Mother of the Year

I want to give this very prestigious award to a fantastic Mom of Hoboken.  

She is African American with two kids: a boy who is about 7 years old, and a girl who is about 5 years old. 

Mom, you absolutely suck and deserve to be locked up in jail and have your kids raised by wolves, who would probably be a better parent than you.  

Story:  I saw this woman walking on Washington Street.  The kids were playing a game and running ahead.  This awesome mom was on her phone, barely screaming ahead so the kids would stop.  Finally, after about 4 minutes and still walking slow, the mom gets off her phone and every other word out of her mouth was the f bomb.  "Why these f'in kids always f'in runnin the f ahead...blah blah blah."  So, she finally catches up to her kids.  And she grabs them and starts yelling at them, still with the f word.  Really.  She was cursing like no other at her kids.  I wish a cop was around to cuff her and test her for drugs because it was ridiculously disgusting how she was talking to her kids.  I felt so sad for the kids who had to be surrounded by their mother and her mouth.  Truly a disgusting woman.

Thank you, psycho.  You are the best mom in all of Hoboken!

Also, I hope you aren't a Nanny.  Because I would love to see you talk to another kid like that.  

Bad Kid and Parenting Sighting

On Saturday as I was walking through town, I came across a cute little boy with his mom.  I guess he wanted a chocolate milk and they were outside an establishment on Washington Street that had one.  So, what happens next?  The little boy is supposed to say "thank you so much, Mom.  You're the best!"  Right?  Nope.  This little blonde kid brat throws a huge fit and screams "This isn't what I wanted! Not this chocolate milk!  I don't want that chocolate milk!!!"

The mother proceeded to ask what the little brat wanted and she took him inside to get a different milk. 

Um, excuse me?  

As a Nanny, one of my favorite things to do is watch how Parents interact with their kids.  So, I watched this interaction until they left the scene.

  Ok, so let's talk about what should have REALLY happened here.  

If you're standing on the middle of Washington Street and you let your son talk to you like that, there's a huge red flag that you are a sucky parent.  No kid should talk to an adult like that.

Then, if your kid asks for a chocolate milk and you buy him one(don't even get me started on the purchase of the second one), the kid better have said please and thank you.  If he doesn't, he's a huge rich boy brat and deserves to spend 2 weeks with me and he'll know please and thank you.  Let alone that he should never speak to an adult in that tone.

Lastly, if your kid throws a tantrum over a chocolate milk, there are deeper issues.  Really.  A chocolate milk doesn't vary.  I mean even YooHoo tastes just as good as the Horizon Organic chocolate milk.  

Email:

"My Cheapskate Parents Experience"

I got an email from a babysitter about her experience last week.  I can't believe this one.  She wrote:

"Last week I babysat for a family that originally asked me to come at 6:30pm.  At 6:15pm, just when I was about to leave, the dad texted me asking me to come at 7pm.  So, I replied saying that it was fine.  I got there, played with the kids, put them to bed, and hung out until the parents got home.  The parents got home at 9:20 and only paid me from 7-9:20. This made me SO angry since they asked me 15 minutes before I was supposed to be there to come 30 minutes later.  They should have paid me from the original time.  And the fact that they only paid until 9:20, not 9:30 just makes me sick.  Help me, Hoboken Nanny!"

So, girl, I am so disgusted by people like this.  This has happened to me in the past and I never worked for them again.  I do not have time for people who treat me like the help.  And either should you.  You are their babysitter and if they don't respect your life and time, then you should stop working for them.  

It is disrespectful for parents to ask to come later and not pay from the original time.  Parents, does it ever occur to you that your Nanny and Babysitter are accepting the job to watch your kids because they need the money?  We don't make millions.  If you tell your Babysitter to come at 6:30 and then you decide for him or her to come later, stop being a cheap ass and pay from the earlier time.  

That is disgusting.  

And seriously people, stop paying in 5, 10, 15 minute increments.  You pay by the half hour.  Our time is valuable.  Your salaried job isn't paid like that and ours isn't either.  

Do.The.Right.Thing.  Treat your Nanny and Babysitter the right way.

I Have a Request...

Parents, if you're going to have chips in your apartment, can you please make sure you have some salsa or dip.  I get hungry and would like some dip with my chips.  

Thanks and much love, 

Hoboken Nanny

PS- maybe you can leave me money for dinner instead of dip.  But either would be great!
 PPS- I love Ruffles and Cheetos.  

Open Door Policy

Here's a topic that I have been meaning to write about and has slipped my mind until I do it again, which is about 7 times a day.  Peeing and pooping with the door open.(No, I don't poop 7 times a day, but you get the gist.)

Nannies, do you do this?  Because I do.  I take care of an older kid and a baby, so I have to keep the door open to hear/see what is always going on.  And then of course I think about a Nanny Cam and whether or not this family has one while I'm pooping with the door open.  

But Parents, does it weird you out knowing that I poop and pee with the door open just to make sure your kids are ok?  Would you prefer I didn't?    

It doesn't bother me to have kids walking and crawling in and out, but I keep the door open because I care about the safety of the kids.  I also worry that a neighbor sees me pooping and peeing, but that doesn't bother me as much as if something were to happen to the kids.  

So does anyone else do this?  And Parents, do you care that I do this?

Sorry, I know this whole post is TMI but in Hoboken, we live closely and why not know!

The Hoboken Favor

Being a Nanny, I do a lot of stuff for the Parents that I shouldn't. I know that if I didn't work in Hoboken, I wouldn't have to deal with grocery deliveries, missed packages, or even a milk run to the bodega next door.  I guess since I'm around all day with the kids, I have to do these things.  

But let me tell you. I do not enjoy doing these things. 

Why would I want to unpack YOUR groceries or wait around all day for a package that you should have sent to YOUR office.  I was hired to be a Nanny, not a house manager.  If you want me to be a house manager, I want a salary of at least $120k and a vacation home in the Bahamas.  

Please do me a favor: when I do YOUR favors, acknowledge how helpful I am. If I go above and beyond, buy me a gift card to DD or just tell me how much you appreciate me. Since you make me stay at home with two kids on a gorgeous fall day, I would love to hear how grateful you are of me for waiting and unpacking. 

Is that so difficult?

Stupid Parents

In past years, I would occasionally babysit for another family on weekends.  And because it was a weekend, the parents would offer me wine and beer.  While I appreciate the fact that they felt comfortable with me having a glass of wine, I always felt that it was inappropriate.  I was working so therefore, why would I drink?  If I wanted to drink, I wouldn't have been babysitting and instead, I would be getting trashed on Washington Street.  

I know that parents drink, but the point is, parents CAN drink because it's their kids.  Also, why would I risk having a drink on the job?  I mean, can you imagine if there was a Nanny Cam?  Do you even realize what a parent can do with that video?  I can see the headlines now "Babysitter drinking on the job!"  

Yes, just what I need.  

Nannies, have you ever been offered alcohol on the job?  Did you drink it?