There’s that old cliche that a family can never hire a good-looking baby sitter for fear one a parent may stray. But for all the stereotypes and generalisations, how close is it to the truth? And is it the only reason some people get fired from their post as a nanny?
It appears that yes, there are remnants of truth from the stereotype and hell no, it’s not the only reason nannies are fired. Parents took to secret-sharing website Whisper to share some of their most interesting experiences.
The ones that weren’t quite… right
“I had a baby sitter who thought she saw Jesus once. She was fired,” one parent wrote about her former nanny.
Another wasn’t so innocent, though, writing that when she found her child was being hit by the nanny, the nanny was all but shown the door.
“Caught the nanny hitting my 23-month-old with a water bottle. Fired her.”
Another detailed how their babysitter’s interesting food choices lost them the job, presto.
“Just found out my kids babysitter gave my 10-month old crushed up hot Cheetos. He’s been crying all night. I only found out because of my five-year-old. Guess who isn’t getting paid and is getting fired,” the wrote.
Um, the nanny?
The ones that don’t understand the job description
And then there are those who don’t quite understand what their job description entails. For example, don’t let the child play with sexual objects around the parents.
“My babysitter blew up a condom like a balloon and gave it to my son to play with. She’s fired,” they wrote.
“Found out my baby sitter is a ‘webcam girl’ in the same house she watches my kids. Yep, you’re fired. $2500 can go to someone else with morals,” another added.
Love parenting and the big mess of it all? This ones for you.
The ones who ignited jealously
And finally, the nannies who made the parents jealous and therefore got themselves fired.
“My young child called the nanny “mummy” instead of me. I feel bad but I couldn’t handle it,” one said, adding her babysitter was then fired because of it.
“I had to fire my nanny because I saw my husband hitting on her in the nanny cam,” another said.
And then the clincher:
“Came home and found my husband in bed with the babysitter. Fired her and leaving him,” one wrote.
… Eeeeeek!
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Top Comments
Is the condom balloon one really a big deal? The kid doesn't know what it is.
As for the webcam one, surely that's only a problem if she's doing it while she's babysitting? One suspects the real reason she was fired is because the husband got busted watching her videos.
I've been a Nanny since 1991. I have only been dismissed from 1 job. That was from a Mom who was jealous of the relationship between her then 4yr old daughter and me. I went home on Christmas Vacation and she called me 2 days later and said they decided to put their daughter in full time Montisory school. Thought I did to much playtime with her arts and crafts , the park. Not enough work with her. But apond further information from their friends The Mom was jealous that her daughter wanted to spend time with me even when the Mom was home.
A comment about the Mom who fired her Nanny because her lot called the nanny mom.. All kids to that. then as a Nanny when they say "Mom" I say my name "Heidi" then they giggle and say" I mean Heidi". It's common especially flip flopping from weekend with parents to weekdays with Nanny. Even the older ones do it but catch themselves laugh it off . I had a Mom once tell me when I left for the evening. The first 2 hrs after they would call her Heidi...oops,Lol
It's like when you have more then 1 kid and you go through all their names till you get the right one.Lol. Sometimes my name was "ScottDonLenaHeidi" Lol.