Napping Nanny

[Anonymous]

I would worry more about why I hired an adult that can not stay awake for 8-9 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:clearly you haven't spent too many full days with your baby..otherwise you would know how one needs that nap

Well that's BS. I'm a SAHM of a 7 month old and I don't nap at all. That said, I think you are being silly OP. Although I don't blame you for asking

[Anonymous]

I nap with my little one I nanny for. Not always but here and there.

[Anonymous]

Pp here. Forgot to say my boss encourages it.

[Anonymous]

OP, I get why you were put off. It's generally fairly weird to be sleeping while you are working, particularly if you haven't asked your boss first. But that said, I personally don't have an issue with it (and have told my nanny that she can) as long as she is awake and alert enough to engage with my kids while they are also awake, she is only napping when the kids are, all other responsibilities are taken care of, and she wakes up immediately when they wake up.

Are you concerned that she's so tired that she's not taking good care of your baby at other points during the day? If not, and you're happy with her overall, I would suggest just mentioning that you saw that she was sleeping, and that you're completely fine with that as long as ____.

[Anonymous]

I think it's unprofessional, but not a serious offense.

[Anonymous]

Heck. I encourage it. The first 45 min of baby's nap time is her lunchtime. And after that she is free to do as she pleases until the kid gets up. But I also don't require her to so anything non kid related, and even then only tidying his room, putting away (clean) clothes, and at he end of day removing from the common area any kid related detritus created during the day.

[Anonymous]

As long as my nanny has completed her other duties (cleaned up kitchen from lunch, laundry, general straightening up), I have no problem if she takes a short snooze or watches TV while the baby naps. She has the monitor next to her so if he woke up, she would certainly hear him. Its down time for her so I dont really care how she spends it (reading, TV or sleeping)

[Anonymous]

This is ridiculous. Professional nannies DO NOT sleep on the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. Professional nannies DO NOT sleep on the job.

MB here and although I wouldn't necessarily mind, I think this goes hand in hand with some of the other posts recently - the "can I bring a friend to work with me?" and the "can I do my laundry at MB's house." Sure, there are probably some employers who truly wouldn't mind if you brought along your friend to work, did your laundry every day while the kids napped, and slept while you were waiting for your laundry to finish. But you probably need to decide what kind of nanny you want to be, which will affect how seriously you will be taken and how you will be compensated.

All those nannies saying they should be paid $25/hour for how hard their job is and that nannies aren't taken seriously as a profession? If you really want to be in that elite group of nanny that is hired by people with personal chefs and paying their nannies $25/hour, you're not going to be asking about having a friend tag along and whether you can take naps during work hours. All that stuff is simply NOT professional. It may be fine with your MB; or possibly, she's agreeing because she feels awkward saying no and mentally thanking her lucky stars she's only paying you an average rate for all the ways in which you're adding little stresses to her life.

[Anonymous]

Okay, people geez. OP was just asking if this was okay or not. No need to say she's being ridiculous or anything. For some parents it's fine and for there's it's not. Totally your choice.

AND HOW MANY HOURS SHE WORKS IS IRRELEVANT. We're all adults here...if you need to take a nap everyday, then get more sleep during the night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. Professional nannies DO NOT sleep on the job.

MB here and although I wouldn't necessarily mind, I think this goes hand in hand with some of the other posts recently - the "can I bring a friend to work with me?" and the "can I do my laundry at MB's house." Sure, there are probably some employers who truly wouldn't mind if you brought along your friend to work, did your laundry every day while the kids napped, and slept while you were waiting for your laundry to finish. But you probably need to decide what kind of nanny you want to be, which will affect how seriously you will be taken and how you will be compensated.

All those nannies saying they should be paid $25/hour for how hard their job is and that nannies aren't taken seriously as a profession? If you really want to be in that elite group of nanny that is hired by people with personal chefs and paying their nannies $25/hour, you're not going to be asking about having a friend tag along and whether you can take naps during work hours. All that stuff is simply NOT professional. It may be fine with your MB; or possibly, she's agreeing because she feels awkward saying no and mentally thanking her lucky stars she's only paying you an average rate for all the ways in which you're adding little stresses to her life.

I completely agree with this, and while I'm not one of the posters constantly claiming to make $25-30/hour, I am well paid and have benefits some on here would never dream of offering, but I take my job seriously. I could see some MBs being okay with a nanny napping on the job, and I say to each his own, but I don't nap on the job, bring friends to work, I pack my own lunch, etc. because I am a professional. I spend nap time (after eating and decompressing) tidying up, planning activities/outings, or working to increase my knowledge base. If you want to be taken seriously as a nanny and reap the benefits, you should start by taking yourself seriously!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. Professional nannies DO NOT sleep on the job.

Ok but OP said all duties were finished. So it's either nap on the job or read a book on the job....or watch tv, surf the web..whatever. What does it matter if her work was done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. Professional nannies DO NOT sleep on the job.

Ok but OP said all duties were finished. So it's either nap on the job or read a book on the job....or watch tv, surf the web..whatever. What does it matter if her work was done?

She could read books about child development, she could be finding what activities there are for children in the area, she could be doing a million other things to better herself than sleep. A true professional nanny would not nap during the day.

[Anonymous]

She could also take initiative and find other things around the house to do.