We all learn trade secrets on the job, but for those of us who work in an office, they’re usually as boring as the work we do. That’s not the case when you work for a family inside their home and get to see how things work, even the things they don’t really want anyone to know. Stephanie Kiser got this kind of insider info while working for incredibly wealthy families in New York City, and now she’s spilling the details in a new book, “Wanted: Toddler’s Personal Assistant.”
While taking care of kids for some of the city’s billionaires and the ultra-rich in their multi-million dollar homes may have been an enjoyable job, it also came with some over-the-top demands from parents. The outrageous things they wanted their nanny to do for their pampered kids include:
- A mom who asked Kiser to take drugs that would make her lactate so she could breastfeed the baby. “The mom didn’t want to pump at work, but also only wanted her child to drink breast milk,” she writes. “So she was seeking a nanny comfortable with induced lactation” after reading about things that could cause a non-pregnant woman to produce milk.
- Another potential client wanted her to work five days on, with two days off, and live in during the five days on. She’d have to wake the son at 6:30 a.m., watch him brush his teeth, put on deodorant, make sure he eats his entire breakfast made by their chef, supervise his activities and make sure he showers at night, before tucking him into bed. And the kid was 17!
- In another “nanny audition” for a “germaphobe” mom, Kiser was told she had to protect their toddlers from contact with the outside world. This meant washing their clothes immediately after they wore them, no playdates were allowed and the kids had private gymnastics lessons to avoid being exposed to other kids’ germs. But when the mom asked the nanny to sneeze outside the apartment, she knew it wasn’t the job for her.
- The mother of a five-year-old “spiteful child who pooped his pants every day on purpose” insisted the nanny hand-wash his underwear and scrape the poop off with her bare fingernail. She resigned soon after that.
- Of course, some of the job requirements don’t seem so bad. One parent asked, “Are you comfortable doing errands in a Porsche? They’re the only kind of cars we have.”
Source: Daily Mail
Scott's Thoughts:
- That mom didn’t want a nanny, she wanted a wet nurse!
- I hope the mom who wanted her son’s undies scraped by hand never found a nanny to do it!
- These people are so vain!