Connie Simpson - The Nanny Connie Way: Secrets to Mastering the First Four Months of Parenthood

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Simpson, Connie, author. Title: The Nanny Connie Way / Connie Simpson. Description: New York : Gallery Books, [2018] Identifiers: LCCN 2017058400 (print) | LCCN 2017060075 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501184932 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501184925 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: InfantsCare. | Parent and infant. | Child rearing. | Parenting. Classification: LCC HQ774 (ebook) | LCC HQ774 .S547 2018 (print) | DDC 649/.1dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017058400

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To the many shoulders upon which I stand: great-great-grandma Hannah; great-grandma Lucy; grandma Catherine; grandpa Tom and grandma Gladys; my mom, Aliece; my dad, David; my angel, Mu; and, leaving no unturned stones, my aunts. Last but not least, my greatest achievement, my Henny Pen.

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I know nothing about my celebrities before taking care of their babiesthat is, of course, except for my sweet baby Brooke Shields. Hell, who didnt want a pair of those Calvin Klein jeans?

I dont keep up with the movies or the music my A-listers put out. If Im not listening to one of my lullaby compilations, Im jamming to Aretha Franklin, Earth, Wind and Fire, Donny Hathaway, Nancy Wilson, Curtis Mayfield, or Prince. So, when I enter my celebrity homes for the first time, I tell them nine times out of ten I can damn sure guarantee I havent seen or heard their work. And all of them, from Matt Damon to Justin Timberlake, give me the same gut laugh in response to my honesty.

Ive cared for more than 270 families and worked in the homes of celebrities, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, Young Presidents Organization members, congressmen, foreign dignitaries, the owner of Ruby Tuesdays, the former CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Collier Family who saw the beauty of the Everglades and developed Collier County, and even the granddaughter of the inventor of the lava lamp. But a parenteven one who is still rocking her Calvins after two sweet babiesis a parent is a parent. And all parents need help! No matter their status, all my families only wanted to be the best parents to their children, and that was the glue that bonded us together for life.

Ive been asked many times what it is like to work with so many people in the public eye. The answer is simple: It doesnt matter who my families arethey all need the same advice. Nothing more and nothing less. The Nanny Connie Way is for all parents.

This really hit home when I went to Dallas to work with one of my sweet moms, Catherine Rose. She was very quiet and soft-spoken, tending to the needs of everyone in her family as well as her outside obligations as a local philanthropist.

I normally sit with my moms when its time to feed the baby, just to chew the fat and keep them from thinking about the baby tugging on their breast. One day as Catherine and I were talking, I glanced over to the stack of magazines on the coffee table. God bless them, Id say to myself as I finished each one, knowing I could not wear any of the tiny clothes or expensive shoes or even imagine carrying the money that went inside the purses, much less the purse itself.

Hmm, I said, I think one of my favorite magazines is missing. And this, my children, is where Nanny Connie proceeded to insert her foot into her mouth and told Catherine I called it The Book of Needless Markups.

She simply smiled and continued to see if I could put my other foot in my mouth as well. I was like, I dont understand why its so overpriced. Its unbelievable that someone would buy anything at that price, not to mention the crazy ideas they have for their Christmas catalogue. Listen, I was giving her the Nanny Connie rundown. As you young folks like to say, I was hatin! Now the whole time Im running my riot act, Catherine Rose was just smiling and laughing at me.

When I was done, in her very soft-spoken way, she said, My grandfather was Marcus of Neiman Marcus. She dropped the mic on me! Yes, the magazine I had the love/hate relationship with was the Neiman Marcus catalogue, and yes, I was reading the riot act of my love/hate relationship to the granddaughter of Mr. Marcus himself. Let me tell you, if I could have dug a hole from Dallas to Mobile, I wouldve!