Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 21:11     Subject: Nanny calls me by my first name
Anonymous wrote:Which is great but DC is getting confused. He is 2 and when nanny says, "Good Morning, Mary", DC repeats "Mary" and not "Mommy".

What do you guys do about this? Generally, DH and I refer to each other as Mommy and Daddy in front of DC.

TIA

How do you address the nanny?
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2021 16:33     Subject: Nanny calls me by my first name
Your kid will figure it out. This is so not a big deal.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2021 15:19     Subject: Re:Nanny calls me by my first name
Anonymous wrote:I expect to call my employer by name, then the child(ren) and I discuss the parents using whatever form of mother and father the parents prefer. The parents call me by name, but when they talk to the child about me, I'm Miss X. When I talk to a child's teacher, I call the teacher by name, as the teacher has offered it, but talking to the child it's always Mr. or Ms. Y. This is part of teaching children proper manners. There is no reason for adults to call each other Mommy and Daddy to model the language skills unless you are constantly talking to each other and never to the child.


This, 100%! Could not agree more.

-MB.