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Omg, I can't imagine mb paying this sitter to turn on a tv every day.

How can you be shocked? The nannies on this board are constantly bragging about watching NetFlix and doing anything other than their job. They spend all day on the web with breaks to hang out with their friends at the park or run their own errands. Haven't you read any of the questions or comments by nannies that get posted here? Can I bring my friend to work? How dare I have to do laundry because this will crimp my outing schedule. Can I bring my own laundry to do at work..doesn't crimp outing schedule if its your own I guess. Anyone want to meet up for playmates..any age 3mo-6yr...yeah this is about finding appropriate playmates for the kids. These are the self-reprted highly paid ones.

I've never seen a post about someone bragging about watching NetFlix. Ever. I frequent these boards. Me thinks your the anti-nanny troll. You aren't a MB or a Nanny, so why are you on these boards?

I don't think she is a lazy nanny if she is doing activities with him during the day. Maybe she prefers to stay inside, or it's possible she's not completely comfortable handling your child in public because she is accustomed to caring for infants.

OP, how old is she? If she is on the younger side, there is ZERO excuse for her to be inside and lazy. ZERO. Do you pay her semi-generously, I hope?

OP here. I plan on talking to her tomorrow. Money could not be a issue, I give her a card to use. She worked with infants prior, a lot of them and was limited to where she could or couldn't go. She never seemed to have a problem with. Maybe she is the type to be a home body. Either way, she is not doing her job to the fullest, so I will talk to her.

Talk to her.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, never fails that there are always immature and unhelpful responses on here.

OP, make it clear that you would like your nanny to take your son on outings. Suggest the places. She might be hesitant on spending gas and asking, so let her know you will reimburse her.

Not everyone will front money for their employers. Most employers keep cash available for various expenses like this. One more piece of "unhelpful" advice. Sorry.

Okay. Or mom could pay for gas upfront. That was just a suggestion.

I think that's fine if the nanny wants to be paid for the gas upfront. If my nanny asked me to do that I'd have no problem with it, but I'm curious (and I really am not trying to be difficult, just genuinely curious) if you trust your employer to pay you what you are owed at the end of the day/week why wouldn't you trust them to pay for the gas money too? If you were having to drive a really long distance before getting paid then it would make sense to get the money ahead of time but if the car already has gas in it so you aren't going to the gas station to fill up just for this trip wouldn't it be ok to wait until the end of the day to be paid for it?

My nanny often takes my kids out and sometimes even out to eat. I used to try to give her money ahead of time for the outings but she would never take it so now I just add it on when I pay her at the end of the week plus I usually give her a little extra to show I appreciate the effort she makes.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, never fails that there are always immature and unhelpful responses on here.

OP, make it clear that you would like your nanny to take your son on outings. Suggest the places. She might be hesitant on spending gas and asking, so let her know you will reimburse her.

Not everyone will front money for their employers. Most employers keep cash available for various expenses like this. One more piece of "unhelpful" advice. Sorry.

Okay. Or mom could pay for gas upfront. That was just a suggestion.

OP, I would sit down and talk to her about this. There may be other reasons you don't know about as to why she isn't driving. But you will need to ask yourself if this is someone you want, if she isn't willing to drive. Down the road, you are going to want her to go to other activities and if she won't drive, you are short on options.

Omg, I can't imagine mb paying this sitter to turn on a tv every day.

How can you be shocked? The nannies on this board are constantly bragging about watching NetFlix and doing anything other than their job. They spend all day on the web with breaks to hang out with their friends at the park or run their own errands. Haven't you read any of the questions or comments by nannies that get posted here? Can I bring my friend to work? How dare I have to do laundry because this will crimp my outing schedule. Can I bring my own laundry to do at work..doesn't crimp outing schedule if its your own I guess. Anyone want to meet up for playmates..any age 3mo-6yr...yeah this is about finding appropriate playmates for the kids. These are the self-reprted highly paid ones.

Omg, I can't imagine mb paying this sitter to turn on a tv every day.

I would borrow or buy a nanny cam and see what she is doing during the day. If they are doing lots of fun activities and playing in the backyard then I would forget the driving on outings. Young kids don't need outings. These are more for adults who feel cooped up and can't think of interesting things to do with the kids. Most nannies try to work in as many outings as possible because they have no creativity at all.

If the nanny cam shows that she is sitting around watching TV all day fire her.

I think that is odd. I won't take a job where we can't go anywhere.

Maybe she doesn't want to drive her car or something silly. Id ask her..

Anonymous wrote:If I were you, I would tell her, not ask her. "Nanny, today I'd like you to take Barth to his makeup class at the Y. It's at 11am. Thanks so much."

This.

You need to be direct. Also, she is not necessary lazy, she may just be a homebody. Just let her know the activities you wish for her to do with your son.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, never fails that there are always immature and unhelpful responses on here.

OP, make it clear that you would like your nanny to take your son on outings. Suggest the places. She might be hesitant on spending gas and asking, so let her know you will reimburse her.

Not everyone will front money for their employers. Most employers keep cash available for various expenses like this. One more piece of "unhelpful" advice. Sorry.

Why don't you ask her at the end of the day what they did during the day, or in the mornings ask her what her plans are?

Is she supposed to use her car/gas for driving your child? Maybe she doesnt want to.
I dont want to walk more than 15 mins in the heat and humidity either, not lazy I just cant stand DC summers.

If you dont have time to talk about their day ask her to keep a diary for a few weeks with what they did during the day, what he eats etc so you can have an idea.