24/7 nannies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a SAHM with three children under 3 (a single and then twins), and a husband who works long hours, I hired a 24/7 nanny to help me. I love my children and am also with them basically 24/7 but I needed help going from 1 to 3 kids in diapers.

I wonder how people who work in daycares manage their 6+ kids per adult.

By having set working hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a SAHM with three children under 3 (a single and then twins), and a husband who works long hours, I hired a 24/7 nanny to help me. I love my children and am also with them basically 24/7 but I needed help going from 1 to 3 kids in diapers.

I wonder how people who work in daycares manage their 6+ kids per adult.

Not very well. That is why parents hire nannies - to give their children one-on-one attention.

I have no issue at all with a SAHM who wants to have more individual time with each of her children and hires a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a SAHM with three children under 3 (a single and then twins), and a husband who works long hours, I hired a 24/7 nanny to help me. I love my children and am also with them basically 24/7 but I needed help going from 1 to 3 kids in diapers.

I wonder how people who work in daycares manage their 6+ kids per adult.

Not very well. That is why parents hire nannies - to give their children one-on-one attention.

I have no issue at all with a SAHM who wants to have more individual time with each of her children and hires a nanny.

Maybe all this one-on-one attention is what is causing all the problems in this country. Back in the day daycare was the norm and it led to some of the best times in this countries history and some of the most famous, influential, and smart souls of our time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have an honest to god question regarding this phenomenon.

Why do people have children and then pay others to literally raise their children 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Its something I haven't been able to wrap my head around. I'm not trying to be snarky or looking for snarky answers I just don't understand it.

Hi OP I am a single mom to a 2 year old and I have nanny/household help 24hours a day/6 days a week. I work 5 days a week about 10 hours a day in high finance. I enjoy having round the clock help for whatever situation may arise. This includes not only work/business travel but also meeting up with friends, going to the salon/spa. I am a full time parent, and having full time domestic help enables me and my son to live a happy, less stressful more enjoyable life.

What exactly is your problem with this scenario?

Just because you prefer/choose to/have no choice but to exhaust yourself catering to your kids & household duties 24/7 doesn't make you a better parent than those who do have lots of help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have an honest to god question regarding this phenomenon.

Why do people have children and then pay others to literally raise their children 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Its something I haven't been able to wrap my head around. I'm not trying to be snarky or looking for snarky answers I just don't understand it.

Hi OP I am a single mom to a 2 year old and I have nanny/household help 24hours a day/6 days a week. I work 5 days a week about 10 hours a day in high finance. I enjoy having round the clock help for whatever situation may arise. This includes not only work/business travel but also meeting up with friends, going to the salon/spa. I am a full time parent, and having full time domestic help enables me and my son to live a happy, less stressful more enjoyable life.

What exactly is your problem with this scenario?

Just because you prefer/choose to/have no choice but to exhaust yourself catering to your kids & household duties 24/7 doesn't make you a better parent than those who do have lots of help.

Why would you bring back a two year old thread? Did you search for this topic just to comment on your own life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny who works 24/6- don't worry they have a 24hr nanny on Sunday too.

My employers do not see their child more than a hour a week. They both work, and have a big social life. They often fly out of town or the country without letting me know. They don't need to work, they are trust fund babies.

They are not hands on parents, and don't pretend to be. I am the one who takes him to docters visits and attends parent teacher visits.

But this is the life they are choosing to live. Thankfully they have me to smother their child with love and raise him so well!

Oh man....but good for you those kids will remember you when they have children!

[Anonymous]

24/7 nannies wouldn't be my choice for my children, but for people whose resources allow it, it's none of my business! They have their reasons and for all we know, they may still have plenty of contact with their children as well.

[Anonymous]

Easy. Lazy patent.

[Anonymous]

I'm a nanny that work 24/7 for this young single mom. She is not from this country, she always busy and always out of town. She makes lots of money as an escort for old rich men.

The reason she have this little boy is because she can get monthly money from the little boy father (married guy with 3 kids) and also using this little boy to get more money from the rich men that she go out with. She told them I have this adopted son who need this who need that etc etc and this rich men will give her everything.

[Anonymous]

I have said it before and I'll say it again: coverage is not the same as absence. Some paents have 50 hrs per week of child care but barely see their kids because they plop them in front of the tv or hand them over to grandma. Others have 24/7 childcare but are active and involved parents but have complicated or unpredictable schedules and don't want to scramble to find childcare last-minute.

[Anonymous]

Do not think for a single second that your children do not know the difference between a mother and a nanny. Also, do not kid yourself that your child resents the fact that most of their waking hours are spent with a nanny.