Nanny calling herself mummy

[PerplexedMummy]

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.

I'm a qualified Nanny and I wouldn't take a job where i wasn't fully comfortable with the age/stage or development. Some Nannies obviously do but learn on the job - but hats in the warm weather is basic care.

I have never said "come to Mummy" to a child - that is unacceptable as that's not her title, I would be getting rid of her

I would be deeply stressed having this woman alone with my child

i could possibly overlook the lack of hat if I was assured she’d learnt from the mistakes and wouldn’t do it again but the mummy thing is disturbing

is she competent in baby first aid
feeding chocking safe sleeping ???

I'd be less worried about the mummy thing and very worried about her ability to provide safe, basic care for a baby.
I'm another wondering where on earth you found her.

Sounds like this is a case of 'you pay peanuts...'

Sack her before she runs away with your baby. She seems a bit cuckoo...
Not once have I met a nanny who would do that.

This

My 11 year old neighbour who comes to play with my baby sometimes would know to put a hat on her on a sunny day… that’s not experience in childcare it’s common sense!

Is she qualified?

She sounds like a crap nanny!

Though if she's "helping out" while you are around too then she's really a "mother's help" rather than a nanny. Sounds like she is more of a worry than a help ... the mummy stuff is weird but her lack of grasp of the basics sounds downright unsafe!

Where did you get her from?

I would be worried about having her around my baby, she sounds unhinged 🥴

Why on earth are you giving your infant into the care of someone with no experience, and who has shown they can't give appropriate care?

What you need is a qualified Nanny!

Why did you hire her if you knew she was inexperienced? Find another nanny.

I’m a former nanny, I think she’s absolutely batshit to be referring to herself as mummy. Literally possibly quite concerning. I was going to ask if there was a cultural difference but I don’t think even that would be any reasoning for any of what you’ve said to be normal. But obviously the fact she struggles with basic care and a worry over food safety when baby is so young would 100% mean I’d be looking for a new nanny.

This cannot be real

Me too.

It’s totally unprofessional to call herself mummy but the issue is you say she struggles with basic care, so I wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving my child with her and therefore she’s not fit to do the job you’ve hired her for.

Is this woman actually a qualified nanny, because she sounds... not like a qualified nanny. She sounds a bit mad, actually.

Is this a properly qualified nanny or more of an au pair type situation? As I would've thought a qualified person with experience should be able to deal with basic care for a baby and certainly wouldn’t be calling herself mummy. Sounds a bit off. You need to get someone else, no question.

I was a nanny.

She is struggling with basic care AND she is crossing serious boundaries.

Fire her.

If she can't do the two above things, I certainly wouldn't trust her with other important safety matters and your baby is too young to advocate for themselves.

Where did you find her, what qualifications does she have?

Exactly this.

she has very limited experience with children under 1 year old — and it’s starting to show.
She struggles with basic care

And you are keeping her as a nanny why?

The only thing unreasonable is that you are asking us if this is ok. You know it isn’t. Which makes me wonder if you haven’t employed her as a nanny, or paying professional Nanny wages. In which case are you need to look at why you are skimping about something so important.