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[quote=Anonymous]We just hired a nanny for the summer.  She just graduated from college and is not a professional nanny, just someone with extensive babysitting experience, and will work a permanent job in her field in the fall.  Our hiring process was a little chaotic due to unforeseen business travel (mine) and I haven't had a chance to go over all the family policies with this new nanny.  One thing I did mention in passing was "no electronics" and how I didn't want my 2 yo DD to be playing with her phone.  Today is her first day and I saw on the nest cam that the nanny was on her phone practically NONSTOP for the half hour that they were in the living room.  While DD played with her toys and play doh, the nanny was glued to her phone and just occasionally looked up to hand DD some toy.  At one point, DD sat down beside her and started staring at the phone.  Then nanny told her they were going to have lunch and they moved to the table.  Then it continued same as before; as DD fed herself, nanny was glued to her phone and just looked up occasionally.

I didn't emphasize or elaborate on the no electronics policy so for now, I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt.  But I'm worried because it's obviously a bad sign that she appears addicted to her phone.    I'm going to go over the family rules this evening, then see if she repeats her nonstop texting/phone surfing tomorrow.  I guess that will give me the answer, but I feel myself already making judgments against her.  Like I just don't see how any decent nanny/babysitter could think this behavior is okay.  But OTOH, it seems like whenever DD spoke to the nanny, she would respond so it wasn't like she was completely ignoring her, but right after she responded in a few words, she would go straight back to her phone.  And FYI the reason I hired her and not a professional nanny is because I was looking for someone who speaks my family's language (I'm U.S born, but grandparents and extended family speak another language) and that limited my candidate pool to a very small group, mostly college students/grads.

Aside from spilling my guts, I'm posting to see if any MB/DBs has ever had a nanny who went from nonstop phone use to little-to-none per your instructions?  Just to give me a little hope before I see how she does tomorrow.[/quote]

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