Monday, 23 April 2018

More problems with the nanny


So, I posted before about our nanny eating food without asking/giving her kid our food. It turned out okay, I bought extra food for her and her kid and it wasn’t a big deal. After talking to you guys I realized that most nannies have access to eat what they want, so whatever, that’s fine.Well, this morning she messaged me and asked if our son could go to her house every other day instead of her coming here. She said that the change in routine is really hard on her kid and she blamed my house for being too cold for her getting sick. When I got home after work, she had every single heat on in every room, so it obviously wasn’t too cold. She told me that her mental health is being effected by having to come here every single day and taking her daughter out of the house every day (how is that different than any other job?)A little back story- we are transitioning our son into a new preschool that is closer to our house and they don’t open until later this Summer, so a friend offered to nanny for us in our home with her child until then. She is a great single mom, but she is currently not working and has never had her child in a daycare setting before. She is planning on putting her kid in daycare next year.Our house has a play room and my son’s room full of toys. We have 2 smart TVs she has access to, a small park close to our house, no pets, great internet (hers at her house never works well); so I don’t understand why she is so stressed out. It’s no different than working any other job, except she gets to be with her kid all day. I told her that her daughter is going to have to get used to being around other kids because it will be way worse when she starts daycare and it’s always hard transitioning into a new routine. She just kept mentioning her mental health, and now I’m wondering if I should even have my son go there. She lives in the next town over, so I’m not 100% comfortable with it, even if it’s just alternating days. She also smokes (we don’t) and has pets, so I’m concerned that she might smoke in the house while he is there.We have no other options right now aside from looking for a new nanny/babysitter. What would you do? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2K8WcJh

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