Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 14:43     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


I'm a MB, and I will bite. I have a nanny for many more hours than I work (I work very part time). Here is why. Without a nanny, I do not have the

1. Time: to spend one-on-one time with all four children every day. Cook a dinner which takes an hour. Go to appointments. Exercise. Nap if the baby was up all night.
2. Desire: to play kid games like Candyland. Go to the park and swing, and swing, and swing. Go to every week of Music Together, or My Gym. Drive, drive, drive.
3. Ability: to give baths (I can, but I have a bad back, and I specifically hired a nanny to take this chore off my plate. I cannot bend over for even the short time it takes to bathe a toddler without a lot of pain). to come up with "fun" motivations for cleaning or other "have-to-dos." My nanny has an ECE degree; she has lots of ideas for activities I would never come up with.


So basically you have outsourced almost the entirety of motherhood to the lowest bidder? Interesting.


I have to agree with this.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 14:09     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


I'm a MB, and I will bite. I have a nanny for many more hours than I work (I work very part time). Here is why. Without a nanny, I do not have the

1. Time: to spend one-on-one time with all four children every day. Cook a dinner which takes an hour. Go to appointments. Exercise. Nap if the baby was up all night.
2. Desire: to play kid games like Candyland. Go to the park and swing, and swing, and swing. Go to every week of Music Together, or My Gym. Drive, drive, drive.
3. Ability: to give baths (I can, but I have a bad back, and I specifically hired a nanny to take this chore off my plate. I cannot bend over for even the short time it takes to bathe a toddler without a lot of pain). to come up with "fun" motivations for cleaning or other "have-to-dos." My nanny has an ECE degree; she has lots of ideas for activities I would never come up with.


So basically you have outsourced almost the entirety of motherhood to the lowest bidder? Interesting.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 14:08     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


I'm a MB, and I will bite. I have a nanny for many more hours than I work (I work very part time). Here is why. Without a nanny, I do not have the

1. Time: to spend one-on-one time with all four children every day. Cook a dinner which takes an hour. Go to appointments. Exercise. Nap if the baby was up all night.
2. Desire: to play kid games like Candyland. Go to the park and swing, and swing, and swing. Go to every week of Music Together, or My Gym. Drive, drive, drive.
3. Ability: to give baths (I can, but I have a bad back, and I specifically hired a nanny to take this chore off my plate. I cannot bend over for even the short time it takes to bathe a toddler without a lot of pain). to come up with "fun" motivations for cleaning or other "have-to-dos." My nanny has an ECE degree; she has lots of ideas for activities I would never come up with.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 13:48     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


And which "working world" is this, PP? I have 23 people reporting to me and would never ask any of them to do something that I cannot, or have not, done.


Then why are you employing them? Do it yourself!

[Or maybe you need to hire #24 to help you with reading comprehension since it says TIME, desire, OR ability and I will assume you have 23 people working under you because it's physically impossible for one person to do those 23 peoples jobs because of the limited amount of TIME in a day.]


Calm down, Dear, and just admit you were work when you wrote "...or ability to do". Either that or simply admit you have never had anyone work for or report to you.


For #25 hire someone to help you write your posts =) Bless your heart!


Please stop. You are embarrassing yourself.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 13:44     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


And which "working world" is this, PP? I have 23 people reporting to me and would never ask any of them to do something that I cannot, or have not, done.


Then why are you employing them? Do it yourself!

[Or maybe you need to hire #24 to help you with reading comprehension since it says TIME, desire, OR ability and I will assume you have 23 people working under you because it's physically impossible for one person to do those 23 peoples jobs because of the limited amount of TIME in a day.]


Calm down, Dear, and just admit you were work when you wrote "...or ability to do". Either that or simply admit you have never had anyone work for or report to you.


For #25 hire someone to help you write your posts =) Bless your heart!
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 13:32     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


And which "working world" is this, PP? I have 23 people reporting to me and would never ask any of them to do something that I cannot, or have not, done.


Then why are you employing them? Do it yourself!

[Or maybe you need to hire #24 to help you with reading comprehension since it says TIME, desire, OR ability and I will assume you have 23 people working under you because it's physically impossible for one person to do those 23 peoples jobs because of the limited amount of TIME in a day.]


Calm down, Dear, and just admit you were work when you wrote "...or ability to do". Either that or simply admit you have never had anyone work for or report to you.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 13:26     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


And which "working world" is this, PP? I have 23 people reporting to me and would never ask any of them to do something that I cannot, or have not, done.


Then why are you employing them? Do it yourself!

[Or maybe you need to hire #24 to help you with reading comprehension since it says TIME, desire, OR ability and I will assume you have 23 people working under you because it's physically impossible for one person to do those 23 peoples jobs because of the limited amount of TIME in a day.]
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 13:13     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
my MB and DB have two children and have a rule between themselves that one parent should never have two children ... and yet I watch their two + their neighbors child at the same time every day.

they're competent parents but they're not "kid people" which is why neither of them stayed home. I find it silly that they are nervous to be outnumbered by their children, but oh well. I would just take it as a compliment
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 11:08     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
I'm curious about why she can't use the stove or bathe her child. Does she have some sort of disability that prevents her from such activities? If so, I can see her expecting the nanny to do things she can't.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 10:25     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


And which "working world" is this, PP? I have 23 people reporting to me and would never ask any of them to do something that I cannot, or have not, done.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 10:20     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
I hope she pays you really well seeing that she can't function without you.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 10:05     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


I agree. This is why nannies are PROFESSIONALS and should be treated (and compensated) as such.

I would take it as a compliment, OP.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 10:04     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
Anonymous wrote:The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.


As a mother, I would certainly hope that I am as competent in caring for my children as the nanny is!
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 09:54     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
The nature of a job is paying someone else to do thing you don't have the time, desire, or ability to do. Welcome to the working world.
Anonymous
Post 06/06/2015 09:48     Subject: MB continually asks me to do things she, herself, cannot or will not do.
My MB will not allow me to take my charge in the car and has me walking two miles (each way) for one of his morning activities -- however she told me that it is too far for her to walk to the same place and drives him on weekend. She will always ask me to make my charge something for lunch that involves me using the stove but tells me that unless her DH is home, she can't make her DS anything that involves using the stove when she is alone. She has never given her DS a bath without her DH being there but had me doing it alone for over a year.

Does she think I split into two people when she isn't around? Or is it a compliment to me that she is recognizing things I am simply better at than she is?

Regardless, I love my job and I love my charge and am not quitting. Just curious and wondering if other have the same situations.