WIBU to ask nanny to take dd to doctors in a.m?

[Jacksterbear]

For a chesty cough and wheeze (she already has inhaler; may need antibiotics) . Neither dh nor I can get time off work easily, could do though if absolutely necessary. Not sure if it's a reasonable request of a nanny though. What do u think?

I would do it (as a nanny) as I've done many times before

But send a handwritten more, signed at the bottom, giving your Nannys name, giving permission for her to take her to the doctors and collect prescription....and make sure your phone is on so the GP can call you just incase

It's not unreasonable from the pov of the nanny's duties.

Some doctors will not however treat children unless accompanied by parent/guardian. I assume you have checked your individual practice's policy on this; because if a doctor thinks it unethical to treat children without a parent, no letter will override this.

Yes, it's all part of a nanny's hob ime.

OP I cannot believe your nanny excused herself from going with her to get her MMR - I can just imagine if I had said that to any of my employers! There are lots of things I found upsetting working as a nanny - I just had to get one with them!

BoysBoys -because DH and I have both had to take time off recently for DCs' illnesses so I guess we were trying to distinguish between things that really required us to take more time off and things that could be dealt with equally well by someone else.

valium - re the MMR I agree with you but the reason we didn't insist was more that we thought it would be unfair for DD to have someone taking her who would be nervous and therefore might not be totally reassuring etc.

I did end up taking her yesterday, because she started wheezing really badly and I was quite concerned; thought it had crossed the line from being a fairly routine visit to something that required a parent. She has now been put on a steroid inhaler and given a course of steroid tablets.

Thanks again for all the opinions and the advice about having written permission etc, useful to know for future!

I can see why you did that OP - makes sense.