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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nanny here and when I read the thread title I thought, "Well OF COURSE she is!"

For starters, she is not burdened with the stress of being "mom."  I like to joke that the great part of being the nanny is that I have to REALLY screw up before anyone's going to mention me in therapy.  But the mom buys the wrong breakfast cereal and suddenly "She never really understood my needs."  ;) Knowing that I don't have that pressure on my shoulders frees me to stay calm and view each moment more objectively.  That screaming baby doesn't get under my skin like it does her mom's, so I can stay calm and respond efficiently.

Secondly, your nanny is a better caregiver than you from 8-5 (or whatever the hours are), then she goes home, enjoys some down time and gets a full night's rest.  On weekends and holidays, she is OFF!  Wouldn't you be magically calmer and more patient if you were able to be off the clock every night before the bedtime routine?

Finally, a PP who is spot on that this isn't her first go-round.  I have been through many versions of sick, tantrummy, stressed-out, overtired and anything else you can think of.  The fact that I know what to do in response comes from experience.  I made my mistakes years ago on someone else's kids.  ;)

In short, if your nanny isn't better at "handling" your kid, THEN you have a problem.[/quote]

So some nannies don't have children? Some nannies don't have their own households to run?[/quote]

I suspect you are just looking to pick fights, but...
"A change is as good as a rest."  Yes, nannies don't just go home and lounge around (well, most probably don't), but I suspect that very few nannies leave working with small children to go home to their own small children.  Most nannies are either childless or have older kids who require very different types of care than a young charge.[/quote]

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