UrbanBaby

06.18.08, 15:40 PM General Topics
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dear nanny: no, it's not okay for you to take my kids on your errands. you are at WORK, and it is not YOUR time. why would you think it's okay????? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.18.08, 03:40 PM Flag

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do you give her a lunch hour? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 03:41 PM Flag

and what should she do with the kids during that hour? leave them home alone? what a ridiculous statement. She should do her errands after work or on the weekends, like the rest of us who work. I certainly don't leave my office for an hour in the middle of the day! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 04:08 PM Flag

a lot of people do leave work at lunch to get errands done. assuming it's something like a trip to the bank or pharmacy (not shopping for a day) I would have no problem with it . [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 04:12 PM Flag

np: It's a matter of degree. One half hour errand is one thing, but some nannies seem to always run errands, which is not ok with toddlers IMO. I am talking about browsing the Gap etc. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 07:57 AM Flag

You never do errands during work hours? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 06:29 AM Flag

would you rather she call in saying that she can't come in? What type of errands are you talking? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 03:42 PM Flag

oh please. they all go shopping on their lunch hour. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 03:51 PM Flag

no, they don't all do this, not the really good ones. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 04:07 PM Flag

np: ITA, and in any case they don't spend the whole morning in the stores chatting with other nannies while kids are strapped in the stroller. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 07:59 AM Flag

Oh please, that's all the nannies do on the UES. Shop with their charges. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 04:07 PM Flag

I encourage my nanny to take the kids on errands. If she need to run to the drug store or bank, why not take the kids? It's the real world. You can't just go to music class and gymboree. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.18.08, 04:20 PM Flag

ITA. Better that my kids are out and about for an hour than inside watching a video for the upteenth time. Soaking in the sights and sounds of the streets is great. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 01:07 AM Flag

Ditto. I asked my nanny to take dd with her. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 05:47 AM Flag

Of course but they can do that going to the playground or the library too. I don't mind my nanny taking kids shopping but since we no longer use strollers it's always a quick thing. Just the same as when I do it. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 08:00 AM Flag

I am a nanny in nyc and I do agree with you that there are many nannies running around clothing stores with tired/cranky children. It makes me angry, but I do hope that you realize not all nannies lack a good work ethic. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.05.08, 09:47 PM Flag

I'm a SAHM, and I take my children with me on errands. Gonna report me to child welfare? Shopping all day while ignoring a bored toddler trapped in a stroller is wrong, but a few errands won't kill anybody. And it will teach your children they are not always the center of the universe. Try asking your nanny what her plans for the day are and then at the end of the day how those plans went. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 05:51 AM Flag

Errands are one thing, going to the bank or drugstore is no big deal. Daily browsing of clothing stores is not so great though. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 08:01 AM Flag

You are insane. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 07:49 AM Flag

ITA, Nannies are paid to care for your DC, not to browse stores while your DC are strapped to their strollers!!!! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.06.08, 09:04 AM Flag