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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here and thank you for your suggestions and clarifications.  It has been a great help to me.

As I wrote (clearly) a nanny's cell phone use while the baby is awake or sleeping outside her crib will not be tolerated/allowed during the nanny's woking hours.  So I don't care to discuss that anymore.  If you are so addicted to your phone you simply will not be working for me - not the end of the world for either of us so that is a dead issue.

Thanks to PPs for the suggestions on the food issue.

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I think what people are getting at is this - let's say baby is having tummy time on his mat and nanny is sitting with him singing songs or describing the animals he can see. A phone call comes in and it's from her doctor; can she answer that call? If your answer is no, I wouldn't be able to work for you either; sometimes we, as adults, struggle to connect with important people in our lives - waiting on the results of a biopsy (no your nanny won't tell you that is happening), trying to get an appointment with the dentist, whatever. It is completely reasonable to expect her not to be on her phone when the baby is awake, but I think you'll come across as more human (and humane) if you understand that great nannies who put their phones away when they are working will still, every now and again, need to take a quick call. If she will be worried about getting fired because she had to answer a 42 second call, that's really not ideal. Hire someone mature, responsible, and professional whose references say she was stellar at not using her phone with the kids and then ask her not to use it while baby is awake. Leave out the NEVER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and more of these stellar nannies will be interested in your job.[/quote]

I think this is good advice.  I'm struggling with how to word language around phone/device usage in a work agreement.  Do you have any suggestions?

I'm not the OP, but I am hiring soon and I don't know how to strike the right balance between reasonable use of one's personal phone during work hours (esp. during naps) while making it clear that the kids are to be the priority.  Would love some guidance about language.

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