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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you have her work if you're home? That's not nice from you at all.

Then, I would fire a nanny/au pair that sleeps on the job in a heartbeat. It's unforgivable.

Nanny. (former AP)[/quote]

I didn’t realize there’s an (unspoken??) rule about giving your AP days off if you’re home. I’m mostly having her work because she’s new and I want to be able to observe her and see how she’s doing with my kids while I’m home and to be able to train her while I have time off. I’m not sure if she’s checked out because we’re out of our usual routine or if she’s just not that into kids/working.  [/quote]

There's no unspoken rule. It's just common sense. She doesn't need you around to bond with the children.
How could they if they all feel you're around to check what they're doing ?
You can observe her when you're all having dinner or by asking the children about their day with her.
There are tons of opportutinities to check what they're upto by not being nosy. 
Just imagine having someone on your back at your own work, it can be a pain.

It looks like she just got to your house and is still jet lagged. Have the reset conversation asap and tell her to sleep what she needs to sleep on the weekend but that she needs to be 100% on from when school's back.
It also looks like she needs to be directed. Give her a set schedule and leave a day without any activity and ask her to come up with something (an outing, special art and craft, anything, give her ideas or website links she can check).[/quote]

Nannies and APs don't want HParents at home when they are working only if they have something to hide.  I work from home twice a week.  I make that clear during matching. I have had no problems with APs performance in this regard.[/quote]

...lol.  My kids are worse behaved when even both my husband and I are in earshot of each other. Of course they make life harder for nannies/APs when we are around. [/quote]

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