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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have my degree in Early Childhood Education from a top 20 university.  I hate having to get on my hands and knees to clean up the floor under the high chair.  I understand that not dropping food is a learning process but I hate having to clean it up.  [/quote]

Sorry to jump in since I'm not a nanny, but yikes. I have a PhD from the second ranked university in the world. I don't mind wiping the floor, cleaning the bathroom, etc. It's necessary for the bigger goals I have, i.e. it's a matter of context.

What I hate is having the nanny think of me as competition when we should be one team, working together in a loving but also organized and disciplined way to raise a child to  be a good person and eventually a contributing member of society.

-MB[/quote]Funny thing is it's usually the MB who views the nanny as competition not the other way around. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to form a team with parents with the children's best interest at mutual heart only to find that it's all well and good as long as I'm the one who wipes the floor. Everytime.[/quote]

I'm the PP MB. Call me! :)  I frequently wipe the floor on my knees while the nanny holds my kid in the mornings.  I don't think it's her job exclusively to clean up my kids messes and vice versa.

To the snarky PP and the "you told her" crowd... I certainly didn't get anywhere in life by keeping quiet.   :mrgreen: I'm the PP you responded to and I hope you didn't feel that I was being snarky. And I have absolutely no problem cleaning up after my charges. Or cooking for them. Or changing their diapers or cleaning up their vomit or any of those things. The best jobs I have had were the ones were my employers viewed me as an equal and part of team. I think I was just trying to say that it is much more common for a nanny to have to navigate mommy guilt than the other way around. Good nannies don't try to compete with parents for their child's affection. It is futile and not good for the child. Good nannies have their charges best interests at heart and that extends to the family they work for. You know how hard it is to parent? Imagine having your MIL as your parenting boss and you cannot challenge her in any way shape or form. That's what it's like being a nanny sometimes.

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Thank you. Someone with sense[/quote]

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