Received Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Bad nanny sighting.
This happened on 97th between CPW & Columbus at around 9:30 am today. Nanny was wheeling child in one of those 3 wheeled strollers. she had the stroller full of bags, including a large garbage bag and had placed child on top of bags. Child was crying and scared. The nanny was telling her she wasn't sitting right on it. I just passed them so I didn't get that much more of a look, but having a little girl perched up like that on top of a bunch of stuff in the stroller looked dangerous to me and she was clearly scared. Child was a girl around 2 (give or take 3 months) wearing a light pink parka type coat. Nanny was AA, large, wearing a long down black coat with fur around the collar. Sounded like she had a Jamaican accent.
so what is wrong with this...come on get a life....
ReplyDeletemaybe she had to do the laundry..
i have 3 kids and many many times my kids sat on top of shoppingcards.
We held on to them but sometimes the wanted to try to do it themself.specialy at 2 years old.."i can do it "is big in our house".
my nanny helps as sometimes to do the laundry...( she is a gods gift to us).hope you read this "sue"..
12:43 Did you not read that child was crying and scared? Clearly the child knew something wasn't right and wasn't saying "I can do it." This nanny had no business putting the child at risk.
ReplyDeleteAnd, by the way, just because a 2 y.o. wants to do something on their own doesn't mean they have the judgment to know whether it is safe or not.
I am in Seattle so I can't really picture this. Maybe this isn't a bad nanny sighting but a bad employer revelation? What if the "nanny" was forced to do things like go to the laundromat and take out garbage. What is her alternative? Certainly not to leave the child alone. So perhaps it is the very child's parent that causes the child to be scared riding atop a pile of refuge and dirty drawers. Tsk. Tsk. Nannies are not housekeepers. And if you happen to have a nanny who does all that for you, make sure she is getting TWO salaries!
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ReplyDeletestill not a bad nanny...sorry dont feel that way...never made your child cry? ( dont lie)...go on with your life..we have more importend things to worry about..like real child abuse or neglect..like 1:36 pm said so well alternative to leave child at home...report importend issues ...
you have way to much time on your hand..go on
This post is directed to the attention of THAT child's parents. That child's parents will decide if they knew what was going on and it is okay with them. I fired my last nanny because she had her boyfriend drop off her laundry during the week and she would do it in our basement. Leaving our 10 months in the apartment as she ran back and fourth to the basement laundry room!
ReplyDeleteSometimes SMALL things are actually bigger than you would expect.
4:02
ReplyDeleteyou are so right....i also fired ou last nanny for things she did for her boyfriend..
but if you read the entry. nothing to do with boyfriend, cell phones,hitting or neglect..it just did not sound that bad..you are a mom your kids must of cried when you were outside...did someone write a blog entry about you...
read between the lines!
ReplyDeletesomeone saw something they were not comfortable with. The someone who posts these things puts themselves in the position of the child's parent. The person posts this to get the attention of the parent, not your approval. You totally misunderstood or failed to comprehend what I said. Who knows what was going on here? Nannies work unsupervised all day long. Maybe it was nothing. Maybe it was something more than you could even imagine!
3:58 Crying is one thing, scared is another. Would it be neglect or abuse when the child fell off the pile of stuff she was sitting on and cracked her head open on the sidewalk? Does the child have to get hurt in order for it to count, or can the parents of this particular child decide what they feel is safe for THEIR child?
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way, child safety is an IMPORTANT (correct spelling) issue.
I dont understand why the nanny couldnt have the child walk along side of her. I have done this doaen of times with the child I take care of and my own. i wheel the stroller with one hand and hold on to the child with the other...
ReplyDeleteANONYMOUS AT 10:40,
ReplyDeleteYou are so amazing. People must applaud you on the street. Have you been given the key to the city yet? You are spectacular. Wow. Astounding.
if you try something and the child is scared and crying, especially if the child is a toddler or baby, YOU STOP. I don't care if you are dressed like a clown and juggling bright red balls in the child's face.
ReplyDeleteCRYING + FRIGHT = STOP ACTION
11:18-rofl
ReplyDelete918..according to your guide lines we can arrest someone for something that they might do! WOW..
ReplyDelete11:32 Who said anything about arresting? My point was that the OP described the situation as dangerous, and does it take a child falling and hurting themselves to make it worth posting about? It's really up to that particular child's parents to determine whether this is a child safety issue or not (and very poor judgment on the part of the nanny). Also the previous poster had commented that 2 y.o.s want to do everything themselves--well, clearly not this "crying, scared" child.
ReplyDeleteThis comments goes to anyone who may think that's it's not a big deal to pay attention to what's going on with our children today. Maybe if more people were aware of what's going on around them they would be able to make a difference in someone's life besides their own.
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