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[quote=Anonymous]I had problems with this when I was in NYC with a set of "irish twins" 14 months apart.  Apart from being "only" a nanny, I was in my lower 30's but appeared to be in my lower 20's.

One woman I knew from the park saw the baby sleeping the the coach.  She mentioned that his head was bent down and would give him a crick in the neck.  I told her he always sleeps like that and he's fine.  Then she reached down and moved him, which woke him up.  I purposely went to the park at the time he would sleep so the toddler could play and run more than when they are both trying to run around.

The one that really got in my craw was another kid's grandmother.  My charge's parents are from the same country as her.  She would speak to my charge in a language I didn't know, when I was standing right there.  I was very offended at that.  Another time, my charge was playing with her granddaughter a few feet from me.  I saw they got into a tiff, and started to walk over to diffuse it.  Grandmother, who was right there, gave me the hand, as if to say she had it under control, so don't bother.  I could write a book about some of the things this lady did.

One day I vented about this to my MB.  She told me that I'm the one she puts in charge of her children, so I should deal with these situations how I choose to.  That was the best thing she could have told me. It gave me a lot of confidence.

Adults have no more of a right to step in when a child is with a nanny than if they are with a parent.  If the OP's charge was at the class with her mother, would the other mother have stepped in the way she did?  Most likely not.

Have you discussed this with your employers, OP?[/quote]

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