What has happened to the last batch of respondees on here??

Have you all developed ADD??

I am completely lost now.

What in God's name are you talking about now??

What is going on with these threads lately? Tardiness to your job is NOT a nanny issue, nor is needing to take personal days, getting to work in the snow, not liking your job, or quitting a position like an adult.

What type of response are you even looking for here OP?
Do all nannies freak out about such obvious non-issues?

Anonymous wrote:Sheesh, I seriously would not think much of it. When I have something really important, I build an extra 15 min in. So if I need a sitter at 615, I tell her 6.

I'm no nanny, but if someone I worked for had a melt down over 15min, I'd never sit for them again.

Same. I wouldn't give it much thought.

PP, I think you have the wrong thread.

As a mother of G/B twins, I have to agree with the previous posters. Since I have only parented twins, I never knew anything different and developed a big bag of tricks for handling two toddlers at the same time. I would never trust an au pair with my twins. Our nanny has also been with us since the twins were born and has also learned the behaviors and issues with same age siblings as she went along.

One night when nanny was on vacation, we hired a new babysitter -- disaster! No one one hurt but my DS was outside alone in the dead of winter before the sitter realized he wasn't right next to her while she was dealing with a meltdown from DD.

Find a way to afford your nanny.

Anonymous wrote:Sheesh, I seriously would not think much of it. When I have something really important, I build an extra 15 min in. So if I need a sitter at 615, I tell her 6.

I'm no nanny, but if someone I worked for had a melt down over 15min, I'd never sit for them again.

You must be dumb, because you obviously didn't read or comprehend the simple vocabulary of the post.

Sheesh.

Sheesh, I seriously would not think much of it. When I have something really important, I build an extra 15 min in. So if I need a sitter at 615, I tell her 6.

I'm no nanny, but if someone I worked for had a melt down over 15min, I'd never sit for them again.

You have apologized twice, let it go now.
They have trusted you in the past and probably will again, don't worry!

MB here.

This would not be a deal killer for me. I might have been stressed and in a rush to make the reservations that night, but it wouldn't prevent me from hiring you again.

Not a big deal in LA especially when you don't know the traffic patterns to a new job but I would never let it happen again.

Okay...So I am an occasional babysitter for this family that I came very highly recommended from another family this is close friends with this family. I used to be their full-time nanny and never called in sick or was late with them and I still visit with them. The reason my position ended with them was because their child went to school.

So they referred me to this other family and this other family calls me for date nights or for daytime sitting when their children's daycare or schools are closed. I have always been prompt and have never called in sick. I have been very occasional with them off and on for about two years.

Well I am kinda OCD and a stickler for perfection when it comes to my record I admit.

I was due to babysit last Friday evening and was to arrive at 5 o'clock. Well I stupidly forgot to plan ahead for traffic delays (I live on the West Coast) and showed up fifteen minutes late! I profusely apologized and they were totally cool about it, but I noticed when I arrived they were both sitting by the door and bolted almost immediately upon my arrival. I later learned they had dinner reservations which they fortunately made in time.

I apologized again when they got home and again, they brushed it off and I truly believed them. Again, I've had a perfect record with them as well as the family that referred me to them. Do you think that since it was a one time only thing they are over it as long as it doesn't happen again? Or do you think I ruined my chance of ever sitting for them again? By the way, I adore the kids and she tells me the kids adore me as well.