To watch or not to watch....

When we had our first child we were fortunate enough to have my husband's mother living with us who watched our little one.  Now we have 2 and no longer have the luxury of live-in family help.  So we are faced with the scenario that many working couples are facing, getting a nanny.

Once you get past the research, interviews and selection process and have settled on someone who {hopefully} seems perfect, the question invariably comes up "Should we get a nanny cam?"  I mean this is a person you likely don't know at all -- except for what she has told you and what you may have heard from others -- who is going to be looking after your most precious treasure(s).  It makes sense that you want to check-in on her.  Of course my fear is, what if you see something that you don't like, but it isn't a fireable offense.  You can't bring it up but it will eat you up just knowing about it.  To know or not to know, that is the question.

In case you are in the "To know!" category, there are some great devices out there that you can rig up in your home and watch from anywhere {work, a restaurant, the spa, the mall}.  Some, like the ones below, can be disguised as clocks, teddy bears, or stuck in small areas.  Others, like the Avaak Vue Personal Video Network, aren't shaped like a decoy, but can easily be hidden anywhere.  The Vue is the easiest and simplest nanny cam I've found.  There is no software to load and you can view the cameras from any internet browser. It’s really that simple!