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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a WAHMB, I have a 2 1/2-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter. I decided to go back to work when DS was 6 months old, and we have had the same nanny since then. When she first started (at age 19) I had no complaints, other than the fact that she took a little too much time off. We addressed it, she changed immediately. Since then, she has really been excellent.

95% of the time, her schedule is something like this:
8:00-8:30- Arrive, sit with DS if he is finishing breakfast, or take him up to get changed, or somehow else distract him so I can take DD to the bus stop and then sneak to my office.
8:30-9:00 or 9:30- 3 mornings/week DS has classes (fun classes, like bounce class to work on motor skills) at 9, so nanny takes him. If not, this is usually a time nanny uses as a "circle time," like preschool.
9:00 or 9:30-11:00- Class or out to the park or other play activity. 
11:00-12:00- Come home, eat lunch
12:00-2:00ish- Nap, nanny usually straightens up the house (she chooses to do this, I do not ask her to) and then does school work, as she takes online classes.
2:00ish-2:30- DS wakes up and usually needs 15-30 mins of "quiet play" to transition. Nanny watches while he plays on his own, or sometimes he'll ask her to read. 
2:30-3:30- Usually an art activity/science experiment.
3:30-4:00- Nanny and DS walk to the bus stop to pick up DD and they pay outside until I come out of my office at 4:00.

She also is working on potty training with him throughout the day. Today, she and DS had gone to the mall, which contains one of the playgrounds they frequent. I noticed 2 bags of clothing when I came up to eat lunch (she and I usually eat together in the kitchen while DS naps), and I must have looked puzzled, because nanny said, "Oh, I had ordered some things online and shipping was free if I picked them up in the store. I figured it would be okay since we pass right by it in the mall to get to the playground." I'll admit, a red flag did go off in my head, telling me that she had perhaps done some actual in store shopping today, but I let it go until I saw the accessory she had picked up for DS. She said it was right by the counter and he liked it, so she got it for him, but it made me wonder how much of her time with my son is spent shopping rather than playing in a kid-friendly area, where he should be. I voiced my concern and she showed me the receipt, which matched her confirmation number for her online order, and she also showed me pictures of DS at the playground that day, but I feel uncomfortable now and I don't know what to do with this.[/quote]

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