I've heard a few providers on here mention they don't take kids from nannies

[trix23]

And I'm curious as to why.

[flying_babyb]

me too!! I was a nanny for awhile, personally I wouldn't have taken those kids in a home care setting but they were unique!

[knoxmomof2]

I responded to this question in your other post about which client to choose, but basically it's a whole different expectation.... They have an employer mindset, whereas we are not their employee. I have limited experience myself, but the 1 situation I have completely reinforces this thinking.

I may not turn a family down because of it, but I will be extra clear about what my relationship is with them and what my expectations are for my business.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I just replied this in the other thread...

Another no to a nanny family. I've found that the children have great difficulty adjusting and the parents, sometimes, don't understand/get angry that an ill child means no attendance for the day. I had pre-enrolled another nanny family but had to send 6 month notice that I wouldn't be able to afterall due to my own pregnancy/my baby needing the spot. The Mom was very upset and quite rude about it. She is now interviewing at in home's asking if they have any plans to become pregnant.

I have two enrolled right now and while the parents of one family are easy to get along with they also had their oldest child enrolled in a facility. They knew what the expectations were. But, the child has a very difficult time and has since 2.5 (nearly 5 now).

The other family doesn't like me enforcing policies. Ever. She rants on Facebook about it. Child took 4 months to adjust. MONTHS!

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

me too!! I was a nanny for awhile, personally I wouldn't have taken those kids in a home care setting but they were unique!

Oh, I was also a nanny in the past for more then one fmaily. It was easy to accommodate all of the parent's requests and to work hard to keep the children happy all of the time.

My goals in this business are different. While I want them to be happy and engaged my main effort isn't to ensure they are happy the entire time. I also don't aim to make the parents happy the entire time. I hope that makes some sense! I am sleepy.

[Cat Herder]

IMHO, The risk is a parent issue, not a child issue, as most critical things in this business are. ::

It would not be a deal breaker for me in and of itself. I would want to know what in their lifestyle has changed to warrant the different childcare needs.

[kendallina]

I've taken kids after they've been with nannies and sometimes it's worked great and other times it hasn't.

But I always find that parents with child rearing values similar to mine work fine and sometimes ( not always), parents whose child tearing values are really different from mine struggle here.

[trix23]

EntropyControlSpecialist, I didn't see your response over on the other thread and had a slightly different question.

Anyone with more input?

[mommyneedsadayoff]

I was a nanny before doing daycare and while I would not rule anyone out just because of that, I would probably want to know why they are switching to daycare. Like, what changed in their situation or is it for socialization/financial issues, ect.
Sometimes when parents are used to having that control and being the employer, they have a hard time transitioning to daycare, because they lose a LOT of the control. They are now a customer and while they can choose to attend or not, they do not get to make a whole lot of other decisions. This can be tough for some, but for others, they can adjust really well.

IME as a nanny, the kids were some of the best behaved kids I have ever been around, because their parents were very invested in them being well rounded kids. It can go the opposite too, though, so I would judge it case by case.