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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don't understand the nannies on this board who seem to have an issue with having an employer and that a job means following the employer's wishes.

Seriously, it is her child and she has the absolute right to have preferences on how to care for that child and expect the nanny to follow her directions.

That doesn't give her an excuse to be rude, but nearly all the responses on this thread make no mention of that. This is just another MB bashing thread merely because she has directions she expects her employee to follow.

I don't get it and reading the hatred you all have for MBs, I wonder why you bother to be in the childcare field. You all sound absolutely horrid.[/quote]

OP here.  I have no issue whatsoever with "following the employer's issues".  I have an issue with being asked my opinion/advice on something and then MB directly contradicting me.  Let me give you and example - and this is basically word-for-word:

MB:  "Larla [her Facebook friend with a severe eating disorder] switched her daughter to nonfat milk.  Do you think that is something we should do with Baby [who is 20 months old]?

Me:  No.  The American Pediatric Association recommends keeping a baby on whole milk for the first two years.  And so many of the vitamins in milk are fat-soluable so Baby won't get those nutrients with nonfat milk.

MB:  I'm going to try it anyway.

Of course she has the right to do whatever she thinks is best for her baby - so why bother to ask me?!  If feels very dismissive to be actively asked your opinion - and then discard it with no reason given except that it is what you want to do.  This has been happening with virtually everything lately.  If you feel this is the correct way to handle an employee then you and I simply need to agree to disagree.

And to the PP who thinks I am only in it for the "fun stuff"...  That is simply nonsense.  I care for him every single day to the very best of my ability.  Because of my experience and education, as well as my gentle consistency, my charge sleeps, eats, behaves and learns well for the entire time I am with him.  I know what I am doing and I love doing it.  I don't consider story time or classes "fun stuff" but I am happy to do it as those classes are in my charge's best interest.

And to those who think that loving my charge isn't enough of a reason to stay...  That is my only reason.  I cannot defend or explain it beyond my devotion to him and his well-being.  Of course he will love his next nanny and of course I will love my next charge.  But right now staying with this charge feels like the right thing to do for me.

This was clearly labeled as a VENT.  [/quote]

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