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[quote=Anonymous]I am surprised by all the posts arguing so vehementlythat it was OP's fault.  I have two kids and I have always been paranoid about safety.  I do think that OP is at fault in not childproofing the house. if OP has a long starcase in the house, she needs a gate at the top and at the bottom. I had gates to prevent my little ones to get into the kitchen. So this is certainly on OP.  but I do think that the nanny made a gigantic mistake if the baby did climb the stairs. it is true that you cannot watch two kids 100% (heck, the nanny will have to go to the bathroom during the day), but this does not mean you leave a 1 yr old unsupervised. you put the baby in the box if you need to go to another room for a few minutes. if the nanny thinks that it is ok to leave the baby on the floor alone while she goes somewhere else, she is irresponsible. however, in this case you don't know exactly what happened. I would not fire her. I would put a gate at the bottom of the stairs ASAP, and talk to the nanny about what your son told you, going over safety misures (like putting the baby in the box if she needs time to do something else).  if I knew for sure that she left the baby unattended for a while and that the baby reached the top of the stairs I would consider let her go because I think this is a sign that she does not have good judgemnt, regardless of whether I am at fault for not putting the gate at the bottom of the stairs[/quote]

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