The Nanny

OK, so ever since we moved here, I have noticed nannies everywhere! This is something totally new to me and I was not used to it at first, but now am adjusting to it more, as I understand it is just part of life here and not something that people think twice about.
However, for me, growing up in Canada, I don't think I ever saw a nanny, except for on TV.
However, over here, it seems to be a way of life, it's just something that everyone has. Period.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that having a nanny is wrong, but it's the disconnect that I see between parents (especially mothers) and their children that is upsetting me.
For instance, the other day, I was waiting at the mall to get Asma a well needed haircut. While I waited, I witnessed a mother come in with her one year daughter to get her a haircut. Actually, the mother was nowhere to be seen until much later. I noticed the little girl with her nanny, playing peek-a-boo and having fun. Sometime later, it was her turn to sit in the chair and get a haircut. It was at this point that the mother came in to tell the barber what to do with the child's hair. The poor girl did NOT enjoy getting her hair wet, or having to sit still, and was screaming her lungs out for the entire time. However, it was not the mother who held onto her baby to calm her down, it was the nanny. Even if the mother tried to reach out to the child, the little girl only reached for the nanny. At one point, the nanny brought the baby her soother, which she threw to the floor in anger. The soother landed right in front of the mother and lay there for sometime, as people stepped over it, etc., until finally the nanny was able to reach down, pick it up and rinse it off. I was tempted to go over there and pick it up myself and ask the mother what was wrong with her, but I decided not to bust out in my fusha Arabic at that moment. :)
When the whole ordeal was over, the very upset child was rescued by the nanny and taken out of the shop, while the mother paid for the haircut.
I was heartbroken. And this incident still brings tears to my eyes. The Prophet (salAllahu alaihi wasalam) has told us that paradise lies under the feet of the mother. SubhanAllah, there is a reason for this. We, as mothers, do not get this status for nothing. Carrying a child for nine months, going through the difficulties of pregnancy and childbirth, nursing, staying up for countless nights, changing diapers, being puked on, holding them all night when they're sick, etc. is all part of being a mother. And I believe that it is the most noble job in the world and one that is the most rewarding as well. When you see your child look up at you with those innocent eyes and tell you they love you, or wrap their tiny arms around you, you feel truly blessed and you can only pray that Allah grant them the best in both worlds. To have this privilege handed over to someone else, is, in my opinion, a very bad deal.
As one scholar noted in a lecture, when a child was sick and brought into a hospital for care, the doctor would turn to the mother and ask her questions such as, 'How many times did he throw up, how high was his fever, what are the other symptoms?' The mother, in turn would ask the nanny, who would answer the doctor. After a while of this, the doctor, would just ask the nanny directly, as clearly, it was not the mother who took care of the child in his illness, it was the nanny.
Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?