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[quote=Anonymous]I have a nanny for 6 hours/day (from when my 1.5-year-old wakes to naptime). Our house is about 2200 sq ft. My partner and I work on the second floor. The first floor has a playroom, small living room, and kitchen, it's not very big.

Our nanny started last spring and she would take our kid outside to the park for 3-4 hours/day. She initiated this and I was happy about it - we got peace and quiet to work, baby got fresh air, nanny had her own space. 
Occasionally her husband would join them (she didn't ask my permission but sort of mentioned it casually, showed me photos from the park with him holding my kid, etc).  I didn't fight her on this but I didn't love it either. She never brought the husband over to our house or anything.

Now, as it's gotten colder, she won't go outside anymore, or will go for half an hour max. I get it - it's not fun to sit outside for hours in the cold.

Instead, she has pushed to bring my kid to the mall or to the lounge of her apartment building. She says they're mostly empty and she keeps my kid away from other people. But now she is spending 3-4 hours/day there, which feels like a lot of time for a toddler to be wandering in these random places. And I'm sure her husband (who works in the medical field, so increased covid exposure) is there sometimes too.

I don't feel comfortable with this, but she says the toddler feels cramped playing in our playroom all day. And it is kind of loud and annoying to have them always there.

She doesn't drive, so our options for baby classes are very limited - plus, I feel like a room full of maskless babies would be even worse than the mall, if not for COVID then for regular kid germs.

What would you do in my situation? I am feeling pretty lost. Should I allow the mall and lounge but limit the time they're there? Or not limit time but tell her she's not allowed to have her husband join then? Make them spend at least some time outdoors if it's not raining? Have them just stay at home?

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