https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:09:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1497196 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:06:59 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 1497196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: I don't think she did it on purpose. If I did she definitely would not be coming back. I will be typing up instructions for sure!</p> <p>@blackbird: our formula has a scoop but since we go through so much we make a days worth at a time so im not always washing &amp; making bottles. Now that they are up more during its harder to get stuff like that done.<br /> @Fronkinzankinsbride: I may prep the formula myself. The point of her doing this was to save me time. It takes 30 mins to wash &amp; prep all our bottles for the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1497023 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:03:48 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1497023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, I am so sorry. I would feel awful AND angry, too. I would definitely keep an eye out...and maybe print out step by step instructions just in case she forgets?</p> <p>Hopefully your daughter just starts packing on the pounds :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1497017 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:56:11 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 1497017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man I would be upset too. Can you prep all the formula from now on? I think for your own peace of mind that would work best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1496967 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:57:57 +0000 blackbird 1496967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would for sure supervise and ask her to make a few.</p> <p>Does your formula not have a scoop? Ours is just one scoop per 2 oz of water, which may be easier. </p> <p>She will level out soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1496816 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:46:11 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1496816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a very similar issue with my first nanny. I was so upset, but I jut went over how to do it. For us it kept happening (language barrier) and we eventually got a new nanny. The only way you'll know for sure is if you pre-make everything. I know it's a pain, but it's worth knowing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1496798 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:23:01 +0000 Boogs 1496798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww your poor daughter! Definitely not a good thing that the nanny did that, but at least you don't think she did it out of malice, right? To me that would be the worst. A little (but big!) step like zeroing a scale can actually be an easy thing to forget. So, what if you type up step by step instructions to keep by the scale and show her again with the instructions? Hopefully that will leave zero room for error going forward? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1496780 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:01:58 +0000 Dandelion 1496780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man...I would be so upset, too. So much harm could have been done. :(</p> <p>Yeah, I'd observe. Maybe at first with her knowing, and then secretly for a couple days after that. You just can't be too careful at this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sounding-board#post-1496762 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:43:27 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 1496762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When the babies were 7 weeks old we hired a nanny to help out 12 hrs a week for a month or two till we got everything done with our house (we were in the middle of finishing home renovations when the babies were born early) and have mastered nursing. Yesterday I found the container we weigh the formula in so that we can make it ahead in bulk. There was hardly any formula in it so I asked her what it was for. She said she had prepped it to make it later. There was enough formula in it for one 4-6oz bottle &amp; she was going to mix it with 20oz of water. She was weighing the weight of the cup then adding the formula which came to 90g instead of zeroing the scale with the cup on it and then weighing out 90g of formula. So three days a week for the last 4-5 weeks my daughter has been getting mostly water! I had showed her how to do it right the first few days she was there. </p> <p>Our son was switched to a different premixed formula after she was here for about two weeks &amp; has been growing &amp; gaining weight like crazy. Now I wonder if he was so unhappy before because he was starving. My daughter had slowed down her growth &amp; the dr.'s questioned why. I was beating myself up because I thought it was from me nursing her more. Last week (when the nanny was gone) she started gaining weight again. She weighs two pounds less than my son because of this. I am PISSED! I showed her how to do it correctly &amp; she felt horrible about it. I could tell she was on the verge of tears so I was gentle with her even though I was fuming inside. Yesterday I was angry &amp; today I'm just resentful &amp; beating myself up because knew something was off with the formula. I blamed my husband &amp; didn't even consider the nanny because taking care of babies is what she does. In my mind there was no way she could have messed up the formula. I feel horrible about unknowingly letting this happen. I can't help but wonder how big my daughter could have been had she not been virtually starved 3 days a week for over a month! They were 5 weeks premature they don't need anything else interfering with their growth &amp; development. </p> <p>Come Monday I will be professional about it. I don't want to take that job away from her but I also want to ensure that my kids are getting proper nutrition. Would it be wrong of me to observe her the next couple days (maybe secretively next week or two) to make sure she is doing it right? </p>