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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  No, I will not allow a nanny to use her cell phone when she is working but I do think I should allow it when she is having lunch, resting, when the baby is napping.  Thank you for that suggestion.

I will not allow cell phone use when the baby is awake.  That is a deal-breaker for me.  I am sorry if that upsets some nannies on this thread but I am paying for a professional and I expect professional behavior.  
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I will say that I use my smart phone to take pictures of my charge(s), get directions for outings, look up work related info I need right away, and with older kids, I use it to find answers to questions we have as we go through our day. (Googled "what do ducks eat" last week and had a 20 minute discussion about the results.) So no use of a smart phone unless kid(s) are asleep would be a tiny sticking point for me, because I actually use the phone to help me do my job.

The food thing...if your child is like the 12+ I have cared for, they will eat better when they eat WITH their nanny and they eat WHAT the nanny is eating. So, unless you are prepared to train your child to NEVER ask for any of nanny's food, and are also prepared to insist that nanny NEVER offer bites of her food to your child, this seems extreme. Of curse, there will always be stories of nannies who take the last lobster claw for their lunch or what-have-you, but that type of rudeness is rare.

I eat what my charges eat once they are on table food. I don't ever take the last of something, and have never had an employer ask me "Where is the <food item>?" and had to respond, "Um, I ate it all up yesterday."[/quote]

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