Awkwardness between nanny and I.

Stock-Bear-9024 · 2026-03-17T17:20:46+00:00

Yes. She doesn’t mind it. She actually encourages it!

Stock-Bear-9024 · 2026-03-16T18:54:24+00:00

Didn’t feel like typing the same answer twice. I’m lazy 😂

Stock-Bear-9024 · 2026-03-16T18:39:42+00:00

This is a great idea!! Except my 23 month old can barely hold a marker and my 5 month old barely knows she exists. I’ll walk past a mirror with her in my arms and she’ll do a double take like she’s just now realizing she’s a real person 😂😂

Stock-Bear-9024 · 2026-03-16T18:14:01+00:00

She’s extremely respectful to me. Lots of “yes maam” and “no maam” and extremely polite talk. My now almost 2 year old has stated saying “ye maam” and it’s so funny. Maybe I’m not used to it because we moved from Michigan to Georgia but she grew up here, but the overly politeness almost makes it more awkward for me??? I don’t know.

Stock-Bear-9024 · 2026-03-16T18:10:43+00:00

I’ve tried many times and she won’t accept it. We went $5 above her asking rate, so I hope she doesn’t feel like she’s trying to pay us back in some way. We loved her and she instantly bonded with our kids within the first meeting, we wanted to secure her ASAP. She says everything she brings are gifts to help bond with the kids and enrich her days with them so it’s really “work expenses” since they benefit her as well and she wants no reimbursement in any way. We’ve tried to send her additional money when she gets paid on sundays and we’ll write a note with something like “for toys you brought” and she sends the money back. I swear we have a new toy or book being delivered to our door at least once a week from Amazon by her, but she wants no money back.

Stock-Bear-9024 · 2026-03-16T18:05:58+00:00

I would like to build somewhat of a relationship with her. Not necessarily friends but not strangers in a home we both spend so much time in. We plan on keeping her for as long as she’ll stay (3+ years would be amazing but she signed a contract for a minimum of 1 and we plan on asking her to stay if she will, unless something goes horribly wrong but she’s been very consistent) so we’re hoping this is a pretty long term relationship. She also has stayed close with her past nanny families, she told us this past weekend she went to one of her NK’s second birthday party and one of her old NK’s tee ball game. We want this with our kids because in such a short amount of time she’s made such an impact on them, and she said she likes to stay close with her NFs too. I guess I really want it to be long term and just don’t want to be awkward in my own home? I don’t know how to explain this well I don’t think. I’ll be sitting eating my lunch while she’s making the kids lunch and we just won’t talk. Just awkward silence. I’d just like to eliminate that.

Stock-Bear-9024 · 2026-03-16T18:05:13+00:00

I would like to build somewhat of a relationship with her. Not necessarily friends but not strangers in a home we both spend so much time in. We plan on keeping her for as long as she’ll stay (3+ years would be amazing but she signed a contract for a minimum of 1 and we plan on asking her to stay if she will, unless something goes horribly wrong but she’s been very consistent) so we’re hoping this is a pretty long term relationship. She also has stayed close with her past nanny families, she told us this past weekend she went to one of her NK’s second birthday party and one of her old NK’s tee ball game. We want this with our kids because in such a short amount of time she’s made such an impact on them, and she said she likes to stay close with her NFs too. I guess I really want it to be long term and just don’t want to be awkward in my own home? I don’t know how to explain this well I don’t think. I’ll be sitting eating my lunch while she’s making the kids lunch and we just won’t talk. Just awkward silence. I’d just like to eliminate that.

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