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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You may know how to burp a baby, but you don't yet know how MY baby likes to be burped. You may know when to clean spit-up off an outfit and when to give up and change the outfit, but you don't know where the shirts are kept. You don't yet know that my baby likes to look out the living room window while taking a bottle. Or that the dog will be stressed out if the baby is screaming but here's how to calm the dog.

There are too many little things like that to write out. 
You may know to clean up but you may not know how *I* like things cleaned. [/quote]

This is definitely what I figured. After seeing the comment by a poster on another topic, I was curious. She posted why would a nanny have to shadow and assumed it was due to inexperience. That is why I asked.

Personally I like shadowing for day. It's gives the mom and an extra peace of mind to see that I'm very interactive, how I handle a crying child, etc. Every baby is different and likes to be held a certain way, rocked to sleep a certain way, some hate the swing while others love, etc. It makes me feel better when the mothers are a little more confident that I am giving 100% and taking great care of their child. I've noticed that the families I did not shadow with were the moms who called and texted excessively the first couple of days. The families I had shadowed with were the moms who texted once a day or not at all. They seemed very confident with me caring for their child. That's what I strive for. [/quote]

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