Do you text your nanny on weekends?

[Anonymous]

Not for anything important but just to share something the kids did or said, or just to say hi?

Our nanny and I have a pretty close relationship and she and I do check in. Sometimes I’ll text a photo.

Is this unusual? My two friends with good nannies do the same.

[Anonymous]

I try to stick to non kid things. Like a funny meme or celebrity gossip I know she will care about.

[Anonymous]

^^this! nothing kid related

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Sure! We’ve all gotten extremely close this past year and she’s part of the family now.

She’s off today so I just texted her to tell her the baby got her second tooth and what DH and I thought of the season ended of Handmaids.

[Anonymous]

Do you like when your employer contacts you on your time off?

[Anonymous]

I am an executive assistant. If you're initiating stop. You're their boss, let them not have to waste mental energy on you over the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not. I don't want my nanny to think about work when they're off the clock at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you like when your employer contacts you on your time off?

Yes, actually. My boss and I are good friends and usually text on weekends.

Our nanny’s English isn’t good enough to text on weekends (or ever) unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

I’m a nanny and I like the weekend texts and occasional photo. I love my charges and it’s not as if I stop thinking of them outside business hours.

If my employers were constantly texting about scheduling or asking where things were or sending me grocery lists, I would feel differently. But the “we miss you” texts and the “baby took a step!” Texts are very welcome.

[Anonymous]

My 2 yo is going through a stage of very strong attachment to our nanny. He cries for her on weekends. I share the videos with her sometimes of him demanding to see her and going to the garage to look for her car.

It’s sweet/sad but I like for her to know how much he really does love her.

[Anonymous]

I encourage my employers and my "kids" to contact me anytime need be. I don't have to answer a text immediately but it's a special kind of relationship. I don't stop caring just because it's Saturday.

[Anonymous]

Another nanny here who’s happy to hear from my employers and/or charges on weekends and off hours.

This isn’t a normal 9 to 5 job. I don’t stop loving or caring about my charges just because it’s after hours. If they need me - they can always call.

[Anonymous]

I don't but my H often does. Should I be worried?

[Anonymous]

Only if I happen to take a particularly adorable picture I want to share. Maybe monthly?