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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds like the typical hours of a SAHM. [/quote]

Most nannies who work 24/5 or 24/7 are effectively taking on a parental role.  We’re up before the kids are, sleeping after kids, and up with them overnight.  I’ve had two families for whom the only contact (at least 5 days of the week) with a parent was either a phone call or FaceTime in the afternoon or evening and possibly another call in the morning.

To be clear, I look for positions in which the family, children specifically, NEED me.  Unlike a nanny with a spouse or children of her own, I can devote myself to children who truly need 24/5-7 love and care.[/quote]

THose are Rita nannies who work 24/7. They work those hours for a week or two and then rotate with another nanny who works those same hours. The first nanny then has that time off. Anyone working 24/5 or 24/7 and then not getting that same amount of time off is a sucker.[/quote]

I refuse to work 24/5-7 as rota.  I tried once, but it was a reset with the kids every week.  Nope, if I work 24/5-7 I just make sure to take my pto and vacation, then I take a few months off between positions.[/quote]

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