Nanny Covid Virus Protocol in a Broader Scope

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny lives in if: a. she doesn’t have dependents and b. Employer has room.

Nanny commutes if above aren’t true until someone in nanny’s family/employer’s family gets sick.

Families may want to arrange private transportation (picking nanny up, rental car for the duration, etc) to keep nannies out of mass transit.

We will probably start picking our nanny up (she doesn't drive). Our nanny lives with her adult (30s) son who teleworks. He has some social issues and she would not leave him to move in with us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you live alone, OP? How do you get to work each day? Is there any possibility for you to live-in with your employers during the duration even part of the time?

The key in containment is not to get within six feet of strangers. So no playgrounds, libraries, play dates for the children. But you can certainly play outside.

My advice is to talk to your employers. Look, this is new for all of us. It’s not like there is a protocol for nannies.

OP here and yes I personally live alone but what about nannies with families (kids or elder care). How can we make this balance work?

I honestly don’t know. The more people the nanny comes in social contact with (and the more people those people come in contact with) the greater the danger of spreading the virus. I think if I had a nanny who lived with a family and/or needed to take public transportation to work, I’d have her stay home.

[Anonymous]

I've been wondering about this also. Both my husband and i may be WFH fulltime any day now, but we are expected to have childcare.

We have a full-time nanny, who drives to work, is in her late thirties, shares an apartment with someone in her 50's, no signficant risk factors, etc...

But everyone is anxious about how best to proceed. I think everyone has to just try to work things out in their individual situations, with as much respect and care for each other and our varying levels of anxiety, as possible.

There's no perfect answer IMO.

[Anonymous]

OP here. So schools are closed for the next two weeks as I'm sure you all know. I approached MB about what the plan was and she was totally onboard with mapping out a schedule in terms of what would work best for the kids and myself as well. I plan to go to work (I feel perfectly fine and so do they) and we decided to address things as they come up. It's funny but I almost feel a little relieved in terms of knowing what will happen at least for the next week.

[Anonymous]

OP again, I do realize that not all nannies and their families are in my same position as I am. How do you reach out to help others when everyone is being told to stay away from each other?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again, I do realize that not all nannies and their families are in my same position as I am. How do you reach out to help others when everyone is being told to stay away from each other?

You call and offer emotional support only, or you pay for grocery delivery for someone who can’t get out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a question for bosses. You are concerned that nannies aren’t taking public transportation and practicing social distancing.
I’m a nanny and have been doing this for the last week. My bosses are not doing this in any way. They will start working from
home next week, but have zero plans of changing day to day activities. They will still travel, go out for dinners, gym, etc...

They also don’t plan to change things for the kids. Two of the kids (they have 4) are teens and still going to the mall, movies, and restaurants.
They are all going out of town this weekend.

I’m a nervous wreck. I have some undelying health conditions that are under control, but could put me at greater risk. My parents (mid 60’s)
are staying with me for a while and I’m worried for them as well.

What is a reasonable expectation here? I want to be respectful of their work commitments and fulfill my obligations, but am very uneasy about them not taking this seriously and not changing anything with their routines.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I know this is intimidating but you need to sit down with your employers as soon as possible and respectfully tell them your concerns. Start out by telling them you support them in this difficult situation but also try and check out how they support you. For example-"I am prepared to work during the virus situation but what is your plan?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP again, I do realize that not all nannies and their families are in my same position as I am. How do you reach out to help others when everyone is being told to stay away from each other?

You call and offer emotional support only, or you pay for grocery delivery for someone who can’t get out.

Great idea!

[Anonymous]

What are the daycare parents doing?

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[Anonymous]

I'm a pp. We talked with our nanny yesterday.

We need her help while we are expected to be working (even though at home) and while we're all cooped up. We also will be flexible about time, tasks, etc... We also decided to ask her to stop her uber driving and instead we are compensating her for the potential lost income.

I feel like we have a general plan for the next two weeks, but the thing is subject to change as we see how long this will go on, what my job actually needs during this time (and therefore how free I am to hang out w/ the kids) etc...

I think we're all comfortable with this for now, and our nanny feels that we are caring for her (short of saying she doesn't have to come to work) and that we're all doing the best we can.

The whole thing is so stressful and awful and normal rules just don't apply. So my guiding principles have been safety, care for each other, risk minimization, and maintaining as much positivity and normalcy for the kids as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a pp. We talked with our nanny yesterday.

We need her help while we are expected to be working (even though at home) and while we're all cooped up. We also will be flexible about time, tasks, etc... We also decided to ask her to stop her uber driving and instead we are compensating her for the potential lost income.

I feel like we have a general plan for the next two weeks, but the thing is subject to change as we see how long this will go on, what my job actually needs during this time (and therefore how free I am to hang out w/ the kids) etc...

I think we're all comfortable with this for now, and our nanny feels that we are caring for her (short of saying she doesn't have to come to work) and that we're all doing the best we can.

The whole thing is so stressful and awful and normal rules just don't apply. So my guiding principles have been safety, care for each other, risk minimization, and maintaining as much positivity and normalcy for the kids as possible.

PP nanny here and pretty much the same with my family. Just got to keep on keeping on and take it day by day.

[Anonymous]

I can say that as a nanny extra monetary compensation is the last thing on my mind. There's a bigger picture here.

[Anonymous]

Every single person in this country knew this was coming and that it was serious. Waiting until the last minute is stupidity on your part,!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you choose to stay home, they will need to have to hire someone else so don't expect to be paid or have your job after this. You are working in their house so far less risk especially if they are home. You plan activities, take kids out, etc.

I guess some families might feel like they don’t have to pay but luckily for me I do a 3 kid nanny share but the parents gave me 2 weeks off paid because they also have older children and I have a 5 year old. So if I was still working the scenario wouldn’t have made sense because I would’ve been watching 8 kids plus parents working from home and no one thought that was safe. So I’m home with my daughter and they are home with their kids. Some parents have to work while others don’t. Everyone has different priorities thankfully my families are understanding and understand I’m a mom first more then anything