Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some advice from fellow mums as I'm really torn and not sure how to handle this situation.
I have a 7-month-old baby and recently hired a nanny to help a few days a week. She’s warm and seems to genuinely enjoy being around my baby, but she has very limited experience with children under 1 year old — and it’s starting to show.
She struggles with basic care (e.g., recently took my baby out in the sun without a hat, and when my daughter got hot and flustered, she told me she might be "allergic to the sun" 😕). I also worry about how confidently she handles feeding and developmental milestones — it feels like she’s just unaware of what’s appropriate at this stage.
But the thing that’s really bothering me is that she’s called herself “mummy” to my baby several times — saying things like “Mummy’s here!” or “Come to mummy!” when talking to her. I find this incredibly uncomfortable. I’ve tried to brush it off, but it keeps happening, and now I’m not sure if I should have a proper conversation about it or whether this is somehow common and I’m overreacting?
Has anyone else experienced this?
How would you handle it?
Thank you so much in advance — any thoughts would really help.