MBs like you come along and want to make it even harder by limiting our abilities to do it. If you're that concerned about paper towels, switch them all our for dishrags.

The rest of this stuff is also really petty. No nanny is perfect and each has different ways of doing things, which will always include some flaws.

I had been trained to NEVER share towels at work. You don't know where it's been.

Disposable paper towels are an absolute requirement if you have a nanny. Same for doctors and nurses.