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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You did a bait and switch from your initial post the the followup ones. I too would assess in the moment whether there was an emergency so I would not have a single course of action for every time a child fell. Especially at that age when they are falling all over the place. I also feel its appropriate to allow the kids to play in a safe environment for a few minutes, not sure how you manage to never leave them in a room together in daily life.

As I understand things, you have a higher standard for your nanny then what is reasonable and probably then even for yourself. the exception being the lack of engagement with them. Because she is behaving this way knowing she is being monitored I would guess she thinks its acceptable rather than that she is intentionally hiding it from you.[/quote]

I know it seems that way but it honestly wasn't a bait and switch.  Yesterday was her first day with the children while I was at work.  I saw what happened yesterday and truly wasn't sure how I would have handled the situation, I know it's hard watching 3 little children, so I was curious how others thought they would handle it.  Today, her second day alone with the children, I saw her lack of engagement with the older children.  We are obviously still early in this process since she just started.  I expect there to be a learning curve at first.  I don't expect miracles from the nanny.  I don't expect her to engage all 3 children every minute.  In fact, I think it's important that they have time to play by themselves as well.  What I don't like is seeing my son looking lonely and bored by himself while she gives all her attention to the baby.  I'm not saying I don't plan to give her a chance.  I don't expect things to be perfect in her first 2 days.  The point of my post though was in response to someone saying the ONLY reason for the nanny cameras is to prevent abuse.  I'm not on the phone calling the nanny, telling her what I see and what I want her to do but I am looking at the entire situation to make sure everyone is happy and that it is a good fit.  [/quote]

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