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.

God, she’s no nanny; she’s someone calling herself a nanny.

And calling herself mummy?? bizarre and unprofessional.

Ditch her!

The first time she called herself Mummy, you should have called her out on it.

Noooooooooo! Time to find an alternative childcare arrangement.

Please employ someone with PLENTY of baby experience

She’s not a nanny. She’s a crackpot who loves babies. Sack her and employ an actual professional.

Yabu for not sacking her for not knowing basic care!

I don’t know AI could have babies or hire Nannie’s.

That is the oddest thing ever! And I don’t know what women would think it is acceptable to refer themselves as mummy to someone else’s baby they are paid to care for or at all actually 🙈(unless blended family bio mom not around etc)

I would maybe let her go in a way that is like this isn’t working, had a change of heart/direction for childcare and find someone else you feel really comfortable with to look after your baby x

Right there with you.
If you have asthma hide those inhalers.

Nope. Infact she’d be gone after the sun hat incident.

I wouldn't let her look after my house plants

how did you come to employ her? Are you paying her via a payroll or cash in hand (or ax 'self employed' which she can't be!)

Where did you find her @PerplexedMummy?

Through an advert in The Lady? Local paper?

Surely not via an agency, because they'd have figured out her shortcomings during interview, and wouldn't take her on to their books.

This 🤯
”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”
… is more than uncomfortable, it makes me cringe inside, and given everything else you’ve said that points to her lack of competence to care for your DC, I’m completely baffled as to why you haven’t let the nanny go. Is she qualified? Did she come with references? My stomach flipped when read it 😩

It was my first thought too 😩 but wasn’t brave enough to highlight it… thank you 🙏

Utter nonsense