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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nanny is frequently on the phone during day with charge. On speakerphone while "playing" with my child or doing other household tasks. Have asked her a couple times to limit calls to emergencies or let us know if there's an emergency which warrants a need for a call, and also to only be on phone calls (if needed) when child is napping.

Nanny is on phone and then hangs up and starts interacting with child once we come home.

Really like Nanny otherwise - she genuinely cares about child and child loves her.

But, is the phone thing (and kind of lying about being on the phone when confronted) cause for dismissal? It breaks my heart to think that my child would miss her otherwise loving Nanny. Not to mention the headache of finding another Nanny, and trusting a new one too![/quote]

A couple of different things here:

Nanny is either a nanny or a nanny/housekeeper.   If she's doing housekeeping while your child is asleep,  there's no reason she shouldn't use her phone.  If the child is awake, she shouldn't be doing housekeeping.  Also, even if she's not doing housekeeping during naptime, there's no reason she couldn't use her phone, not just as needed.

How old is your child?   Depending on the age, the child would benefit from a certain amount of supervised (ie. No phone) time to play by him/herself.

Lying is not acceptable, and definitely grounds for termination.[/quote]

OP: I meant like doing child dishes/bottles/laundry/sweeping floor type household things.

I'm definitely fine w independent play - we do that a lot too. And totally understand you can't be in kid face and entertain 24/7 too (nor should you).

I can't talk on the phone for hours at work, and don't think it's appropriate Nanny does too.[/quote]

I'm still confused.  Why should she not use her phone (not yours) during your child's nap?  I agree with limiting or not allowing it during times your child is awake.  But naptime for nanny is equivalent to your lunch and break at work... you know, the federally - mandated lunch and break time you get, but nanny doesn't as she is still required to supervise your sleeping child and deal with issues.[/quote]

OP: She can use phone during naps and other breaks during day, I don't mind that. It was more the talking on phone while half interacting with child, for over an hour. I'm fine with short calls - 5 min, 15 min even, whatever. And definitely OK when child is asleep. I think we are pretty flexible and reasonable in that sense. [/quote]

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