Nanny's Birthday

[beec]

Any advice on what is the done thing here? Big pressie, small pressie or cold hard cash??! Many thanks!

[ljs]

When I worked with one family I usually got a small present off the children and a High end present off the parents....With other families it would be a voucher for my favourite shop.... It's obviously up to you but as a nanny I was always happy with whatever I got...

[sillywoman]

Ahhh, now I see I thought OP was asking for ideas for a present for her Mum/ Mum-in-law! Cultural differences - oops.:-$

[fhmum]

Is your nanny's first language English? If not, you could enroll her in my upcoming English course for nannies! (Blatant advertising!) Details in the classified section.

[MakeHQ]

Or you could get her a gift voucher for one of MakeHQ's craft workshops in cupcakes, sewing etc so she can have a chilled night out ;-)

I actually used to give mine a small something the children had made/a hand made card then something like flowers/champagne (not very imaginative!) and cold hard cash at Christmas.

Mel

[Sqiggles]

I do pretty much what Mel does.

[katgod]

i think it's fair enough to ask her if not sure. We went for mixture of small gift to show some effort had gone into it - necklace or bracelet or scarf etc, home made card from children and cash so she could get what she really wanted...

Ps sillywoman causes all sorts of problems that one of the grandnmothers is also called Nanny. My son has self sorted it and refers to the paid child carer one as his childminder, as he seems to know it causes problems, not least to my mum who is the Nanny and is not that keen on sharing her job title. It is indeed a cultural thing!!

[womanofdulwich]

if you are brave buy them a cake and a budget and plastic cutlery etc and let her have all her nanny friends and their charges round to your house for a tea party and then a small gift

[beec]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Think she would appreciate some cash because she told me she was saving up for her summer holidays (which I am forcing her to take in July despite her protests that it was too expensive to travel!!). But agree that a small gift to show I had made the effort would be nice too. Little one is too young to make a card and I'm not brave enough to have him splash around in paint just yet - not when I have to clear up the mess myself :p

[dulwichmum]

fhmum Wrote:

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> Is your nanny's first language English? If not,

> you could enroll her in my upcoming English course

> for nannies! (Blatant advertising!) Details in the

> classified section.

Are you not referring to aupairs? I would expect a nanny to have perfectly good English. If you suggested English classes to any of the nannies who I know in Dulwich, they would give you a thick ear.