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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MomBoss:

The purpose of a NannyCam is to catch your nanny neglecting or abusing your child when you are not present.

It is not to nitpick and micromanage your nanny when you are not there.

She is NOT you and will always do things a little differently because of this. It is only natural.

I am a nanny and will always do things a little differently than my bosses do and that is only natural and normal.

If you are going to utilize a NannyCam, utilize it for it's intended purpose...Do not abuse it because by doing so, you are making every parent who chooses to use one look bad in the process.[/quote]

The purpose of the background check and references is to try and avoid hiring someone who will abuse your children.  The purpose of a nanny cam is to see how the nanny interacts with your children, or just to see your kids throughout the day, or whatever the parents deem it to be.  Sorry but that is the truth.

OP - I think the situation your nanny found herself in on her first day was a tough one.  I only have one child so I can't say how I would have handled this but it seems like changing the baby in the same room as the two year-old would have been the answer.  But it's tough to say now what she should have done, given that it was her first day and since it's sort of circumstance and child specific.  My two year-old doesn't really climb onto and jump off furniture (although now that I have said that, watch him do it tonight ....).  On the other hand, now that she knows that yours does, maybe she won't leave her alone again and the situation will be better handled in the future.

But if on your nanny's second day, she's already not paying much attention to your pre-schooler, that to me is the huge red flag in all this.  Especially if she knows you have cameras.  That doesn't strike me as something that will get better - and that is the relationship a nanny will really have to put the most work into up front anyway.  The baby will form an attachment to her eventually anyway.  Your DS might not.[/quote]

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