When we first started looking for day care, the provider tried to up our rates by 50% and take away part-time policies. They did this AFTER we signed a contract with them. We walked.
Now, the nanny we hired has decided to bring her BF's 6-month old child with her every day to our house and showed up with her yesterday. She originally told us she would bring her occasionally - a couple hours a week maybe. Well, her loser friend (she's had 5 jobs in 6 months) just got yet another job that is full-time during the day. So, she just assumed she could bring her!!! Aside from the nanny having to spend 70% of her time supervising the crawling baby (while ignoring our children) and the legal risks if something happens to that child -- we are doing this on the up and up by registering with the state as an employer and are subject to audits -- the final straw was when I found out the baby's daddy doesn't even have a job! WTF? Why can't he watch his own kid? I mean, we're not running a charitable day care center out of our home!
Anyway, we told her she needs to decide if she is working for us or doing free volunteer work for her friend. So, we may now AGAIN be without day care 3 days before I return to work. AAAAGGHGHGHG!!!
I was so fired up today about all this crap that I:
- Filed a complaint with the state of Maryland and the county about the first day care provider.
- B*tched to our community manager about our neighbor, who has somehow commandeered THREE parking spots in front of OUR house. Last I checked, we have two infants and he is single! He even went so far as to paint over the original numbers when we moved in so that he could have the best spots, but we didn't say anything back then. Now, the end unit is empty, so he's taken their spot too!! I also complained about his old, beat up corvette which has tags from 2003 -- definitely not allowed in our good ol' planned community of Columbia!
1 comment:
K. Listen, honey, first of all take a deep breath. Then get out your favorite Kinks CD and pop it in. That will be sure to relax you.
I'm curious: what happened at your last daycare, what do you mean they tried to take away the part-time policy? I would be curious to know. Daycare can be a very challenging thing to find, especially regarding twins. I myself only have one child, but both of my sisters have twins and I salute you and send you hugs!!! Gosh, what a challenge!!
Regarding your nanny bringing any other children: you are correct, blogger. You must put a stop to this. Don't give her time to decide, just tell her that it is unacceptable. Tell her she must not return with those children. And next time, you will have learned that if a prospective nanny asks you if she can "occasionally" bring another child, say "NO!" Wanna hear it in Spanish? "NO!" Portuguese? "NO!" you get the picture!!! :) To many people "occasionally" turns into "all the freaking time!" I do not have a nanny personally, I am blessed to have a MIL who watches our daughter, but I WAS a nanny (it was a horrible experience) and the family I nannied for said they would "occasionally" be late. Well that turned into several times a week. Since I was on salary, I did not get paid for OT, and they, this wonderful family thought that being early once every few weeks made up for being late over 50% of the time. So, you get my drift: set clear guidelines, and if you do not want another child in the picture (as with twins I cannot imagine your nanny would be able to handle all that) speak up, for the love of Salazar!!!!
Your kids are adorable: they are beautiful. But you must relax, everything will work out, K? Peace and good karma, blogger.
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