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Anonymous wrote:omg your job is to care for children, you had one extra older child who caused you no extra work for a short amount of time over lunch and you feel "taken advantage of"?

How ridiculous. If you don't want to care for children for money then quit and go be a barista.

You are ridiculous. She should have been ASKED, not told. about being responsible for extra kid and she should have been paid. The key word is RERESPONSIBLE. She had responsibility of,ALL three children.

You should talk to MB about this, OP.

Do you pay your nanny every time one of the kids has a play date? The nanny is there, the kids are having a play date, it is what it is and it's not a big deal. Nanny should not be paid and honestly doesn't need any advance warning.

It might be too late to get paid for that child, but I would say "In the future, I'd like X amount of notice if I'll have another child, and Y amount more money."

PP brought up a really strong point about phone numbers, allergies, etc.

Anonymous wrote:omg your job is to care for children, you had one extra older child who caused you no extra work for a short amount of time over lunch and you feel "taken advantage of"?

How ridiculous. If you don't want to care for children for money then quit and go be a barista.

You are ridiculous. She should have been ASKED, not told. about being responsible for extra kid and she should have been paid. The key word is RERESPONSIBLE. She had responsibility of,ALL three children.

You should talk to MB about this, OP.

Anonymous wrote:You need to explain to your employers that they must tell you ask you if you are willing to be responsible for another child. Did you even know this kid? Did he have allergies or any problems you should have been made aware of? Did they even give you this child's emergency contact information (parents names and numbers)?

And, of course, your employers should have offered you additional pay for a third child but, to me, that would be secondary to the fact that I did not agree to be responsible for this child and should never have been forced to accept that responsibility.

This.

Anonymous wrote:omg your job is to care for children, you had one extra older child who caused you no extra work for a short amount of time over lunch and you feel "taken advantage of"?

How ridiculous. If you don't want to care for children for money then quit and go be a barista.

Ignore this troll.

Anonymous wrote:omg your job is to care for children, you had one extra older child who caused you no extra work for a short amount of time over lunch and you feel "taken advantage of"?

How ridiculous. If you don't want to care for children for money then quit and go be a barista.

Our resident ugly poster is back! Sad little woman with no life who has never been nor ever hired a nanny.

You need to explain to your employers that they must tell you ask you if you are willing to be responsible for another child. Did you even know this kid? Did he have allergies or any problems you should have been made aware of? Did they even give you this child's emergency contact information (parents names and numbers)?

And, of course, your employers should have offered you additional pay for a third child but, to me, that would be secondary to the fact that I did not agree to be responsible for this child and should never have been forced to accept that responsibility.

I know exactly how you feel, OP. Happened to me a few times and I never knew how to bring it up - we have a very friendly relationship and it is really not a huge deal to look after an extra kid, especially because they really make my job much easier (insta-entertainment for my 8yo so I only have the babies to look after), but yeah, it's a bit inconsiderate to expect you to look after another kid without as much as a heads up.

Not cool.

I'm a HM and would never do that without asking first.

Anonymous wrote:omg your job is to care for children, you had one extra older child who caused you no extra work for a short amount of time over lunch and you feel "taken advantage of"?

How ridiculous. If you don't want to care for children for money then quit and go be a barista.

Typical and classic snarky DCUM Nanny Forum response here. I honestly don't know if this is one miserable person or more, but does someone really hate their life this much....??!

Okay...Moving right along....

OP, you have every right to be a little peeved. I would have been as well. Since there was an extra child there, I would have wanted to know. While there is a benefit to having an extra older child around (he gets to entertain the other child for you, etc.), it still would have been common courtesy for the parents to let you know he would be there prior to you arriving.

I would just kindly talk to the parents next time and let them know that while it isn't really a huge deal, you would like to know in advance if there will be another child present when you arrive and if so, in case of an emergency, could they please leave you with his parent's contact info should you need to send him home for any matter. After all, you are not technically babysitting him as well.

Anonymous wrote:Not okay.
I need to know in advance all children I will be responsible for during a period of time.

They should not expect you to be the free neighborhood babysitter and have their friends drop the kids off and watch them.

They want a babysitter they pay.

You bring it up when they pay you, and before you agree to do do any care outside your normal hours ask if you will be caring for additional children and how parents would like to work out payment.

Okay I guess I will ask them about it on monday

Um it wasn't for a "short time" it was 7 hours out of my day.
Maybe you think it's okay to let someone take care of your child for free but I certainly wouldn't do that to someone without letting them know beforehand

Not okay.
I need to know in advance all children I will be responsible for during a period of time.

They should not expect you to be the free neighborhood babysitter and have their friends drop the kids off and watch them.

They want a babysitter they pay.

You bring it up when they pay you, and before you agree to do do any care outside your normal hours ask if you will be caring for additional children and how parents would like to work out payment.

omg your job is to care for children, you had one extra older child who caused you no extra work for a short amount of time over lunch and you feel "taken advantage of"?

How ridiculous. If you don't want to care for children for money then quit and go be a barista.

First time posting here so bare with me please lol
So today I showed up to work (on a Saturday AND Valentine's Day but this was agreed in advance so I was more than happy to pick up the extra hours) however the eldest son (7) had a friend over. They didn't tell me beforehand and left pretty much as soon as I got there to go to lunch. So I was watching three kids total and they didn't offer to pay me extra at the end of the day. To be honest if they asked me before I arrived I probably wouldn't of had a problem watching them all for the same salary since the older two mainly played together and i was with the 2 year old. But really I was in charge of all of them and had to make sure they were all safe. If this was my nanny I wouldn't expect her just to watch all three without prior knowledge/a higher rate. This has happened once before about a month and a half ago. I feel pretty taken advantage of when it happens but I'm not sure how to bring it up with the parents