Saw an Asian baby with pink shoes on screaming her head off in her stroller while the nanny, African American with a long sleeve pink shirt and a blk vest sat on the bus stop bench and scowled but did no comforting at all. I could hear the baby screaming until I was in the middle of the block. This happened between 4:15-4:30 on the corner of Wellington, Lincoln and Southport in Chicago. Shame on that Nanny!
Wednesday
Corner of Wellington, Lincoln and Southport in Chicago
Received Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Saw an Asian baby with pink shoes on screaming her head off in her stroller while the nanny, African American with a long sleeve pink shirt and a blk vest sat on the bus stop bench and scowled but did no comforting at all. I could hear the baby screaming until I was in the middle of the block. This happened between 4:15-4:30 on the corner of Wellington, Lincoln and Southport in Chicago. Shame on that Nanny!
Saw an Asian baby with pink shoes on screaming her head off in her stroller while the nanny, African American with a long sleeve pink shirt and a blk vest sat on the bus stop bench and scowled but did no comforting at all. I could hear the baby screaming until I was in the middle of the block. This happened between 4:15-4:30 on the corner of Wellington, Lincoln and Southport in Chicago. Shame on that Nanny!
Why didn't the you have time to stop and offer advice or some sympathy, instead of just thinking "oh I'm going to go tell and possibly get her fired". Put yourself in her shoes, maybe she was just completely worn out and needed to relax before she could dedicate time to baby. I have had that feeling, I have btdt, but not at the bus stop. If I was her I would be trying to calm the baby so she wouldn't be screaming be the time we got on the bus. But unless you were absolutely rushing to work in the car, why could you of not stopped? Think about it. (and why is it always the caretaker's fault? they could be doing the best and it still not be enough, we are only human).
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. A small baby is too young to be left crying like that. Even if the caregiver is tired; that's her job!
ReplyDeleteGood post OP. I hope the parents see this. Being a parent myself it breaks my heart to think of my child crying and nobody saying kind things to them.
ReplyDeleteI use to nanny a baby boy who from the moment we (his parents or I) put him in the stroller he would just scream and cry the whole walk. I walked him (2 months old) and his 2 yr old brother in a double stroller everyday for about an hour or more to just get out of the house. There was nothing wrong with him....no "soothing" kept him from doing this. His parents had the same problem. He got over it at about 6 months or so. Dont be so quick to judge. Maybe the baby was crying at the house so the mother told the nanny to take the baby out so the rest of the family could get some peace. This has happend to me before.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little with humanbean on this. I think a few of this situations are just ripped out of their context here. Interesting phenomenon though.
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