Reply to Nannies being micromanaged...

Forum Index » General Discussion

Reply to "Nannies being micromanaged..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote]I keep an incredibly detailed log for my employers - mealtimes and food eaten, diaper changes, nap times (all with space for notes - how long it took him to fall asleep after he went into his crib, whether he was picky about eating vegetables that day, and so on) plus three additional sections: one is for a summary of our day, one is a space for any physical or health concerns (where I put notes about bumps and bruises acquired), and one is a description of the child's mood that day (cranky, talkative, energetic, clingy).

Is this a lot of information? Yes.

Is it all necessary? Probably not.

Does it make me feel like I am accountable and does it make his parents feel like they are involved and informed? YES.

It also saves us from any uncomfortableness ("Uh, Nanny, do you know where this big bruise came from...?") and ensures that we have a record of any issues (a few days of clingy/weepy baby tends to indicate a new tooth coming in, a couple days without BMs and we know it's time to break out the mango and prune juice, and so on). I know a lot of nannies get up in arms about keeping detailed logs but I think it benefits me as much as it does his parents. [/quote]

Oh my god. I'm a parent and would run screaming from a nanny who wanted to do all this. All our nanny needs to do is tell us DD took a face-plant at the playground today for us to figure out why she's a little clingy or has some bruises. I don't need to know how many minutes it took DD to fall asleep or if she was picky about eating something. If there's a problem, the nanny will let us know. I don't need to know the minute details. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics