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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She doesn't seem to spoil them she actually is a lot more firm with them then we are. And she has high expectations of all the kids.

At night we do have fun and play. We get home at 6:30 and the kids have eaten dinner, had a bath and toys and donner have picked up. Lunches packed for the morning, ect... I know our nanny does all this to encourage us to just be able to be with our kids and I love that. Bit it's not enough.

We don't do a log just a text run down through out the day but little things get lost. Like how she knows how my DD likes her hair and her toys arranged or how my DS only wants to wear orange. So I look like a jerk when I lay out something sensible. [/quote]

Nanny here.  I suspect that what is happening has little to do with kids wanting nanny and lots to do with working mom guilt.  My guess is that if kids throw fits with nanny she locks that shit down and guides them to a more appropriate way of interacting with her, but the kids have probably figured out that if they throw a fit for mom and dad, it gets attention and emotion.  Kids know what your hot-button issues are, esp your 3 and 5 year olds.  They probably fussed about missing the nanny a few times, saw that it got a big response from you and now they do it more to piss you off.  I suggest you take a parenting class on either positive discipline or how to manage tantrums, because my guess is that if you stopped buying into the drama and tantrums they would happen less often.[/quote]

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