Anyone's bb under bbsitter care?

jwork

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juz wondering how is your experience with your nanny? does she take "off" often?

we are not fussy with nanny so long as she looks after my bb well. even when she likes to self-praise we let her be though i find it a turnoff.

so far my nanny has taken 4 days of "off" in a year. whenever she said she has something to attend to and cannot look after bb, we will try to accommodate provided we really can take leave from work.

until recently, she informed us she wanted to take "off" at d very last min over a fri evening, last min till we cannot plan our work beforehand.

she said she had to take but didnt wan to tell me the reason y. if its life and death, or if she can share the reason, i will be more understanding and not feel so pissed off.

never tell us the reason yet cannot negotiate on a date which suits both parties. its to her convenience yet not to ours. very irresponsible.

nanny canot assume tat we can take leave anytime we like coz we oso have responsibilty to fuifill at work. anyway we managed to settle it ourselves somehow but with much inconvenience.

this makes me wonder whether we should start looking for a ccc? but this would mean my toddler will fall sick more easily and we need to rush to fetch bb by 7pm. we oso need to prepare dinner for bb. the only good advantage is ccc has subsidy. currently i pay $800/mth which is not within my budget. but its hard to find a nanny in my area. there is always a demand for nannies.


do you have nanny that tell u that if she must to take leave, she must go one? so far, my nanny has taken


prefer nanny to infant care coz all 3 meals are taken care of by nanny and lower chance of bb falling sick. [-
 


Hi dreamer, my nanny takes leave occassionally and she tried to inform me earlier. Cases like her son need to for operation, or she need to go for medical appointments. But once she also last min tell me while i was working half way and din tell me the reason. I accept it as i believe she din share maybe its kind of personnel. Actually i feel rather bad that i send my girl everyday without fail loh...haha..unlike us working, baby sitter has no leaves. So actually its ok for them to take leave occassionally but maybe you should let her know you have to know in advance.
 
Hi dreamer, my nanny has been taking care of my two kids for 4 years and I never restrict her # of leaves per year. Whenever she needs to take leave she will ask me in advance and I will try to accomodate her, because she is taking care of my kids even when she is sick. When I'm BF my second baby, she never complaint that its very troublesome to warm up the frozen milk etc, she is in fact the main pillar of help in order for me to keep BF my baby.
Its a "give and take" situation especially on leaves. I will plan to go holiday when she is on leave so I do not need to take another round of leave again for our holidays.
 
if she tells us in adv, so far we have accomodated. this is the only time she told us last min but it was bad enuf coz she was so secretive, and oso not apologetic for inconvenient us. but if its last min, i feel tat she should say why, if not i would think its not impt. we have no other pp to help us during emergency...dun tel me we have to bring bb to work ah.

then recently she pissed me off again. i gave her a bottle of fever medi to keep sometime back so tat in case bb falls sick, she can stand by to use. so recently bb fell sick. we asked her to use that fever medi we gave her earlier, but she insisted we never gave! is she out of her mind or not. me and dh were very sure we gave her but she insisted never and ask me " to check with my dh if i dun believe...". dam angry thinking abt it.

can u all share how much do you pay your nanny? do u think my rate is high?
 
Your rate is quite OK, but I have a feeling she's not so serious about her job anymore, my ex nanny also last min say I must fetch bb within a few hours coz some relative passed away or she has doctor appt, she knows as parents we r indebted to her so must say yes
 

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