To send or not to send?

[aspoonfulofsugar]

Hi mums and other nannies, I hope I'm posting in the right place!
I'm 18 and have started a new after-school/weekends role for a lovely family with DS 4 and DS 2. Embarked on a massive arts and crafts "project" which we finished before Mum and Dad got home, so I took some photos of their gorgeous proud faces with the mess they had enjoyed making lovely art they had done. They were so enamoured with seeing their faces on a screen - as many kids seem to be I think - and so I took some more of them outside.
Let me just say I have no intention of allowing anyone else to see these photos and would never upload them to any website but I was wondering, do you think Mum and Dad would be pleased to have a look at exactly what their kids got up to all morning, or will they think I shouldn't have been messing around taking photos?
I didn't mention it to them when they got home, not to be covert but just because we were all rushing around tidying, cuddling and reporting on lunch eaten!
I know that this is a tiny tiny little thing, but this is a family I don't yet know very well, so I really want to stay on their good side and not concern them in anyway!
Thanks for your help

Our last CM regularly took photos of her charges out and about doing things, or engrossd in their craft etc. She sent them round in a newsletter every fortnight (all parents had agreed to it)

I liked seeing what they got up to when I had to leave them, it was good to see them having fun.

I would send them to the parents - bet they'll love them.

Of course the parents will be pleased to see the photo's you've taken! Personally I would print them off and give them to the family though.

My SIL very weird slightly overprotective of her DD and we've be told never to email any pics of her DD, in case they fall into the wrong hands.

But I certaily wouldn't mind you taking photos of my DC in this situation. You sound lovely.

I am a nanny and I constantly have my camera on me so I can take photos of my charge 2.8 at the beach/park/cooking/painting.

My boss loves the photos and the photo albums that I make as she doesn't see her child in those situations ie hand/foot painting or playing with his friends at toddler groups.

I email fab pics to my boss and also print a load once a month to make a photo album of our time together.

Absolutely show them Even though as a nanny you're not obliged to follow EYFS or anything IME photos and spontaneous 'observations' are really appreciated by the parents. It's something that CMs and nurseries do as a matter of routine.

Absolutely fine I would have thought, parents like to see what has been going on.
My boss and I both use technology quite a bit, so started using e-mail, then a photo hosting service and now use a Google photo hosting service - as that's easier to download photos from. SSL logins and non-public address help prevent unauthorised views.

Send em!

I take about 10 pics a day then at the end of the moneh send the best ones via email

they love it!

I take photos of the babies i MN for and at any time i have them when they are older, all the parents have loved it.

Just this last weekend i took a batch of a 5m old little girl enjoying her first time in a swing at the park, mum was thrilled to see them on my phone and i have since emailed them to the parents.

I often take photos thru the day and message them and at night once baby asleep, also very reassuring to parents if baby / child was fractious when they left but they receive a photo very quickly of a settled baby/child.

what a lovely girl you sound, of course the parents will be delighted to see them.

as a cm I take loads of pics and put them up around the playroom for parents to see.

As MARVELOUS says I also take pics on my phaone and send to new parents to reassure them that their kids are happy..

keep up the good work..

I take loads of photos throughout the day and BB message a few to my bosses and the grandparents. I think it's a lovely way to include them in the day to day life of their baby/grandchild, and it is a good way for them to see the things we get up to. I keep all the photos and once a month add them to an online photo album.

As a childminder I've found most parents are delighted to see photos of their children, but a minority are very much against the idea of ANYONE taking photos however well-meant the intention was.

So I would advise you to be honest, tell the parents you took the pictures on an impulse as you wanted to share the moment with them. But taking photos isn't something you've discussed in advance, so if they are in any way offended you will delete them and not take any more. Its better for you to instigate a discussion about it than for them to find out from talking to the children that you've taken pics and wonder why you haven't asked first.

Hopefully they'll be okay about it - most parents are

When ds is going to cm, my cm prints off a daily diary for me each day with a space for "photo of the day" and there's a lovely photo of ds doing something clever in that box. Then sometimes there's another one on there, too. I love it!!
And I know how easy it is to snap photos while I'm caring for my own ds - it's just a natural thing to do. Definitely show them the pics! They will love it

Hi again thanks so much for taking time to reply
I think I will take your advice LynetteScavo and print them off, and I will check that it's okay with them to do so in the future. I really hope they're okay with it but they seem pretty laid back.

Thank you all!! take care

Our nanny takes photos and videos of our daughter all the time! I am very grateful that she does it as we get to see how they sang to the radio whilst they were cooking, how they went scooting in the park, etc.
She puts them on our computer and tells us about it as well as randomly emailing and texting them to us throughout the day. I love it. It is a lovely way for parents to see what they kids do during the day.

She also takes lots of pictures and they make together what they call their "special book" where they stick photos from the zoo, museum, etc and write stories about them.

If you feel you don't know the parents well enough yet then why not say that you would like to do this as you think the litle ones as well as the parents will like it.