Took my charge to the park today, we sang the whole way. Got to the park for a sunny fun day. All the nannies were out,mostly grouped ina couple corners on the playground. Two infants, app 5 mo. sat unattended in the swings. another child, app 1 and 1/2 y climbed to the top of the play structure while me and my charge were playing at the bottom. I lookked around for who was in charge of this little one? There is a huge drop off on one side and he was thinking about it. He hovered above the slide,smiled and stood there with his arms above his head. Finally a nanny peeled herself away from a nanny huddle nearby, he was right there above her but she did not know where he was. " DASH! DAH! DASH!" she kept calling. This was a small park enclosed with a chain link fence. I spoke up and said, " are you looking for this little one?" ( pointing to the top of the slide) She said " He is so fast!" Actually he had been up there for 10 minutes with no nanny in sight.
I had taken a picture of my charge to send to his mom, my MB. From the other side of the play structure I heard a loud voice " ARE YOU TAKING PICTURES OF ME??" I looked around, it was the same woman who lost her charge moments before. "No, I said, why would I take pictures of you?" She became angrier and louder " Well, people take pictures of nannies" she said.
I said " Would you like to look at my phone?" No answer. i asked a little louder and a mouse said no. I was angry at this point,fuming. She had not introduced herself, yelled a loud false accusation to me in public, she was acting as if her actions were normal and right. I tried again to reason with her - " I am a nanny and I do not want a picture of you"
She then yelled she was going to call the police on me and that I was a B**tch loud for all the kids in the park and my charge to hear.
Poor little DASH - if you are doing your job for him, you do not have to worry about pictures!!!
so you did tattle on this nanny after all, she was right not to trust you
ReplyDeletethe good nanny kept her word and did not take a picture - the bad caregiver should be grateful! the person looking after the poor child is just not altogether, hopefully someone will see this and help the little boy before he gets hurt
ReplyDeleteI wrote this but it seems it was edited.
ReplyDeleteWhy should she trust or not trust me? I am a stranger at the park. I think you've got bananas in your ears.
The nannies were huddled on a bench, yapping with their backs to the (2 INFANTS hanging in the swings 40 feet away from where they sat) and little ONE YEAR OLD Dash climbing a 15 foot play structure for big kids with NO ONE to spot him, NO ONE to make sure he didn't fall. Yes, I reported it here.
If any parents have nannies working for them that frequent this park and they have a kid named Dash, then they deserve to know that they are paying someone to ignore their kid. She also called me a B word in front of all of the kids and attacked me for nothing! I was just playing with my charge and taking pictures of him to send to his parents. She was super aggressive. She should be voted off the island.