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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You will not keep a nanny very long if you don't allow her to drive. 3 reasons:

1. She will get bored very, very fast.  Have you ever stayed in the house (or 1 park) with an infant for (presumably) 40+ hours per week?  I have.  It was awful and I qui my job after having grown to resent my employers.
2. Your baby needs to see people other than your nanny.  She will be spending a bulk of her awake time with 1 person.  She needs to experience other people, sounds, smells and sights.  
3. She know you don't trust her.  This is a huge reason. Her best will never be good enough because she knows you won't trust her no matter what.

You have to let go a little bit OP.  [/quote]
1. Plenty of people survive, dare I say thrive, without spending all day driving to museums, gymboree, and target.  Any good childcare provider should be able to be entertained/ing and happy without constant stimulation. The best place for babies is at home, despite how bored you may find it. 
2. Babies can get all of the stimulation that they need by taking a walk to the park or around the neighborhood. New sights, sounds, and smells can happen on the weekends when the parents are comfortable transporting their child in a car. 
3. Of course the parents don't trust the nanny outright! Trust is earned. If you equate this with someone never being able to trust you no matter what (talk about dramatic!) you are in the wrong field...though I suspect this anyways from the majority of your response. [/quote]

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

1.  Who said constant stimulation? Despite your claim that people thrive while being isolated, I still stand by my statement that it is important for both nanny and baby to experience new people and places. It doesn't even need to be everyday.

2.  So, you are saying that the baby can experience new sights, smells, people and experiences 2 out of 7 days per week? Those other 5 days aren't important? Do you actually spend time with children? If you did, you would know how integral and vital exposure to other people is to a young mind.  I'm not saying a 3 month old needs to go to a museum.  A 5,6 or 7 month old? Absolutely! It is wonderful for them to go to story time and watch children, to listen to a new voice read a story he has never heard.  It's great for a 9 month old to go to breakfast with his nanny and try a new food for the first time.  A 1 year old would love the opportunity to splash around at the spray ground on a nice day.  These are things that can be done with the parents, but children need more than a weekend here and there to learn about the world.

3. Dramatic? I have worked for people like OP.  They NEVER trust their nannies. Ever. It's not a matter of dramatics.  Their personalities and anxieties are just such that they can't trust anyone. It doesn't matter if the nanny has been with them for a month or a year.  Trust can't be earned because they are incapable of giving it.

I have been a nanny for 10 years.  I was a teacher for 4 years prior to becoming a nanny.  I am damn, damn good at what I do.
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