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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MB here with many years of experience and a few nannies. I had all possible combinations probably over the years (nanny stays alone in a house, nanny meets us at ped office and comes to exam room, or stays in the waiting room, or has a break, or leaves early for the day all together). So yes, on occasion I think I asked nanny to wait in the waiting area as the room was tiny, and I thought it will last like 5 minutes. And no nanny ever complained or showed that they diassproved of that request. I also had my father wait many times in the same waiting room on other occasions when I needed his help with driving.

PPs who say it is insulting to wait in a doctors waiting room, could you please elaborate why? I can't count how many times I drove a friend or relative to a doctor's office because they could not drive due to medical condition and I waited in the waiting room. I had 4 surgeries after which I couldn't drive and a relative would take me to appointments and stay in the waiting area... Including pediatrician visits with my kids... There are always adults in our ped office sitting in the waiting area, WAITING for someone -- what's insulting or wrong with that? When I was pregnant with #3, I was not allowed to lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk for like 3 months, so yeah, I needed help with carring things for a toddler and a preschooler around including visits to ped, and no I did not explain this to the nanny 'cause I was so afraid to lose that pregnancy I did not announce it till I was like 5 months along...

So again, a question is why is it insulting to sit for 5-15 minutes in pediatrician waiting room reading a magazine, book or playing on a phone?[/quote]

It is insulting because your child's nanny is not some random friend driving you to a medical appointment - this is the person who is caring for the health and welfare of your child, often a child with limited communication skills, for 50 hours a week.  Your nanny wants to know the signs of illness, can shed light on what is or is not normal behavior in the child and probably has a great insight into your child's health and behavior. Thus the difference in your friend-driving-you-to-the-doctors scenario.

No one wants to sit in a doctor's waiting room - especially a pediatrician's waiting room regardless of the reasons.  As a PP pointed out, it is basically telling the nanny that their knowledge or input regarding the child in their care is not important.  I am a nanny who wants to know what is going on with my charge first hand from the pediatrician.

I would be insulted if my MB ever relegated me to the waiting room.  [/quote]

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