Dealing with neglecting nanny

I definitely don't think you can fire her.

I do understand your upset, and why you feel so passionate about this. Your child is the single most important person in your world, and that is as it should be.
However I don't think the nanny was deliberately trying to harm her. There are a lot of people that prop feed like that. I'm not saying it's right, it IS very dangerous, but I think it is more a case of the nanny not understanding that it's wrong.

Rather sit her down and explain that she must never ever leave your child unattended when she is drinking/eating. Explain to her why you are so upset. Explain what could have happened.

If you really want another nanny then phone supernanny again and tell them you are still within the 3 months stipulated in your contract and you request another nanny. They must comply.

But honestly, I think it would help both you and this current nanny a lot to sit down and talk about what happened and why it's upset you so much and how she should rather do it in the future.

Hello mummies

I would like to get your opinion on the following case that happened yesterday.
I have a 3.5 months year old daughter and I started to employ a nanny when she was 2 months old while I'm working as freelancer from my study at home.

That case I'm always aware of what's going on in the house and if the my daughter Ella needs me I'm there for her.
I was always instructing and training my nanny who to take care of my child, how to feed her (feeding from bottle) , how to cuddle her, to hold her head right ect. This nanny also told me she has experience with babys, she's in her fifties and she raised two kids.

I always mentioned to her that Ella comes first to the house chores and if she needs me, I can look after Ella if she's needs me too (for ex. cleaning with toxic detergents ect...)

So far, so good. Until yesterday.
I'm walking out of my study, I see my nanny cleaning the living room downstairs, I'm walking upstairs and I see Ella's door closed. I decided to check up on her.
As I walk into the room I discover Ella in her cot, half sleeping and driving from her bottle independently, unattended! The bottle was placed on a folded blanket next to her head to fit the position of her mouth.
This was very shocking since it's completely unacceptable and reckless. She can choke.
And the door was closed, so if she would make any sounds of distress the nanny wouldn't even be able to hear her!

When I lifted Ella all of her head was wet and clothes and sheet were all soaking wet.

What would u do in that case? I feel betrayed and I don't think I can trust this woman anymore. To me that's a severe case of neglect.

I called the agency that arranged me that nanny - Supernanny from Vredeheok CT
and the woman wasn't too shocked about this and said that I can't fire her.
There's a warning procedure ect...
Must say that I have a contract with Supernanny that allow 3 months guarantee of replacement and the nanny was working for me 2 months so far but for some reason the woman from Supernanny didn't take much responsibility on this or advised me about my options.

I would like to get an advise on that case, has anyone experienced anything similar?
What did u do? Can I fire her? I'm new in South Africa and don't really know the rules.

Thanks

Tal