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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly do not care if my nanny is a "professional nanny." Reading up on childhood development? Gosh, if you're interested, but don't strain yourself. Breaking out some paints, letting my kids have at it, then clean it up, or schlepping them to a museum and making sure they come back in one piece, honestly, that's all I really expect. I feel like nannies on this board keep trying to elevate the professionalism of the job without really grasping that most parents are thrilled with you just being a fun, pleasant, semi-playmate.

If you want the dignity and salary of a true professional job, go to professional school like I did. [/quote]

Hah, if you think that is true I would love to see you, or any parent for that matter, teach a child to poop on the potty. If you haven't studied and read up on this stuff you will be SOL.[/quote]

And yet there are millions, if not hundreds of millions of adults who have managed to be taught this highly-complex behavior by parents who haven't taken a class or read a book....[/quote]

Perhaps if some of those parents got some sort of instruction we wouldn't be desperately looking for diapers, excuse me "training pants" in larger and larger sizes. :) [/quote]

10.32 here.  Personally, I don't think the issue is just the parents.  Pediatricians recommend that kids not start training until they are "ready"... but that could be 3, 4, or even 5 for some boys.  Disposable diaper companies play on parents' fears of rashes and infections to keep kids in diapers that wick away moisture, so the child never has a chance to learn that they don't like being wet.  Daycares and preschools won't potty train, so it's up to parents to try to do it all in one weekend. [b] Nannies and babysitters don't pay attention to the child's cues or the clock[/b], so the child gets conflicting messages.  Parents want to take the easy route, so want to wait until the child shows interest and understands the difference between wet and dry.

Don't put it all on parents.  Potty training isn't easy with most kids, but it's not rocket science either.  And frankly, I've never had a problem teaching a child to poop in the pot; that was easier than teaching them to recognize the urge to pee.[/quote]

I do.  I'm a nanny.  In fact, just the other day I told the kindergartner that I could tell that both she and her little brother needed to use the potty, so lets quit playing outside and go in the house and use the bathroom.  She looked at me in amazement, and asked how I knew.  :D [/quote]

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