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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](OP) Imagine if I arrived home 15-20 minutes early every day then sat in the living room watching the nanny work. Is that not the cause of several threads on DCUM? Employers who supposedly upset the daily routine by being around the house or are at home not doing anything but don't relieve the nanny early? This is similar. I want the nannies arrival to signal to my child that it is time to transition. Instead, the nanny has been sitting here for 20 minutes without taking over DD. I if the breakfast caught on fire the nanny would, quite possibly, keep reading, probably just swipe to the next page without asking if I needed help.[/quote]

The nanny arriving early but not helping is different from the employer arriving early and not helping.  In one, the nanny is being asked to work for time she is not being paid. In the second, the employer is being asked to parent during the time that the nanny is present, which is arguably reasonable, given that the parents presence in the room makes the nanny job harder.  That said, when I nanny complains that her employers do not take over the second they get there early, they are typically advised by most forum members that they should expect to work right up until their end time and that complaining about it is unfair to the employer.  In short, that comparison doesn't hold any water at all.

If it is disruptive to have the nanny there, why don't you find a place in your home where she can be out of your hair and ask her to sit in that place instead.  The reality is that your nanny is under no obligation to provide you with free early-morning childcare or assistance simply because your morning is hectic. If mornings are problematic for you, perhaps you should hire a nanny can start earlier or wake up earlier to yourself. It is not your nanny's problem to fix.  It is possible that you are an otherwise wonderful employer who for whatever reason is fixating on this one small issue, but frankly the more you post, the more entitled you sound, which does not bode well for you keeping a great nanny on long-term. [/quote]
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