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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a first time mom to a 9 month old little girl and I just recently hired a nanny.  I told her that I had cameras before I hired her and she agreed that it was fine.  I turned on the camera today to see if I could catch a glimpse of my daughter playing and I can't see either my daughter or the nanny, which is not a major concern because there is a large blind spot.  I turned on the audio to see if I could hear them just to reassure myself that they were there and I realized I could hear sitcom laughter and dialogue.  It seems like the nanny is watching TV shows on her tablet while my daughter is playing on the floor, or even holding her on her lap while she is watching the TV show.  I told her in her interview and again upon hiring her that my daughter is not to watch TV and that the nanny should not watch TV while she is awake.  I can't see so I am not certain what is happening, but I have now had the camera on for a few hours and have heard the TV sounds almost continuously and have rarely seen either of them.  The blind spot is not large enough for them to be playing in for hours, especially since my daughter is very active and crawls all over.  The one time I saw my daughter she was behind the couch and out of eye shot of where the nanny must have been sitting/standing and I still heard the TV show.  Obviously it is not acceptable that she is watching TV while not in eyeshot of my daughter.

I don't know how to handle this.  I know I need to address it when I go home but I don't know what to say, especially since I cannot say for absolute sure that I saw her watching TV.  I am trying hard not to overreact, but I'm a single mom so I don't have a husband to bounce this off of, and at this point I can't tell whether this is nitpicky or very serious.  It breaks my heart to think of my baby being ignored while her caretaker watches TV.  So far (a month) I have found the nanny to be a bit inexperienced (but I knew that when I hired her) but extremely loving, with great instincts, and great with my daughter.  Could this just be inexperience?  I would love some thoughts and advice on how to broach this. 
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