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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would give our sitter the Netflix password if she wanted to watch while baby was sleeping, I also wouldnt care if she napped when he did. I also do not ask our sitter to tell me when she leaves and comes back, this sounds very mirco managing.

Having said that, being late would be enough for me to get rid of someone, and leaving the house a complete mess when I got home. [/quote]

I want to work for you!
You sound like that rare employer who knows instinctively that by treating your Nanny well, your child will be in the best hands possible. ;)

Happy Nanny = Happy Child.
Period.
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Actually no, it isn't.  A happy child is.  If the process of making him happy makes the nanny unhappy, well, that's her problem.  I mean who in their right mind would choose baby laundry and sanitizing toys to sitting on the couch? And yet the laundry/clean toys would make the baby much happier. [/quote]

You’re conflating chores with happiness.  Babies don’t care if they’re in clean laundry or wearing something that’s stained.  They don’t know about germs, much less care about them.

And no, your child’s happiness is not my goal.  Love, boundaries, education and manners are my goal.  A child whose parents want to use happiness as the goal do not challenge the children, set boundaries or teach manners.  Children need to experience adversity and unhappiness to learn how to self-soothe, how to overcome failure.[/quote]

Fine. OK.  You don't like the chore examples.  Let's use the baby engagement examples. Why don't you then ignore the baby so you can surf the web.  Certainly it would make a nanny much happier! Or never take him out.  Who wants to drag the baby all over the place. Kicking back at home would make the nanny much happier.  But not the baby.

So no, a happy nanny does not equal a happy baby.  Nanny does what's best for the child regardless of how it makes her feel.  I mean if everything baby related is a source of unhappiness, then she's possibly in the wrong line of work.  But the premise holds regardless.  [/quote]

Disagree.  Going out DOES make a nanny happier.  That’s why so many nannies pass on positions that require us to stay home all the time.

I can agree that engaging with an infant can be tiring, boring at times.  Thanks for using a logical argument ;)[/quote]

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