Our nanny wears sweats, t-shirts, and hoodies. She braids her hair. I think she looks fine. I work from home, and frequently dress about the same.

Her clothes fit, are coordinated and clean, and she looks like what she is: a young woman who hangs out with a couple of toddlers all day.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us straight up don't like jeans, OK? Am I allowed to not wear them? I didn't even wear them in high school. And sorry, but jeans are just as slouchy looking as yoga pants. They are both VERY casual and you wouldn't wear either to any place you "wanted to be taken seriously."

You can dress jeans up and look presentable. Yoga pants, leggings, and sweats worn outside of the gym or your home looks trashy and lazy.

you can also put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig. Jeans are jeans no matter what accessories you put with them. I can put a nice shirt and sweater with yoga pants, but they're still yoga pants!

Anonymous wrote:Some of us straight up don't like jeans, OK? Am I allowed to not wear them? I didn't even wear them in high school. And sorry, but jeans are just as slouchy looking as yoga pants. They are both VERY casual and you wouldn't wear either to any place you "wanted to be taken seriously."

You can dress jeans up and look presentable. Yoga pants, leggings, and sweats worn outside of the gym or your home looks trashy and lazy.

Pre-school teachers and daycare center workers have dress standards and they spend their days similarly. You guys who can't be bothered to dress like a grow up are just lazy. I'm usually on the defense against people throwing around the word lazy and entitled for every nanny, but damn really? You have a problem dressing like you give a shit?

I wear yoga pants, juicy couture sweats, and jeans to work. My bosses don't care how I am dressed. If we have a class, I make sure to look presentable. Any nanny who gets decked out to work with a baby is a novice. And makeup, forget about it. I throw my hair up in a bun most days and off to work I go.

Some of us straight up don't like jeans, OK? Am I allowed to not wear them? I didn't even wear them in high school. And sorry, but jeans are just as slouchy looking as yoga pants. They are both VERY casual and you wouldn't wear either to any place you "wanted to be taken seriously."

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the floor all day too, and I do it just fine. Both babies have started solids, we do sensory activities and make a huge mess daily. I wear jeans and sweaters/blouses, because this is my job and I want to be taken seriously. I also don't want to look like the teenage babysitter when we are out and about.

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I am on the floor all day with my charge and don't have a hard time wearing jeans/black pants. If you do have a problem with jeans on the floor then maybe you need to get them in a bigger size.

I'm on the floor all day too, and I do it just fine. Both babies have started solids, we do sensory activities and make a huge mess daily. I wear jeans and sweaters/blouses, because this is my job and I want to be taken seriously. I also don't want to look like the teenage babysitter when we are out and about.

Some of us get onthe floor and play and don't want jeans digging into our belly buttons while we do it. I wear black or dark gray yoga pants most days, sometimes corduroy pants. I wear long sleeved tees and fleece if I'm chilly. I don't look great, but am usually presentable. My summer selection is nicer.

It all depends on the day. I normally wear jeans and a t-shirt without words on it. Sometimes yoga pants and a sweatshirt who really cares. If I'm going out somewhere I dress nicer. Why do you care what a nanny wears.

Agree! I wear jeans and nice tops, mostly layered tank, than shirt, than sweater. My charge is just started solids - it gets messy but I don't wear sloppy clothes. I've never seen a nanny in sloppy clothes either. I don't spend a lot on tops - they get ruined. Not only do I have to worry about messy kids but a cat that claws clothes. I have been getting holes in my shirts from that cat. I do retire the shirts with holes but I'm not going to spend a lot of money for them to be ruined

Now one day I did wear yoga pants - my MB called me on my day off and I was running errands and going to work out. She asked if I had a few hours to come in. I did but felt horrible (with myself) because I was in yoga pants and a large workout tee.

I am a nanny and I wear "nice looking" clothes to work everyday. Either jeans or black pants and for shirts I wear sweaters, button-up shirts, "blouses". I don't wear sweatpants and t-shirts to work. The baby I work with spits up and gets food all over me just like most nannies get stuff all over them. I look nice but none of the clothes I wear to work are expensive. The spit-up, paint, dirt, etc., will wash off. I would never wear anything to work that I would be too disappointed to see ruined. My shirts look nice but none of them cost more than $20. So I don't really understand the whole nanny excuse of only wearing t-shirts and yoga pants to work.

Anonymous wrote:It's utterly embarrassing how sloppy some nannies are dressed while working. The excuss that the baby might spit-up or you might step into the sandbox is not acceptable. Make-up isn't nessasary, but show some professionalism with how you present yourself.

So I am expected to change at the park when my younger child spits up on me?

Sorry OP. Being a nanny is a dirty job. Sometimes, when you care for children you get a little messy. Would you expect an auto mechanic to keep his coveralls spotless during the day or change every time he has crawl under a car.
I have been a nanny for about 10 years now and have never seen a "sloppy" nanny. I've seen overdressed nannies that are persnickety about going outside and freak out when they get a hand print on their jeans.
Please post a photo of this "sloppy" nanny.
Sorry if I sound a bit defensive.

Anonymous wrote:It's utterly embarrassing how sloppy some nannies are dressed while working. The excuss that the baby might spit-up or you might step into the sandbox is not acceptable. Make-up isn't nessasary, but show some professionalism with how you present yourself.

+1

It's easy to pack a change of clothes for the day or keep a spare set at work if a nanny is concerned about such messes.

It's utterly embarrassing how sloppy some nannies are dressed while working. The excuss that the baby might spit-up or you might step into the sandbox is not acceptable. Make-up isn't nessasary, but show some professionalism with how you present yourself.