Monitoring Your Baby’s Nanny: What You Really Must Do …
One of the more important steps that you can take when it comes to caring for and tending to your baby is hiring a nanny. Therefore, because of this fact, it is crucial that you take certain definitive steps to monitor your baby’s nanny thoroughly and consistently.
At the outset, when you bring a new nanny into your life and into the life of your baby, you should not leave the new hire unsupervised with your baby during the initial period. This does not mean that you must hover over the nanny during the entire time she is on duty. However, it does mean that during the initial period following the hiring you must not leave your baby alone with the nanny entirely. In other words, you will not necessarily want to leave the house for an extended period and leave the nanny behind alone with the baby.
Of course, if you are a working parent, this can be a challenge. Therefore, you may want to block out some time away from work – perhaps a week’s time – to tend to the orientation of the nanny into the family and to follow through on your own observation of the nanny.
In addition to the preliminary period of the nanny’s employ and the steps you need to take during that time, you will also want to make sure that you maintain a constant dialogue with the nanny over time. The reality is that you oftentimes can pick up on troubles if you are in an ongoing state of communication with a nanny, if you have established a closer relationship with her individually.
Moreover, you will always want to closely watch your baby or child (or children) when in the care of a nanny. A parent that stays well connected to his or her children can more readily detect changes in behaviours – no matter how slight – which may signal some sort of problem or issue with the nanny.
An ever increasing number of parents are taking the step of having a so-called “nanny-cam” installed. Actually, these parents tend to be having a set of nanny-cams installed throughout the residence to best track the nanny and to record (literally) what she does or does not due when on duty. This might seem like a rather drastic step. However, nanny-cams have become very affordable products and when it comes to protecting your children … the nanny-cam can be a solid investment.
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留意宝宝的保姆
留意宝宝的保姆是你必须做的。。。
当谈到如何照顾你的宝宝时，一个你可以采用的比较重要的方法是雇佣一个保姆。基于这个事实，采取一定的措施来不停地全面观察孩子的保姆变得至关重要。
一开始，当你一个新的保姆进入你以及你宝宝的生活时，在最初的阶段，你不应该在没有监视的情况下把孩子留给保姆。这不是说你必须在保姆当班时全天候在她身边。然而，在刚开始的时候，你真的不能让你的宝宝与新来的保姆完全单独相处。换句话说，你不需要刻意地延长在外的时间而将孩子留给保姆。
当然，如果你边工作边带孩子，那的确是一个挑战。因此，你可能会不去工作一段时间——可能一个礼拜——来留意保姆适应这个新家庭的情况，以通过你对保姆的观察制定你的计划。
除了在雇佣保姆的最初阶段以及在那个时候你需要采取的措施，你也应该常常与保姆进行交流谈话。事实是，如果你与保姆保持交流，与她个人之间建立一种更亲近的关系，你可以时常了解到孩子发生的问题。
而且，虽然有保姆的照顾，你也应该经常注意你的孩子。时时关心孩子的父母会主动发觉孩子行为上的变化——无论这些变化是多么的微小——这可能意味着保姆的某些问题之所在。
越来越多的父母正在采取一种安装所谓的保姆监视器的方法。实际上，这些父母倾向于在房间的任何地方安装一套保姆摄像头，这样就可以捕捉并记录下保姆当班时的所作所为。这个方法似乎比起以前来有很大突破。然而，保姆摄像头是一种很贵的产品，要保护你的孩子。。。保姆摄像头可能是一笔不菲的投资。