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[quote=Anonymous](1) I think your friend sounds pretty judgy. Who would conclude that your nanny is "one of those *lazy nannies*" after a one time observance, in which a few tickles were missed?

(2) I think you put your nanny is a really awkward position, immediately confronting her about the account that your friend gave. Most honest, decent people in this world occasionally tell a lie - and when that happens, it's often unplanned, and it's defensive when posed with a question in the moment that was unexpected. Perhaps your nanny lied, but you put her in a position in which many otherwise honest, decent people also would have lied. Your nanny did not plot to deceive you, nor has she told an elaborate web of lies. She responded in the moment - not in the best way of course, but many of us would do this.

(3) It's possible that your nanny didn't know this tickle song. Is English her second language? The first time I went to a library story time, they were singing alternative PC-versions of well known nursery rhymes. I started out participating, but then had to hold back & watch to try to catch onto their alternative version of the song. Maybe she was actively paying attention, but not in the way your friend could have observed from across the room.

In your situation, I would drop the subject for now and wait for other ways to confirm the nanny's level of engagement. Perhaps the leader of story time, if you know her, can give you her impression? Or the lead of another activity your baby attends? I wouldn't have confronted the nanny based on this one account, based on a one-time observation.[/quote]

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