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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your nanny sounds really unprofessional and actually not very good at her job. I don't visit with my friends and family while I'm on the clock- We got to classes, the park and have play dates with age appropriate children. I would never in a million years think about overstepping and buying the kid's Halloween costume and I've been with my nanny family 8 years. Allowing your child to call her mama is unacceptable.

Your nanny has no boundaries and is not professional. She does not respect your role as the parent and hers as the supportive help. [/quote]

Op here. The visiting the nanny's mom really is something DD enjoys, and the mom is sweet. I think their house is more fun than ours (they have backyard chickens and a pet pig and bunnies, too).  They also speak Spanish and DD gets exposure this way not just from the nanny but from hearing native speakers talk to each other and to her. I've been to their home many times and have met everyone who lives there.

It's more them going places that I don't know that worries me. When I talk about the nanny visiting friends, I should mention the friends have kids so I guess I think of it as a play date, although DD is a little young for that.

Our nanny is a recent (and completely legal) immigrant and I think some of this is cultural, maybe? And also I think me and DH view her more as an authority figure than we see ourselves as her "bosses". We are both not into controlling or supervising someone else.

Nanny and DD are usually in my home all morning, then leave around 12:30 and return at 5. It's the 2 pm-5 pm timeframe that worries me.[/quote]

I would ask who else she is visiting for one. You need to know where they are going for safety reasons. You don't know what's at these people's houses. Your kid will be walking soon if not already and needs time outside, or in a childproof space to explore and. It in a stroller etc.  Pretty soon your dd will be on a nap schedule and his is most not possible to be out that much. Unless it's  ok with your kid napping in a stroller and not her bed. My dd had two wonderful naps before 14 months and now naps 1-3 and there's no way I would be ok with them being out for that. [/quote]

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