Anonymous wrote:Our nanny watches our baby when she sleeps. She is a great nanny, well-educated and experienced, and not only certified in infant CPR and safety but also certified to teach infant CPR and safety. When the baby naps, our nanny either sits and watches her sleep or does her other chores (baby's laundry, washing baby bottles, etc.) in 30 to 45 second increments, coming in to check on the baby in between. We have nanny-cameras and I've watched her walk into the baby's room chewing (we live in a small house where the baby's room is right next door to the kitchen and the washer/dryer) - so I assume she walks into the kitchen, takes a bite out of her sandwich and walks back into the baby's room to check on her. When our nanny is done with her chores and lunch, she sits and just watches the baby breathe! No kidding - she doesn't read, surf the net, watch TV - she doesn't even use her cell phone or sleep - she just sits and watches the baby breathing.

She once told us that over 70% of all SIDS cases happen in custodial care and admits that she is paranoid about it. Our daughter is three-months-old.

I really do love our nanny and so does our daughter, and, no matter what responses I receive here, I consider her a gift to us... but it's weird that she watches the baby sleep, isn't it?