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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a nanny, but I think you're being a jerk here.  YOU offered to do all these things for free, sending a clear message that you are uncomfortable with compensation/tit-for-tat.  The parents probably wracked their brain trying to come up with a gift you would accept, settled on this thinking that since it was related to kids and you supposedly did all of this out of love for their kids that it would be a fitting gift, and you snapped at her.

Figure out what you want.  If you want to be like family and do all this out of the goodness of your heart, then do it, but don't be passive aggressive and rude because they didn't guess the right way to thank you.  If what you really want is to be paid like a normal employee, then don't offer to work for free.[/quote]

+1. You said they've given you nice gifts in the past that were for you and your husband and you also said you really didn't expect anything from her now. It might not have been the best choice in gifts but given their history it doesn't sound like it was intended as anything but a nice gesture. You were rude in your response to her and worse is that you are blowing it WAY out of proportion. [/quote]

OP here.

How can it be a gift for ME if it'll benefit THEIR kid and that I said NO to carrying babies in a scarf ?
That's the only question I'm asking. And that's very rude from them ![/quote]

You presumably spend all day with children and (soon their?) babies. It was very thoughtful and fair of them to assume that a sling would be a great gift that you would use frequently. Lighten up and realize that they were trying to do something nice for you, the fact that you are SO insulted that a gift (gift! Free! Not something they had to do!!!!) wasn't specifically tailored to you and your husbands exact tastes and needs is pretty alarming and immature. Do you cry at Christmas when you don't get the exact sweater you had asked for? That is how you are coming across here. [/quote]

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