What kind of job could this be? And why have a baby?

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the parent is a bus driver.

You can take your kids with u if you’re a bus driver. It’s the reason some people do it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the parent is a bus driver.

You can take your kids with u if you’re a bus driver. It’s the reason some people do it.

Yeah but many people would prefer their kids to not have to spend hours driving around in a bus all day just to be physically close to a parent (who needs to be focused on all the other kids and the road). You can have your priorities that physical proximity is most important, for me its that my kid doesn't spend hours in a car every day

[Anonymous]

It sounds like a SAHM that needs an extra hand in the morning routine to kid multiple kids out the door to multiple places. The nanny would stay and watch the baby at home while the mother tends to the others until they are in school. Then the mom comes home to care for the baby. The nanny comes back in the afternoon so that mom can pick up kids and take them to afterschool activities and tend to homework while the baby is being cared for. Maybe the baby is sickly, maybe too many kids to juggle at once, maybe mom needs a break from baby. Either way, I do not see an issue here. If it doesnt work for you, that is ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like a SAHM that needs an extra hand in the morning routine to kid multiple kids out the door to multiple places. The nanny would stay and watch the baby at home while the mother tends to the others until they are in school. Then the mom comes home to care for the baby. The nanny comes back in the afternoon so that mom can pick up kids and take them to afterschool activities and tend to homework while the baby is being cared for. Maybe the baby is sickly, maybe too many kids to juggle at once, maybe mom needs a break from baby. Either way, I do not see an issue here. If it doesnt work for you, that is ok.

A lot of moms would like this coverage but it's pretty hard to find and expensive. My BIL and his wife ended up hiring two part-timers to cover the split shift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s likely a doctor, lawyer or other professional who has the child in daycare during the day. I have au pairs, and this split schedule is not unusual.

It would be difficult with commuting unless this was a live-in.

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op, are you a medical resident?

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residents have to be at the hospital at 6 pm and sometimes get home at 7pm or later. The kid is at school the rest of the day. I mean, I am assuming. I used to be a nanny for someone like this.

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MYOB

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Anonymous wrote:Someone on my local FB group is looking for a nanny for a baby, the hours will be 5am-9am and then again 4pm-7pm. Will they even see their baby? This makes me sad. I had parents who worked quite literally all of my waking hours and I felt so lonely.

Also, what kind of job would be split like this?

Just because your parents sucked does not mean these people suck. Your parents should have had another child. Having one child is so selfish and very lonely and unfair for the child.

[Anonymous]

A few more possibilities:

1) The other parent is deploying (or similar) for a year (or similar time frame). The parenting hiring the nanny still works FT and needs morning/evening coverage because she is single parenting.

2) There has just been a death or divorce, the parenting hiring the nanny cannot just quit his or her existing job and is “making it work” until he or she can figure out what’s next.

3) The parent(s) don’t consistently need that coverage, but need it often enough that they will pay for the nanny to be “on call”, instead of having to scramble to find coverage when needed. For example, she’s a lobbyist and has a lot of fundraising breakfasts or receptions to attend. He frequently travels, so he can’t do pickups or drop offs on short notice. Not every night, but enough nights that it makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Bus driver. Just like my grandfather, in a large US city. He drove the rush hours: 5-10am, and 3-7 pm. He worked in shifts and slept in shifts.

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Nurses. I asked the nurses in the hospital when I was at Suburban for a week last year. 12 hour shifts. How did they do it with their kids? (And several of them were pregnant.) Piece together help for 3 days. But 4 days completely off to be with their kids and yet make a full-time salary with benefits made it worth it. They were all adamant about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone on my local FB group is looking for a nanny for a baby, the hours will be 5am-9am and then again 4pm-7pm. Will they even see their baby? This makes me sad. I had parents who worked quite literally all of my waking hours and I felt so lonely.

Also, what kind of job would be split like this?

5 am?She must be paying $100/hr!