Parents: would you want to know?
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Anonymous
| If you stood by for three minutes, that is too long for the baby to be unattended. I think you should definitely tell the family. |
Anonymous
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Thanks, all. OP here.
I wrote a note to the parents, and I am going to drop it off at their house. In the note, I detailed only the facts (I saw the child in the stroller, unattended, and three minutes passed between the time I saw the child/stroller and the time when the nanny retrieved the child/stroller). I also wrote that I knew nothing of the background or any extenuating circumstances, and that the caregiver may have been able to see the child from the inside. I explained that I was only telling them because I would want to know if they saw my child in a similar situation. Thanks again for your input! |
Anonymous
| Good, OP! Make sure the parents get it, not the nanny! The people here who are telling you to MYOB are nannies who would do the same thing -- not parents, who absolutely would want to know so that they could immediately fire this nanny! |
Anonymous
| OP again. By chance, I ran into the mother when I was walking down her street, so I told her (in objective terms) what I saw, and I also handed the letter to her (so she could have it in writing). She was incredibly thankful. Thanks again, DCUM posters! |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous]OP again. By chance, I ran into the mother when I was walking down her street, so I told her (in objective terms) what I saw, and I also handed the letter to her (so she could have it in writing). She was incredibly thankful. Thanks again, DCUM posters![/quote]
You knew nothing about this family before, and didn't know if the woman with the baby was a mom or a nanny yet now you can pick mom out on the street without ever meeting her? That's amazing! |
Anonymous
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OP here. Those with good deduction skills would have been able to figure out that I employed some sort of strategy to determine that the woman is the mother before telling her what I witnessed.
In this case, as I was walking, letter in hand, toward the house this evening: (1) I saw the caregiver leave the house, followed shortly thereafter by a woman, with an infant in a baby carrier/sling, who walked in the opposite direction, and (2) I crossed the street and asked the woman if she is the mother of the child in the carrier/sling on her chest, to which she responded affirmatively. Further, I verified the color/type of stroller owned by the family; I verified that the first woman who I saw is indeed the caregiver; I verified that the caregiver was home alone with the child yesterday during the day. Pretty amazing, indeed (insert eye roll). |
Anonymous
Nope, I'm the nanny, and I have told parents when I've seen unattended strollers and babies or toddlers. Normally, the parent corroborates with my MB/DB by having them ask the kids what they did on the walk to/from school and kids talk about playing with and talking to the child. |
Anonymous
You do not know that, PP. The worst neglect I have personally ever witnessed is from parents not babysitters or nannies. |
Anonymous
+1 And I already posted that OP should tell the parents and I am a nanny. |
Anonymous
| It never ceases to amaze me how casual some parents and nannies are with their kids. I would without a doubt 100% want to know and i would tell my neighbor if I saw something like that. |
Anonymous
| I am a nanny and I would contact the parents in a hot New York minute. |
Anonymous
| I would want to know. |
MrsFloridaAvenue
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| I would absolutely want to be told. |