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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an MB and every evening, I ask the nanny how her day with almost 2 yo DD went, give me the highlights.  I'm just realizing now (she's been with us for several months) that she gives me very little information.  They've been having regular playdates with other nannies/kids, but despite my asking about their day daily, it has not come up once and I've been finding out through other people, e.g., nanny I don't know approaching me at the playground & telling me she's been having playdates with DD and nanny for a couple months.  I knew of just one recurring nanny playdate, it is with an acquaintance's daughter, G.  Nanny always mentions when she has a playdate with G and in the evening, I always ask how it went.  I just found out recently that these playdates often include a third nanny, a good friend of nanny's (one of my friends said she's seen the three of them together on multiple occasions).  I guess I can kind of explain away nanny not mentioning the other playdates, but I do think it's weird that while we've talked about the playdates with G many times, not just in passing, but actual discussions, she has never seen fit to mention her nanny friend or the child.  She's even sent me photos and they are always G and DD, never the third girl.  It makes me wonder if she's doing this intentionally.  Anyway, I'm wondering:

1. Is it weird that our nanny has never mentioned her regular playdates?
2. As an MB/DB, how much do you know about your nanny's playdates?  Like do you bother to ask what the other child is like, want to meet the parents or nanny.  
3. How much does your nanny tell you (or if you're a nanny, how much do you tell your MB/DB) about the day (besides playdates)?  I'm realizing that aside from where they went, nanny tells me zero.  I guess I subconsciously assumed she had nothing to tell me, but lately, DD keeps doing things that I know she is picking up with nanny, such as singing a new song, saying new words (nanny speaks a 2nd language to DD).  I don't need to know every single detail of their day, but it would be nice if nanny occasionally told me something of interest.
4. I would like to ask nanny for more detail about their day and her playdates, what is a tactful way of doing so?  Nanny sometimes can be oversensitive and I don't want her to view my request as being critical of her.

TBH I'm bummed more than anything else that nanny did not tell me about her playdates.  DD's 2nd birthday is coming up and had I known there were some kids she hung out with regularly (aside from G), I would have planned a little birthday gathering for them, but it's too late now.[/quote]

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