MB here. I think classes for an infant are useless unless the opportunity being paid for is to meet and interact with other new parents in your area.

I have not sent my kids to any classes at that age, nor would I. As my kids get to be walking and verbal then I think activities, classes, etc... are all appropriate and to be supported but certainly not necessary at 7 months.

And I agree with your MB's position that they are paying (hopefully well, certainly more than they would for daycare) for highly individualized attention.

If I were your MB reading your comments I would be really annoyed. You do not get to impose your opinions in this kind of circumstance, nor would I want to be told what all your other employers have done. That argument won't work when my kid tells me that she has to have X because "everyone else's parents lets them have/do this" and it wouldn't work for me with something like this.

Anonymous wrote:So amusing how "good" cheap nannies are supposed to be a dime a dozen, at least according to some employers here, but where are they when you need them???

Well they aren't here spouting nonsense, that's for sure.

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Anonymous wrote:So amusing how "good" cheap nannies are supposed to be a dime a dozen, at least according to some employers here, but where are they when you need them???

What nonsense are you going on about now? This is totally irrelevant to the topic at hand. Nice try though.

Sooner or later you'll have to learn to ignore everything here you don't like. What's holding back?

Anonymous wrote:So amusing how "good" cheap nannies are supposed to be a dime a dozen, at least according to some employers here, but where are they when you need them???

What nonsense are you going on about now? This is totally irrelevant to the topic at hand. Nice try though.

Just get a nanny who can be happy with you.

So amusing how "good" cheap nannies are supposed to be a dime a dozen, at least according to some employers here, but where are they when you need them???

Anonymous wrote:First of all, $55 for 16 weeks of classes is hardly expensive! Good grief people!

Second of all, I disagree with all of you who say that 7 month olds get nothing out of classes. I care for 8 month old triplets and they love attending story time and music class. They interact with all the other babies/children and have become much more social since we started going. While it's certainly not an essential activity, I think there are many babies who love music class and could get a lot out of it.

Please, child. 7-month babies don't interact with anything. Or, to be more correct, they interact with anything. Another baby or a wooden spoon is the same to them. Besides, if your charges are triplets, it's not like they are hurting for company. If you want to get out of the house every now and again, that's totally fine, just don't sell it as a benefit to the babies. And no one is teaching them anything at a music class that you can't replicate with an iPod and a rattle at home.

A baby and toddler can get tons of socialization from (free) sotry hour at te library, and playing at the playground among other children.

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Anonymous wrote:If the nanny, or fulltime parent, wants to do a class, she should if it's affordable. Getting out of the house on a regular basis is absolutely essential to maintain your sanity. Having a little adult conversation is normal and completely expected of any healthy adult.

She does take him out of the house for playdates etc so it's not that she can't go out and interact with other adults. Just not classes that are expensive and not helpful for him.

You may like to be micromanaged. Good for you. It doesn't work so well for everyone else.

Not the PP you quoted but you are an idiot. What does micromanaging have to do with what was said? Talk about twisting things up!

Anonymous wrote:How did the nanny gallivant around the neighborhood? Please do tell! Just when I thought I heard it all... Here comes more.

lololol...her words, not mine. She hung out with nannies who cared for older children, and I think she had their infant on their schedule. So if going to the playground with the older kids meant their baby didn't nap, so be it. If their baby going to story time, and napping through it, meant she got out, so be it. My employer, who knew the parents, said, they felt she was more suited for an older child, and not an infant.

First of all, $55 for 16 weeks of classes is hardly expensive! Good grief people!

Second of all, I disagree with all of you who say that 7 month olds get nothing out of classes. I care for 8 month old triplets and they love attending story time and music class. They interact with all the other babies/children and have become much more social since we started going. While it's certainly not an essential activity, I think there are many babies who love music class and could get a lot out of it.

How did the nanny gallivant around the neighborhood? Please do tell! Just when I thought I heard it all... Here comes more.

I'm a nanny, and I feel you must respect the opinions of the parents. You've worked with 5 families, but that in itself, does not equal the norm. With your prior experience, I'm positive you'll be able to find age-appropriate, and stimulating activities for your charge, that his parents will approve of. When I worked in the district, I know a caregiver, who was told her services were no longer needed, because the infants parents, felt she was gallivanting around he neighborhood, with their child. All in the name of "getting out."

Anonymous wrote:All you really need to do, is to hire an intellegent and caring nanny. If you do that much, she will not allow her charge to be harmed or neglected.

Two intelligent and caring people may disagree about what's best for the baby. Since they are the parents, what they say goes.

Anonymous wrote:If the nanny, or fulltime parent, wants to do a class, she should if it's affordable. Getting out of the house on a regular basis is absolutely essential to maintain your sanity. Having a little adult conversation is normal and completely expected of any healthy adult.

Agree, but why sell it as a benefit for the baby? She already has her share of adult conversation at playgrounds, playdates, etc.