Night nanny 12hr shifts

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Anonymous wrote:You stay with the baby until it wakes up, then you bring it to the mom to breasfeed. You hang out for 20-30 minutes while baby eats. When baby is done, you take the baby back, burp it, change it, hold it upright and put it back to sleep. repeat a few times a night.

You make it sound so mechanical. Do you love this work?

It's a job. Even parents don't want to be up with a fussing baby in the middle of the night.

I loved every single waking moment with my child.

You need different work if you don't love these children. Seriously.

~Professional Nanny

Oh my god, get off your high horse. OP asked what she'd be doing; the appropriate answer IS a mechanical one. This job as a night nanny to a newborn is fairly mechanical - of course you'll enjoy having them fall asleep on you and hold your finger, but that doesn't change the expectations of this position. You don't have to gush about your charges in every conversation to love them and love your work.

"It's a job" is not a person I'd hire for my child.

What?? Do you want someone who makes caring for your child their only reason for getting out of bed in the morning? Calm down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It...is a job. What else is it?

A job you love? Ever heard of that?
If you don't love caring for children, go get a desk job, ok?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It...is a job. What else is it?

A job you love? Ever heard of that?
If you don't love caring for children, go get a desk job, ok?

Well if the PP had said, "it's a shitty job," I'd understand your perspective. But it is still a job, it's not family or friends or socializing, hopefully your nanny leaves at the end of their shift and goes on to do more than think about your child. And no one loves their job every day, even parents who SAH. It doesn't mean you don't love the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:It...is a job. What else is it?

A job you love? Ever heard of that?
If you don't love caring for children, go get a desk job, ok?

Well if the PP had said, "it's a shitty job," I'd understand your perspective. But it is still a job, it's not family or friends or socializing, hopefully your nanny leaves at the end of their shift and goes on to do more than think about your child. And no one loves their job every day, even parents who SAH. It doesn't mean you don't love the kids.

I love my work every day, even when I'm gone and busy doing other things. So no, it's not "just" a job, it's a child.

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Anonymous wrote:Um...you say you'll be sterilizing pump parts. That means the mom will have breast milk available for you to use in the fridge or freezer. Have you never used expressed breast milk before? Obviously the mom will be sleeping; they're not hiring you just to bring the baby to her and wake her up! You prepare the bottles of breast milk, you feed the baby, mom sleeps. This is the purpose of a night nanny.

How ignorant and condescending. Go do some more yoga.

Exactly.

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How much experience do you have with newborns? Did they specify that they want you to be awake for the entire 12 hour shift? It's pretty common for night nannies and even newborn care specialists to be allowed to nap on the job. I found when I worked nights that the catnaps I would get between feedings helped me to stay energized the rest of the time so that I could be alert for my whole shift. Even when I got what felt like a good, deep sleep during my daytime hours, it is still ingrained in the human body to sleep at night.

That said, a typical night for me when I am working as a night nanny goes like this:
Arrived, check the schedule for the day, evaluate if anything unusual is going on with baby or mom, talk to mom if she is awake and listen to see if there are any issues going on with her or the baby that she is especially concerned about.

Tidy up things that are baby related (folding baby's laundry, organizing baby' room, washing bottles and pump parts, etc.)
When baby awakes, bring him or her to mom to nurse
Afterward, burp baby, change baby, swaddle baby and get her down for the next nap.
If parents have a sleep training goal for the baby, I might work towards that (such as getting baby to sleep in her crib instead of being held or being in a rock and play or other device).
During the times when baby is asleep, I typically research any issues that have come up for mom so that I can present her with Links and other resources in the morning that might be helpful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It...is a job. What else is it?

A job you love? Ever heard of that?
If you don't love caring for children, go get a desk job, ok?

Well if the PP had said, "it's a shitty job," I'd understand your perspective. But it is still a job, it's not family or friends or socializing, hopefully your nanny leaves at the end of their shift and goes on to do more than think about your child. And no one loves their job every day, even parents who SAH. It doesn't mean you don't love the kids.

I love my work every day, even when I'm gone and busy doing other things. So no, it's not "just" a job, it's a child.

You've seriously gone off the deep end.

I never said it's "just" a job, I said it is a job. At least the IRS seems to think it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It...is a job. What else is it?

A job you love? Ever heard of that?
If you don't love caring for children, go get a desk job, ok?

Well if the PP had said, "it's a shitty job," I'd understand your perspective. But it is still a job, it's not family or friends or socializing, hopefully your nanny leaves at the end of their shift and goes on to do more than think about your child. And no one loves their job every day, even parents who SAH. It doesn't mean you don't love the kids.

I love my work every day, even when I'm gone and busy doing other things. So no, it's not "just" a job, it's a child.

You've seriously gone off the deep end.

I never said it's "just" a job, I said it is a job. At least the IRS seems to think it is.

Exactly. And it's a job that exists because why? Even the parents don't want to do it!!!! It's crazy ironic that you expect the night nanny to relish every moment of her JOB, but can turn a blind eye to the parents who *should* relish every moment with their child hire out the hard work of being a parent. The bitches hiring another woman to rock their baby to sleep so they don't have to don't get to judge how that woman you hired feels about her job. I love babies. I don't enjoy dealing with them when they're fussing during the night and I don't enjoy spoiled parents. She. I night nanny, it's for the money.

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Not OP but I am curious about the typical home setup for families who hire a night nanny. Most of the homes I have worked in the nursery is next to the parents room, making it nearly impossible for them to sleep through crying or someone clearing the diaper pail during a night shit.