Nannies, what is something you refuse to do?
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I'm very upfront from the beginning, if the parents have issues I assume I'm not the best person for this particular job.
I refuse to spank, or use any type of corporal punishment. Fine if the parents do, but I don't hit children. I refuse to do DB/MB laundry, I'll do the children's but too many pairs of dirty underwear from 40-year-olds. I refuse to allow young infants to sleep in unsafe conditions under my watch. Even if parents insist I will not put a newborn on his tummy or in your bed. I refuse to abuse the medicine for your children, I will closely follow the directions on the label or by your doctor. I had adapt this after a old MB insisted I give her six-month-old 5ML of Benedryl so he would sleep through the night. I refuse to be the moderator between spousal arguments. It's not my business and I prefer it stay that way. |
Anonymous
| I'll do anything (and have). Probably why I'm so highly paid. |
Anonymous
Even if it puts the child in danger? |
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I don't clip their nails. I'm just too scared! I've pinched a few fingers/legs in the cars seat clasps over the years and i've cried every time. I couldn't imagine cutting their little fingers and actually drawing blood - even though pretty much every parent does this at least once.
I've never been asked to spank a child, but I would definately refuse if that ever came up. |
Anonymous
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I refuse to give medicine any other way than what is written on the package or doctors orders.
I refuse to do stuff like make parents bed. |
Anonymous
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I'd also refuse to use corporal punishment.
I'd only give medications as directed and for a legit cause. I will do child related housekeeping/general clean up, but I won't clean bathrooms or do full housekeeping duties. |
Anonymous
| I will not clean bathrooms as a live-out nanny. Im willing to do other housekeeping duties for an increased rate. I tend to negotiate my contracts with an increased rate for certain duties that nannies end up doing as a part of job creep, ie loading/unloading dishes, a load or 2 of household laundry per week, vacuuming/dusting, etc. I think everyone ends up happier this way. I feel that I am fairly compensated, and parents feel they are getting their money's worth. |
Anonymous
| I won't do the dishwasher. It's the one thing I hate. I hate trying to figure out if it's clean it dirty, I hate trying to figure out where things go, I hate everything about it. I have no problem doing them by hand and leaving the things I'm not sure about in the drainer. |
Anonymous
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I am extremely hesitant about giving infants a bath until the parent does it first and I am there to see how it's done.
I won't clean bathrooms (I do light housekeeping, so some cleaning is part of my job) even if I were paid 3x my rate. |
Anonymous
| Not completely on topic but a client called for db and was demanding that I get db on the phone- db had not emerged from master bedroom suite yet - I knocked on door - no answer, and the guy on the phone wanted me to go in there! I was like,"sir, he could be sleeping, dressing, showering...idk. There is NO way I'm going in there" |
Anonymous
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I refuse to heat bottles in the microwave.
I refuse to do parent's dirty laundry. I refuse to scrub toilets. I refuse to clean up dog poop. I refuse to work for less than minimum wage. |
Anonymous
| Please add refusing to bump old threads to that list. |