Oh please. OP already stated the parents agreed to clean it. They just didn't apologize to her satisfaction. Get over it.

Stains are different from vomit. If the parents failed to clean the car seat to the point that it failed the "sniff test", OP has every right to complain.

If the child vomited in the seat AFTER the employers had acquired the new seat and they chose to give the nasty seat to the nanny so they could have the clean new seat, then OP has every right to complain.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. Was the car seat covered in vomit, never cleaned, and stayed in their car for a while (smelling of vomit) until they took it out and put it in your car? Or did they try to clean it and not realize it still smelled when they put it in your car. If it's the first, you have an issue much bigger than having a smelly seat in your car - presumably there are other things in the house they fail to clean as well. If it's the latter, they clearly just don't realize it still smells. So just clean it. Or tell them to clean it. But not sure what the big deal is either way.

This. I'm betting OP doesnt like her bosses anyways. But honestly, it must not have smelled that bad if they drove around in it. And I don't see why it is so weird for the parents to put the new car seat that they bought in their car for their children. I used to be a nanny and had no problem using the old stroller even though there were some stains.

The parents park in covered A/C controlled parking most of the time. The smell is much worse after the seat has baked in the sun.

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. Was the car seat covered in vomit, never cleaned, and stayed in their car for a while (smelling of vomit) until they took it out and put it in your car? Or did they try to clean it and not realize it still smelled when they put it in your car. If it's the first, you have an issue much bigger than having a smelly seat in your car - presumably there are other things in the house they fail to clean as well. If it's the latter, they clearly just don't realize it still smells. So just clean it. Or tell them to clean it. But not sure what the big deal is either way.

This. I'm betting OP doesnt like her bosses anyways. But honestly, it must not have smelled that bad if they drove around in it. And I don't see why it is so weird for the parents to put the new car seat that they bought in their car for their children. I used to be a nanny and had no problem using the old stroller even though there were some stains.

I'm confused. Was the car seat covered in vomit, never cleaned, and stayed in their car for a while (smelling of vomit) until they took it out and put it in your car? Or did they try to clean it and not realize it still smelled when they put it in your car. If it's the first, you have an issue much bigger than having a smelly seat in your car - presumably there are other things in the house they fail to clean as well. If it's the latter, they clearly just don't realize it still smells. So just clean it. Or tell them to clean it. But not sure what the big deal is either way.

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Big deal, OP. Just clean it yourself. The energy you spend complaining about it is silly.

+1.

Anonymous wrote:Big deal, OP. Just clean it yourself. The energy you spend complaining about it is silly.

Crawl under a heavy rock.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe they didn't know how bad it smelled? I'd talk to them before getting so worked up over this. Chances are they will apologize profusely and work it out.

They surely knew that it wasn't as nice as the brand new one.

+100

So what? Why is the nanny entitled to something better than what the parents were using up until the need for a second seat arose?

The argument was that the parents didn't realize it stank or that it was nasty. If that is the case why didn't they just install the new seat in the nanny's car and be done? It was a lot more work to uninstall the old seat, install in the nanny's car, then install the new seat in theirs. So either they aren't too bright, or they had a reason to not want the old seat. Its not about the nanny being entitled to something better than the parents. Who cares? She's not sitting in it. Your attitude that the parents are entitled to better is telling, however. Almost like you think a parent is inherently better than a nanny.

Big deal, OP. Just clean it yourself. The energy you spend complaining about it is silly.

Anonymous wrote:Yes in would not see this as a favor. For me a nanny driving her own car is a job requirement since my kids need transportation and we only have 2 cars. Agree seat should be clean first. Totally disagree that parents were obligated to give nanny the new seat rather than one they had been using.

OP here. The new seat is identical in every possible way. Same brand, same model, same color, same size, same features. The one and ONLY difference between the 2 seats is that the old seat smelled like vomit. So why would the parents want to replace their seat with a new, yet identical seat? Because they didn't want a smelly seat in their Mercedes.
Dick move.

Anonymous wrote:Yes in would not see this as a favor. For me a nanny driving her own car is a job requirement since my kids need transportation and we only have 2 cars. Agree seat should be clean first. Totally disagree that parents were obligated to give nanny the new seat rather than one they had been using.

Nanny said she wants a clean seat for her car. Shame on those parents.

Yes in would not see this as a favor. For me a nanny driving her own car is a job requirement since my kids need transportation and we only have 2 cars. Agree seat should be clean first. Totally disagree that parents were obligated to give nanny the new seat rather than one they had been using.

Anonymous wrote:The nanny is doing the parents a favor by using her car to drive their child around. The least they can do (besides paying the standard mileage reimbursement) is to provide a clean carseat in good condition. I am an MB, btw.

If she's been hired in part to drive the children in her car, that is her job, not a favor.

OP, you have an absolute right to a clean and fresh smelling car seat in your car, unless of course it was vomited in during your shift which was not the case here.

I say...Talk to your bosses and let them smell for themselves the car seat. If they say they cannot smell a thing, then you work for idiots. Most people would be nice enough to exchange it out.

The nanny is doing the parents a favor by using her car to drive their child around. The least they can do (besides paying the standard mileage reimbursement) is to provide a clean carseat in good condition. I am an MB, btw.