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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here, and I went through a phase like that when I went back to work full time.  I didn't recognize it until years later.  
I had two nannies at the time:  one who had worked for me while I was part time, and one that I hired to cover the additional hours as my initial nanny only wanted to work part time.  
The second nanny was the recipient of this competitive attitude I had.  Ironically, she was the less competent of the two, so I don't think thats what it was about.  I think it was more about attitude.  She was one of those who felt her job was 100% about taking care of the children and nothing else.

For example:  I am eating breakfast with my children when she gets to work.  Nanny #1 would start cleaning up breakfast dishes or pack backpacks while I finished.  Nanny #2 would sit down and take over feeding the baby so that I could get backpacks packed for the older kids.  
And nanny #1 always made sure the playroom was cleaned and things put back in their proper places so that I could play with my children.  When one of the kids needed to go to the doctor, nanny #1 offered to stay with the other children so I could take him, while nanny #2 offered advice on how to take care of my sick child.

I don't know if any of that helps.  Good luck.  I know that is a tough road once it starts.  [/quote]

Let me get this straight. You think it's less competent for a nanny to come into work and assume she is to relieve the mom and take over feeding the baby instead cleaning up dishes that have been dirtied by the kids on YOUR WATCH? How dare you. Your nanny #2 sounds just as competent as your nanny #1. Why wouldn't you have the bags for school ready the night before and be going to get ready for work once your nanny arrives? Most
Nannies arrive to a clean home and work throughout their day to keep it that way and whatever mess is made while the kids are with them they rectify it before you come home from work. Your nanny deserved the same courtesy of coming in to a clean kitchen and not having to clean up breakfast dishes that you messed earlier that day. That's like mb coming home at 5 during nanny feeding a early evening snack and expecting YOU to clean up crumbs, knives with peanut butter on them and apple shavings on the counter while she continues to feed the snack. Most moms would take over feeding the kid so the nanny could clean up the snack mess she made and get out of the door.

Unreal. I'm glad you saw how immature you are but this woman was not incompetent cause you needed 2 nannies. The irony lol[/quote]

Dude.  I had five kids, the older three were in elementary school and my husband had just died necessitating me working full time.  Sorry that I didn't have all if the breakfast dishes done at 6:30am every day like most people would do in my situation.  [/quote]

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