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[quote=Anonymous]I'll be a dissenter and say that she sounds like a poor nanny.  Yes, one baby may need lots of holding and attention, but if you are working a share then you a) figure out a way to engage the "easy" baby WHILE holding the fussy one or b) explain to both families that the sahre is not working because one baby is too demanding.  If he is a normal, but fussier-than-usual baby, she should be working with him to establish some self-soothing and coping techniques (or at least to skew schedules so that the other baby gets one-on-one during fushsy baby's naps).  If he has some sort of medical or developmental issue that makes it impossible to hold or interact with the easy babyfor large portions of the day, then he is too needy to be in a share.  End of story.

As for food, you don't go off-menu when introducing solids.  Parents need to know every bite their kid has so that they can monitoe for emerging allergies.

And the log thing is ridiculous.  I currently care for a 6-month-old and her 2.5 yo twin sibs.  My previous family included infant twins.  For both of them I managed to keep a log of every bowel movement, every activity, every bit of solid food (and specific amounts for infants), how many oz of milk, AND took photos of what we did all day and texted MBs about how the day went.  I get that shares are tougher than twins, but the fact that she doesn't even expect this of herself tells me that she just sucks at multi-tasking, and that is not a good trait for a share nanny.[/quote]

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