FIRE ON 4TH STREET PARKING GARAGE

IF YOU HAVE YOUR CAR PARKED IN THE 4TH STREET PARKING STRUCTURE BETWEEN CLINTON STREET AND GRAND STREET, A FIRE JUST BROKE OUT AT 10:57pm ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD.  

PLEASE BE AWARE!

HEY IDIOT...!

I was walking through the city today since I had the day off and I came across this.  Yes, there's a baby in the stroller.  No, that's not the mom in the blue walking towards it.  
She's just a random lady walking towards me. 

 What's wrong with this picture?

Paying Your Caregiver

I guess I really have to beat this one to the bone because apparently there are more cheap parents out there than I thought.  It is UNACCEPTABLE to pay your caregiver for a QUARTER OF AN HOUR. 

No, I'm not kidding, and yes, it does happen.  

I mean, what parent in their right mind thinks that it's okay to pay for a quarter hour?  Someone please tell me!  Because I seriously find these people to be cheaper than life and truly disgusting people.  Is it so hard to pay your caregiver for a whole half hour?  It comes down to a few dollars more.  Really. That's it.  

Here's my take on this...if a parent is going to pay only until :15 or :45 after the hour, well honey, if you're even 5 minutes late after that, I want my extra money. 

Seriously parents, pay for the half hour.  Could you look any worse by not doing that?  Cheap freaks!!!!

Tipping Your Caregiver:Nanny and Babysitter

Have you ever sat down and thought about how much your Nanny does for you?  Between the laundry, the prepping of meals, the tantrums, the bottle washing...the day is endless.  She really is the glue that holds your family together.  

Now, have you ever thought about giving her a random monetary tip, just because?  

This doesn't include birthday's and holiday's(which you know you should be giving her a birthday gift and a holiday bonus!) I'm talking about a random day in April or maybe October, or maybe both!  

And if you have an outstanding babysitter who is very reliable and you can always count on her to be there for you, this applies to that situation as well.  Because why shouldn't you commend someone who is great to you and your most prized possessions?

The Potty Training Diaries

I'm not going to start with my past stories of potty training...I'll get to those in a different post.  I HAVE to talk about what I saw today at Shop Rite tonight.  

Oh my GOD!  So here I am walking around the different aisle's to see what I need.  I'm walking in the back looking at meats.  What do I see?  A mom letting her daughter pee right in the middle of the aisle on a Potette.  I'm not even kidding.  Not to mention that this is completely unsanitary, but to let her daughter pee in the middle of a grocery store shows that she has no control over her daughter.  There is a bathroom in the store, literally right down an aisle next to the pharmacy.  As the Hoboken Nanny, I almost screamed at the mother.  She should have ran to the bathroom and plopped her daughter on the toilet.  Let alone this girl looked at least 5 years old and most certainly was not potty training, but you never know. 

Nannies and Parents, if you're potty training, run to the closest bathroom.  Do NOT let your kid piss in the middle of a grocery store even if you have a portable potty.  Not only is disgusting but it's not etiquette...as I'm sure everyone knows except this mother!  

 My only exception of letting your kid pee anywhere is if it's a boy and you're at the park.  He can pee in a bush. 

Would you look at this!  The Today Show must have been reading my blog!  Hurray for me!  

See, I actually know what I'm talking about.  

Read my post below from August 22nd, "The Dinner Dilemma" and compare:



http://www.today.com/moms/back-basics-why-family-dinners-matter-8C11037673

The Nanny Cam: Revisited

 

Over the last couple of weeks, I have been speculating whether or not my family has a nanny cam.  I've been their Nanny for a few years now, but it hasn't been until recently that weird things that happened.  One time, the boy said something funny to me and I couldn't stop laughing.  When the mom came home, she told me the story about how the boy said the same funny thing to her over the weekend.  Coincidence or nanny cam?  I'm honestly not sure because I don't even know where they would hide it.  Another time, the dad was singing a song that only I sing.  A song that I made up.  I mean, I'm about 98% sure I've never sang it in front of either of them.  Maybe the kids do, but I highly doubt that.  Should I be worried?  I don't have anything to worry about, but I just hate nanny cams.  So useless.  I would know one immediately if I saw it, but I don't know where else to look!

 Oh well.  I'll continue being goofy in hopes that my silly videos with the kids don't end up on YouTube.