New nanny has been with us for a couple weeks to look after 16mo daughter. She's learnt to walk but is still wobbly on her feet.
- "hover hands" a lot of the time when baby gets into places or positions where she could hurt herself. E.g there is a small dip in the ground where our garden faces onto next door. She likes to play in that general area as there are things to explore. What I would do is have my arm near her or in front of her so she can't tip into it when she starts leaning or remove her entirely. I didn't feel like nanny was really prepared to catch her if she started to wobble. For context, I wfh in another room and nanny and baby hang out in the living area and occasionally play in the garden. I try to keep an eye via a baby monitor.
- We generally have the living area baby proofed but there are still occasions when she could hurt herself when she wobbles around. Nanny is far away from her a lot of the time (she's middle aged and doesn't seem particularly willing to be chasing after her) and I never feel confident that she could actually stop her from injuring herself on a sharpish corner.
- She sat baby on the corner of dining table with her legs dangling down to wipe her face so she wouldn't have to bend down?! I asked her about it later and she said she had her leg near baby so would have been able to stop her falling?! I was not convinced. I simply would never, ever do something like that at this age.
- Didn't change nappy for six hours and seemed unapologetic
- The nappy, when I got to it was extremely strong smelling which happens when she hasn't had any water and is extremely dehydrated. She is generally a bit difficult with water so I reminded her a few times by text to keep offering water. When I asked at the end of the work day whether she'd had water nanny responded in the affirmative - only for me to then ask more questions about how much water she actually had (given the dehydrated nappy) and it turned out that she'd only managed a couple of sips.
It's a bit unfortunate because she is generally very loving and is trying really hard to get baby to take to her. But her perception of risk is completely different from my partner's and mine and she seems dismissive of the feedback when it's given, and basics like nappy changes and awareness of the importance of drinking water seem to be missing. Are these problems resolvable?