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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a little confused by the conversation when you got home.  She told you you needed a gate.  You didn't ask why?  Or continue the conversation?  It seems like she tried to open the door, and then backed down?

I used to be a nanny many years ago, and had basically the opposite.  The parents I was nannying for went to France for two weeks.  Another young woman and I were switching off taking care of the kids.  I came one day, about the time that the youngest was usually napping. So, I didn't think anything when I only saw 2 out of the 3 kids.  The other nanny and I spent a few minutes downloading the information about the day, and then before she left I said "and the little one's upstairs?" and she said "No, she's playing in the next room." I said "she wasn't when I came in." and we both started looking.  I went to the back door, which was open, so I went outside and the gate to the alley was open too.  At that point I was panicking, and running up and down the street.  I came back into the house to call 911 (this was in college, pre cell phone) and the other nanny was just coming downstairs.  Apparently the kid had fallen asleep on her sister's bed, and rolled off so she was caught between the bed and the wall.  She didn't wake up so she didn't cry.

We did tell the parents, but not until they came home.  To be honest, if we hadn't known that the older siblings saw us searching, I don't know what we'd have done, but in our case the kid was never in danger.  She was safe in the house the whole time.

I'm honestly not sure what I'd do in the situation you describe. [/quote]

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