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Nine Hilarious and Embarrassing Nanny Confessions

Nine Hilarious and Embarrassing Nanny Confessions

Confessions of a Nanny! 


Trying to be the perfect nanny all the time is exhausting. Whether it's you or the kids, the chances of something going wrong are overwhelming.

But at least we can laugh at the situations we get ourselves into, right? Right...?

Read on for our nine hilarious and embarrassing real-life nanny confessions.

 

"It's an 'F' word."

I had one charge, Daniel, who was very keen on trying to shock the adults around him. He made it his number 1 goal to learn as many naughty words as possible and repeat them in the presence of his elders. I picked him up from school one day and at the school gate, he had a particularly mischievous smile. 

‘Nanny’ he said, ‘I learnt the worst word ever today’.

‘Daniel’, I sighed, ‘We've been over this. Please don’t use rude words; it’s inappropriate. Who’s been teaching you this anyway?’

‘An older boy’.

'Well, I don’t need to hear it,’ I replied.

Daniel looked up at me with a glint in his eye. ‘I’m going to say it’

‘There’s really no need’.

‘It’s an F word’.

‘Daniel, come on now, behave’.

After a long silence and seemingly gathering his thoughts, Daniel looked up at me once more.

‘Nanny’, he prepared himself for his big announcement. ‘F…. F.… F.… FUG! FUG! FUG!’


To his extreme disappointment, I burst out laughing. The little guy looked so put-out. Nice try!

(Submitted by Josie, London)

 

"I lost my charge."

When I was working in Dubai as a rota nanny I looked after a little 5-year old boy, Max, who was obsessed with Star Wars. He watched at least part of one movie every single day. He had all the books, toys, and the biggest collection of lightsabers you’ve ever seen. He was also super cute.

But one day at a friend’s birthday party, I lost my charge! We looked for Max everywhere—in the garden, under the tables. Nobody could figure out where he’d gone and it was looking like I was in serious trouble until I heard someone very softly humming the Star Wars theme tune. Max had hidden himself in an empty cardboard gift box and was pretending it was an intergalactic space shuttle. We were all very relieved.

(Submitted by Silvia, Dubai)

 

"When I was working for a VIP family..."

Working for a VIP family, the youngest son has an enormous birthday party. Fireworks, actors, musicians—you name it. His dad is called up on stage to give a congratulatory speech.

As to be expected, the dad speaks at length about how proud he is of his son, how he needs to work hard at school, and some special wishes on his big day.

The dad finishes the speech to a round of applause and comes to sit down again, next to me. He leans over and whispers in my ear; ‘How old is he anyway?’ Hmm.

(Submitted by Matthew, Moscow)

Interview with a VIP Nanny Working in the Cayman Islands

 

"I've really got to pee..."

Once I worked as a traveling nanny for a boy, Mark, who really had his head in the clouds. On holiday in the Seychelles, we were all swimming together in the pool when he announced to his grandmother that he needed to pee. His grandmother told him, ‘Mark, if you need to go for a wee, just get out of the pool and go!’

Mark swam to the side, climbed out, and then promptly turned around, dropped his trunks and, to the horror of everybody swimming, started peeing directly into the pool. Needless to say, there was a mad panic as everyone tried to get to the steps. I don’t think that was what Grandma had in mind.

(Submitted by Greg, London)

 

"A brightly coloured object" 

On a work trip to France, the senior nanny and I (as the junior nanny) took our 3 charges to the funfair. At the end of our day out, the kids wanted to play the ‘throw the hoop round the bottle’ game, so we paid for them to get a selection of hoops each. They weren’t successful and gave up before they had used all the hoops. The senior nanny (a Ukrainian lady in her late 60s) decided to give it a go, and she won!

We were in a bit of a rush so the nanny quickly chose her prize, simply pointing at the nearest brightly coloured object. It was only when we had returned to the family home and put the kids to bed that, upon closer examination, we discovered the prize this elderly lady had selected was a very large fluorescent orange vibrator.

(Submitted by Katie, Kiev)

 

"Coloured crayons stuck in both his ears."

One of my charges once had to be collected from school and taken to hospital as he had managed to get coloured crayons stuck in both his ears and also one of his nostrils. He couldn’t hear anything I was saying to him in the car, poor thing!

Luckily, he was fine after the doctor removed it all, and his parents understood that this had nothing to do with me! I would love to say he learned his lesson but the same thing happened again about a week later.

(Submitted by Sandra, London)

 

"Target practice"

Once, my two nanny charges wanted to play Fruit Ninja. However, they opted to play, not on their iPad, as you might expect, but in real life, with real fruit and a wooden sword. It was all fun and games until one of them pulled out a coconut and threw it at the other child’s head.

(Submitted by Alice, Dubai)

 

"A repetitive squeaking sound."

I put my charge to bed in the family home and was heading back to my room (live-in role). To get to my room, I have to walk past the parents room.

As I was walking down the corridor, their bedroom door was slightly ajar, and I began to hear a repetitive squeaking sound. ‘Uh oh’, I thought. ‘Not cool. I’ll just have to tiptoe past the door as quickly and quietly as possible’.

So I began making my way past their door on my tiptoes, when, horror of horrors, the door creaked open! I couldn’t help myself but look into the room, where I saw... the dad sitting on the edge of the bed, doing exercises with a pair of dumbbells. Squeak! Squeak!

Please get some new bed springs!

(Submitted by Sarah, London)

 

"Take your shirt off!"

When working as a governor, I once collected my charge, Timothy, from his karate class at school. As I did, I heard him telling the other boys that his governor was tough as nails and could easily beat up the karate instructor.

When he saw me, he shouted, ‘Hey, James! I told everyone here you can beat up the karate instructor! Quick, take your shirt off!’ I declined. But it’s good to know a 6-year-old has confidence in me, I suppose.

(Submitted by James, Moscow)


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