Anonymous
03/10/2015 13:46
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
Any parent would go crazy if they didn't have SOME kind of adult interaction during the long days with a small child.
You have to wonder if extreme isolation is what can cause a person to suddenly "snap"?
Thoughts?
You have to wonder if extreme isolation is what can cause a person to suddenly "snap"?
Thoughts?
Anonymous
03/10/2015 10:39
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
If having significant adult contact during your work day is important then you shouldn't apply for nanny jobs that are working with one infant in a private home.
Anonymous
03/10/2015 10:37
Subject: Re:Isolation of Nanny
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.
What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.
+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.
If you are at work you feel it is fine for you to be on DCUM? U ou should be fired.
Anonymous
03/10/2015 09:52
Subject: Re:Isolation of Nanny
Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.
What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.
+1
Anonymous
03/10/2015 09:16
Subject: Re:Isolation of Nanny
Anonymous wrote:I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.
What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.
+ 1 If I catch our DD's nanny on her phone one more time she will be fired. We have given her three separate warnings and the last time told her of the consequences. I am so sick of seeing nannies on their phones that I could scream.
Anonymous
03/10/2015 08:49
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
Anonymous wrote:Wake up and smell the coffee!!
Yes!
Anonymous
03/10/2015 08:39
Subject: Re:Isolation of Nanny
I want our nanny to have adult interaction, of course, as I know it is important. She gets it when she takes the kids out and to their various classes and public places. I encourage her friendships with mothers and other nannies.
What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.
What I do NOT want is her on the phone to her friends and boyfriend when she is working.
Anonymous
03/10/2015 08:08
Subject: Re:Isolation of Nanny
Anonymous wrote:I know I had a very difficult time when my charge was an infant and my employers didn't want him around other people for fear he would get sick. Although we took long walks every day, only talking (narrating) for a months old baby was very, very lonely. I almost quit. When my charge was around ten months old, the parents let up considerably and we were able to go to the library, story time, music class, grocery stores, the park, etc -- just being around other people was such a huge help!
Now that he is 17 months old I don't feel the loneliness or isolation at all.
+1 Working with newborns is very isolating and lonely.
Anonymous
03/10/2015 06:45
Subject: Re:Isolation of Nanny
I know I had a very difficult time when my charge was an infant and my employers didn't want him around other people for fear he would get sick. Although we took long walks every day, only talking (narrating) for a months old baby was very, very lonely. I almost quit. When my charge was around ten months old, the parents let up considerably and we were able to go to the library, story time, music class, grocery stores, the park, etc -- just being around other people was such a huge help!
Now that he is 17 months old I don't feel the loneliness or isolation at all.
Now that he is 17 months old I don't feel the loneliness or isolation at all.
Anonymous
03/10/2015 03:04
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
Anonymous wrote:Most nannies expect to have some degree of adult communication during their 10-12 hour days. Of course they know the work is mostly solitary, but do you really think you should try to make her job 100% solitary?
Anonymous
03/09/2015 22:19
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
I am not quite sure what exactly you are getting at OP.
You sound like a nanny who has a boss who is perhaps trying to discourage you from hanging out or communicating in general w/other grown-ups....??
If this is the case, then I would have to agree, this is odd.
You sound like a nanny who has a boss who is perhaps trying to discourage you from hanging out or communicating in general w/other grown-ups....??
If this is the case, then I would have to agree, this is odd.
Anonymous
03/09/2015 21:40
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
Wake up and smell the coffee!!
Anonymous
03/09/2015 21:29
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
uh, huh?
Anonymous
03/09/2015 21:29
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
No and DS' nanny's job is far from solitary. If she's isolated, that means my kid is too. Do I want her spending an entire day at her friend'S whose charge is an infant and I have a toddler? No. Am I going to complain if they meet up at the park for a couple of hours? No
Anonymous
03/09/2015 21:22
Subject: Isolation of Nanny
Most nannies expect to have some degree of adult communication during their 10-12 hour days. Of course they know the work is mostly solitary, but do you really think you should try to make her job 100% solitary?