I guess the nanny is not concerned about future employment references, and believes she can skate on it. I don’t care what future work she does, this shows bad personal character.
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I am easily scammed.
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D1 is expecting in few weeks. I went shopping this weekend to get the herbs, oil, sake and chicken to make her first few meals. It’s our tradition to have such food to help women recover from childbirth. It promotes milk supply, clean out pregnant woman’s body and promotes health.
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Grandkids started school this week–GD5 kindergarten, and GS3 pre-k. full-day for both, so I am off babysitting duty now, except for spot holiday appearances.
The coolest thing is that on Fridays, GD takes the Bike Bus to school. Such a great concept!
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Explain the Bike Bus, please!
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Just got home from GS’s 1st birthday party. Not sure who needs a nap now more - him or me! He sure is precious though 
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Just came back from seeing GD. She started her new pre-school this week. I asked her how she liked school. She said she is not going back. I asked her why. She said. “They teach me too many things.” I guess that’s a negative if it’s a school.
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Once a week, organized bike rides run through the town, and kids (with parent/chaperone) join up to the one heading for their school. They have lots of kids riding to school this way, trying to support to going back to when kids used to more commonly ride bikes to school. It’s really cool to see the groups heading down the road to school. A large bike bus in Oregon refers to it as “kidical mass.” 
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I’m glad you’re there now, WayOutWestMom. What a blessing you are to your D and her family!
I, too, am easily scammed… that’s part of what I learned from my beautiful grandma and from watching my mom with my kids. I am good with it.
GD woke up on her first day of Kindergarten and exclaimed, “Mama, it worked! I’m ready!” Her teacher gave her some Ready Confetti to put under her pillow the night before the first day of school.
GS made it 2-1/2 school days before being diagnosed with strep… GD made it 7 school days. Thankfully, both responded quickly to antibiotics.
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I’m loving reading about all the precious CC grandchildren. We had 3 of ours over today for some swim and AC time. We are in a heat wave and we are the only house with AC.
The 2 1/2 year old is having full on conversations and is such fun to be with. We love having one on one time with him. He has gotten quite good at searching my refrigerator and my pantry. He has gone from a kid who ate everything to basically not liking much at all aside from Once upon a farm pouches.
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So sorry about the nanny, @WayOutWestMom . That’s really unprofessional. But she sounded irresponsible and thats not a good thing.
We are out with the grands and I am exhausted already I also hve to bite my lip b/c I do not parent the way older s and his w parent, and IMO the kids have few limits and consequences. Its very hard to watch and deal with.
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My GD does that. We got a new refrigerator at the beginning of the year & it has a middle drawer. I stocked that drawer for her, but she needs to see everything in the refrigerator.
My neighbor is dealing with this, but it is extra hard for her because the grandkids live close by. She sees them often. She told me that she is sometimes ready for them to go home sooner than they do simply because she is having such a hard time keeping her mouth shut.
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I tend to be more indulgent than GD’s parents, so it’s a bit of different than @jym626 situation. But GD knows what she could get away with me and what she couldn’t with her parents. I am wondering if you could set your own rules when they are with them. Kids have to follow rules in school whether they like it or not.
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Younger s and w parent as we would. And their s is much better behaved. We do set
Limits when we are with them without their parents,But it’s not that often.
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Son in law’s sister has a son who is few months older than GD. They do not set limits with - eats junk food, sleeps whenever, and doesn’t like to share toys. GD is always excited to see her cousin, but gets upset after few hours of visit. D1 doesn’t enjoy the visits because they could never relax to let them play together. Someone always needs to keep any eye on them.
D1 said they would offer the son snacks right before a meal because he wants it and then wonder why he doesn’t want to eat during meal time.
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Ours are very different. They don’t eat junk food or get much screen time. They just don’t listen well when they get an idea in their head. And they can be mischievous. And the younger one screams a lot. Younger s’s kid is a delight.
I think that eventually the parents find their way and with consistency. I know I was very different than my parents in parenting. Times change.
I did not appreciate my mother commenting on my parenting even at the end of life for her and not in a good way. I try to be positive with both Ds and SILs.
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Agreed. I never comment (especially as the mom of the dads). But my DH said something in passing that I know upset our son. I later politely told my DH to refrain from doing that (even if I agreed with him).
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The older 2 are happily playing well together at the moment. S is asleep and DIL went to go work out. We are in charge. For now.
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School started… and as expected, big grands got Covid so no visitors at our place this weekend. Kids are doing OK, just having sniffles. 
But we are not taking chances. Littlest grand just turned 16 months and already mastered the art of going up and down the stairs and climbing onto the coffee table - kid sent us videos of said activity. Her parents bought one of those kitchen helper “towers,” and she is busy “helping” by trying to take a bite out of every apple. 
She calls apples “bah-bol”
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