Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You started nannying when the oldest was 2. Why would you teach a 2 yr old sign language?

I'm the op and I refuse to entertain such a stupid question

Wow, I hope you don't dismiss stupid questions from the kids you nanny for, too. Sorry you find my question stupid. My kids were both talking in 3-word sentences by 12 months. I thought the point of sign language for hearing children was to give them a way to communicate before they can talk. That's why I can't understand the point of teaching it to a 2 yr old. But hey, you go on with being bitchy.

This is the dumbest thing I've read on this forum in a while. You don't see the benefits of teaching a kid sign language? I mean I guess it's not like there are deaf kids and adults all over your kid might want to communicate with some day...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You started nannying when the oldest was 2. Why would you teach a 2 yr old sign language?

I'm the op and I refuse to entertain such a stupid question

Wow, I hope you don't dismiss stupid questions from the kids you nanny for, too. Sorry you find my question stupid. My kids were both talking in 3-word sentences by 12 months. I thought the point of sign language for hearing children was to give them a way to communicate before they can talk. That's why I can't understand the point of teaching it to a 2 yr old. But hey, you go on with being bitchy.

NP here. Signing is also a great way to light up both sides of the brain ( the reason we do "itsy bitsy spider" and "twinkle, twinkle little star "). My charge is stunningly verbal at 17 months, speaks in full sentences and does about 30 signs while she talks. Preschools are teaching sign language to three and four year olds.

I am an MB and fully acknowledge the role my nanny plays in my kids life. She does after school some nights for us and always reads with him and occasionally, they will write stories and do math. DS is overachieving in everything at school. I know this in part has a lot to do with my nanny and her support with his learning. Without her, he wouldn't be able to achieve such a high level.

Anonymous wrote:Oh my! My MB is the same!! When I signed the working contract it stated that I should not telling her all the milestone. Now she takes credits for all the things that her son had achieved. Blah!

So one day she told me that her son now know how to count number from 1 to 10. I told her "yes he can count. I have a video. I took it 2 weeks ago". I look at her and gave her my big smile

Op here. Lol yes! The first time my youngest held his own spoon and fed himself I was ecstatic and filmed it and sent it to them. He did it with such precision and didn't spill a drop. They were still feeding him everything and never letting him due to messiness. The db responded back immediately saying wow and give him a high from dad, mb completely ignored it. I would think a working mom would appreciate not missing those things.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You started nannying when the oldest was 2. Why would you teach a 2 yr old sign language?

I'm the op and I refuse to entertain such a stupid question

Wow, I hope you don't dismiss stupid questions from the kids you nanny for, too. Sorry you find my question stupid. My kids were both talking in 3-word sentences by 12 months. I thought the point of sign language for hearing children was to give them a way to communicate before they can talk. That's why I can't understand the point of teaching it to a 2 yr old. But hey, you go on with being bitchy.

You clearly overlooked the fact that I had a 5 month old also. What do you think I'd do? Tell the oldest to leave the room whenever I did sign with the younger child? And sign is not just for deaf or non talking children. It's a helpful tool for life period. That's like saying English is only for English people. For you to be an adult and parent yes that question was a bit stupid. But you are probably neither and just a bored troll.

Have a good day

Oh my! My MB is the same!! When I signed the working contract it stated that I should not telling her all the milestone. Now she takes credits for all the things that her son had achieved. Blah!

So one day she told me that her son now know how to count number from 1 to 10. I told her "yes he can count. I have a video. I took it 2 weeks ago". I look at her and gave her my big smile

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You started nannying when the oldest was 2. Why would you teach a 2 yr old sign language?

I'm the op and I refuse to entertain such a stupid question

Wow, I hope you don't dismiss stupid questions from the kids you nanny for, too. Sorry you find my question stupid. My kids were both talking in 3-word sentences by 12 months. I thought the point of sign language for hearing children was to give them a way to communicate before they can talk. That's why I can't understand the point of teaching it to a 2 yr old. But hey, you go on with being bitchy.

Anonymous wrote:If you work as a nanny long enough, you will have an insecure MB. And all the insecure ones do the same "refusal to acknowledge" crap. I overheard one MB tell her friend that she taught her daughter how to count in French and a few French words - the MB didn't know French and couldn't count to trois to save her life! I was the only person in that child's life who spoke French.

Laugh it off, OP. It is your employer's fear and insecurity at play here. However, do demand a raise after your first year. Employers who never acknowledge your work also never volunteer raises or benefit increases.

Op here. Thank you for this. It's just good to know that I'm not alone in dealing with such nonsense. My first family the mother was awesome and I never dealt with this sort of thing.

Anonymous wrote:You started nannying when the oldest was 2. Why would you teach a 2 yr old sign language?

I'm the op and I refuse to entertain such a stupid question

You started nannying when the oldest was 2. Why would you teach a 2 yr old sign language?

If you work as a nanny long enough, you will have an insecure MB. And all the insecure ones do the same "refusal to acknowledge" crap. I overheard one MB tell her friend that she taught her daughter how to count in French and a few French words - the MB didn't know French and couldn't count to trois to save her life! I was the only person in that child's life who spoke French.

Laugh it off, OP. It is your employer's fear and insecurity at play here. However, do demand a raise after your first year. Employers who never acknowledge your work also never volunteer raises or benefit increases.

She sounds very weird and insecure. I couldn't work for someone who couldn't acknowledge my hard work.

Anonymous wrote:I hear you! I had the same experience with one MB. One time I actually laughed out loud when she asked if I knew that DC knew all his colors! Since I'd been narrating since birth, (look there is a red car! What color is that car? That car is red) yeah, I knew.

Some insecure MB's just need to minimize your influence on their child. Laugh and let it roll off your back,

Lol thanks I will definitely start laughing out loud and this. I can't believe some people can be so petty. I am like what does she think we do all day? But she obviously is very aware of what she is doing.

I hear you! I had the same experience with one MB. One time I actually laughed out loud when she asked if I knew that DC knew all his colors! Since I'd been narrating since birth, (look there is a red car! What color is that car? That car is red) yeah, I knew.

Some insecure MB's just need to minimize your influence on their child. Laugh and let it roll off your back,

I've been nannying for this family for a year. I have a 3 year old and 1.5 year old. My oldest is a girl that is in school part time 3 mornings a week since the new year and the youngest is a boy I have all 50 hours. I immediately began working on sign language with them and once they mastered certain things I moved on to the basics and now my charges know colors numbers and basic phrases in Spanish and English.

I used fill out a daily report and leave it out listing certain activities and what they ate etc. mb provided the notebook. I realized she wasn't even reading it because of the texts she and db would send me that night like " what did youngest eat last?" Or "did oldest nap after lunch?" I would answer at first then began telling them I don't remember and to check the log. Soon I began coming in and seeing they would allow oldest to scribble all over the pages and eventually they threw it out.

One morning mb made reference to a tv show and said "oldest learns so much from this show it's great we found them something entertaining and educational" despite the fact I'd taught her those things months beforehand. Now when I come in on Monday she is going "youngest say dhdbdhekej for nanny!" "Show nanny you can count to 10!" I'm standing there like really? I'm with this kid 10 hours per day do you actually think I don't know and don't have a hand in what they have learned? She is also giving credit for the oldest' knowledge to the preschool she hasn't even been at that long.

This rubs me the wrong way and I feel like she is being passive aggressive. It almost makes me want to quit working for her knowing she goes out of her way to ignore what I do education wise.