A week with baby

[Anonymous]

I am alone with the baby got the week overnight and I am seriously at a loss for what to do with all this time. When I work I am usually ON to the fullest extent. I try not to have to much time that isn't accounted for but with two of the kiddos gone and the only one left being less then 6mo... What do I do?!

Do I need to play majority of the time or do you think it's okay to play on my phone every little while and allow him to just hangout? Do I need to be productive and interact the entire time he's awake for the whole week? Do I allot myself some downtime while he's up and all his needs are met?

What have you done In the past?

[Anonymous]

For not got*

[Anonymous]

lol Do whatever you would expect a good nanny to do and take it from there. lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol Do whatever you would expect a good nanny to do and take it from there. lol

Very helpful...

[Anonymous]

If the baby is less than 6 months, I'm guessing they are still

[Anonymous]

Ugh got cut off

Still napping a decent amount. During that time, I think it's fine to relax. During other times, I think being "on" the whole time is probably good. Different toys, music, reading, etc. What do you normally do with the baby? That might guide some answers

[Anonymous]

I read to him, we do floor play, walk around the house and look at/play with differnt things, sit between my legs and reach for toys and work on sitting up, tummy time...we are in a seriously flooded area (upper Midwest,still raining) and we can't drive anywhere or walk anywhere unfortunately.

He takes one 1 hour nap in the AM and then two 1/2 naps in the afternoon usually.

I have never done this long of a 'shift' for lack of better terms so I just wanted to know what others do and what most MB's expect...

[Anonymous]

Hey OP, definitely have some down town = he's sitting/laying on the floor or in a exersaucer, you're sitting on the floor by him, helping him get toys and not be fussy while also playing on your phone or, probably better and more "ok" with parents, looking through a magazine or newspaper. Also, can you go out? If you have a car go to the park and/or stores and/or lunch, whatever a parent would do in my opinion.

To the other PPs, have you ever watched a baby 24 hours a day for more than 1 day? Do you actually think she's not going to do anything else besides play with a 6mo for the whole week? Her brain would turn to mush!

[Anonymous]

Just realized that you can't go out...definitely relax and remember that though you are the nanny, you're also a human. Normal humans do not play with 6 month olds 24 hours a day. Obviously you're not the mom, you're not going to put him in his swing and watch lifetime movies for 12 hours but definitely do normal stuff (read, listen to music, talk on the phone (within reason), cook, etc.)