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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people keep bringing up being on their phones? A professional nanny will not be on their phone all day while the children are awake. They might perhaps have a phone conversation when pushing a baby in a stroller while out on a walk, and hearing you talk is good for them. Otherwise, a professional nanny will only be on their phone during naps or for brief moments during the day do check in with parents, take pictures for parents, use their phone for music, buy tickets for the zoo, log baby's info in a baby app, etc. [/quote]

But we have an Alexa in every room  for music, are happy to handle tickets for you upon request, and prefer a handwritten log.  Both parents WFH so check-ins can be done if we want at regularly scheduled intervals.  I don’t need pictures of my kid - in fact, I prefer not to receive them - and I don’t pay you to chat while on a stroll.  It’s been researched and narrating your movements and what you see directly to my child is more beneficial than hearing you talk.

Finally, at $30/hour, aside from your legally mandated break (half hour) during naps, you should be doing child related chores and preparing activities for them to do, not sitting on your phone.  What you describe is worth less than $25/hour to me.  And that’s fine but let’s not act like any of the above results in minimal phone use.[/quote]

YOU have an Alexa in every room perhaps, not everyone does.

Why do you need to buy tickets for me when it takes a minute to buy them myself? I'd still need to get a message from you with the info and then check my phone to use the ticket.

Many first time parents want photos/videos of their babies, I've been requested to do just so from multiple families and warn them that I personally don't normally take that many unless it's something special.

Most families prefer an app log that they can check back on and refer to, plus easily add to themselves.

Many parents like to check-in through messages during the day, some don't even have anything to do with the baby. Like every single message I get each day is from NP and it's rude to not respond to your employer.

I personally hate talking on the phone but I wouldn't do that every day regardless. An occasional phone call is not inappropriate, I hear non-nannies take personal calls during work hours all the time. Calling places that need to be called only during work hours and can't be done during nap time (if overlapping with traditional lunch breaks), sometimes it just has to be done. I personally do talk ALL day long to/with my NK no matter their age.

Nannies don't have legally mandated breaks. My child related chores don't take that long, it's a few minutes for little things and I do that immediately and can have the rest of nap time to spend on my phone if I choose. It doesn't really take long to "prep activities" for kids, if you are even doing scheduled indoor activities.

Other than nap time use, I often only spend perhaps 5 minutes out of 8 hours actively using my phone and it's only for work purposes.

Quality care comes with a higher price. If you are only spending the bare minimum, you have a much higher chance of getting those nannies that are ALWAYS on their phone, that go to playgrounds to meet up with their nanny friends and hang out and don't actually play with the kids while there. Like I've seen nannies who put down their blankets and sit and the kids wander around that blanket and a few feet away and when they try to go climb on a play structure, they get called back to the blanket. Occasionally one might take a NK or 2 to the swings for 5 minutes, then guess what? More blanket time! For a 16+ month old.[/quote]

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