Share your "day in the life"!

[Anonymous]

I love reading these - share yours! Don't forget to include how old your charges are!

I have one charge, 7 months old. I work Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm. I live-in.

8:00-8:30: Little Man (LM) wakes up.

Wake up time-8:50: Monday/Wednesday/Friday are bath days. Otherwise, it's diaper change, dressed for the day, and floor playtime.

8:50: We head downstairs. LM plays in his Jumperoo while I heat his bottle (and make myself an espresso).

9:00: LM drinks his bottle

9:25-9:35: Story time

9:35: We had upstairs for a diaper change, and I put LM down for his nap.

9:45-11: Nap time for LM, laundry time for me.

11:00-12:25: Free time! This is when we run errands, visit the library, take walks, or just hang out at home and play.

12:25: LM hangs out in his Jumperoo again while I heat his bottle. If the dishwasher is done, this is usually when I unload it.

12:35: Another bottle.

1:00-1:30: play time - usually includes tummy/floor time, the exersaucer, and some books.

1:30: Time to explore some "real" food. We're doing BLW (baby led weaning).

2:00: cleanup & head upstairs for a diaper change and to be put down for another nap.

2:15-3:30/4: Nap time

4-4:50: Free time! We usually go for a walk and check the mail, play, or might run a quick errand.

4:50: You guessed it, I'm heating another bottle.

5:00: LM drinks his bottle

5:25-5:35: Story time again (can you tell I'm big on reading to the little guy?)

5:35: LM hangs out in his Mama & Papas seat with some toys while I wash bottles & dishes, then wipe down the counters.

5:45: Upstairs for a diaper change, and LM is put down for his final nap of the day (which sometimes happens, sometimes doesn't!)

6:00- : If LM naps, it lasts anywhere from 30-60 minutes. If he wakes before his parents arrive home, we just hang out and play.

TIA for sharing your day

[Anonymous]

I work for two different families, so probably have a different schedule than FT nannies

8:30--I arrive, MB#1 hands off the 6 mo, we play usually on the floor in the living room or in the bedroom (tummy time, some songs, some board books)
9:30-bottle
10:15-diaper change
10:45-baby in Exersaucer while I grab the things for the park (sweater, extra bottle)
10:50-leave for the park
11:00-11:45 play at the park (swings, the slide, walking around and looking at the trees etc)
11:45-12:00 bottle and walk home
12:00-12:45 nap
12:45-1 handoff to MB#1

1:30-2:30 laundry and meal prep if I go in early, usually 1x a week
2:30-2:45 drive to kids' school
2:45-3:00 pick up kids
3:00-4:15 play date/ after school activity/riding bikes/ play at home depending on what day it is
4:15-4:30 come home if not home already
4:30-5:00 kids do homework, I make dinner
5:00-6:00 dinner and bath time
6:00-7:00 art project with kids or we read a few chapters of a book we're reading together

[Anonymous]

You're very organized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're very organized.

Who?

[Anonymous]

My days are shorter than yours right now since I am taking classes in the afternoon! Here is what a typical day looks like for my 20 month old charge and myself:

8:00-I arrive. LO is dressed and ready to go, and he starts eating breakfast around this time

8:30-We clean up after breakfast. We do free play where he basically runs around the house and plays with whatever he wants. We may paint or color during this time as well.

10:00-LO has some yogurt for a snack and then I change his diaper before our walk

10:30-We head out for our walk. Sometimes we will go to the park, but it is usually pretty empty during this time of the day. Most of the time I just let him walk near me on the sidewalk. He loves to watch all of the construction going on in our town.

12:15-We arrive back home and get washed up and ready to eat lunch

12:45- LO usually plays for a little bit, but at this point he does start to get cranky.

1:00-We go upstairs, change his diaper and then read a story before he goes down for a nap. He usually sleeps until 3 PM at least, but I am done for the day at 2:30

[Anonymous]

7 am start work. I clean the kitchen from the night before. Unload/ reload dishwasher, start a load of laundry, make lunches for my 2 older charges.
7:30 usually a child is awake I make breakfast
8:00 I make the other 2 breakfast and get the toddler dresses. The older 2 get dressed and brush teeth. I clean the kitchen again.
8:40 we all leave for school then the toddler and I go to the park.
9:30 drive to activity, child eats a snack
10 am we go to the library, or music class, or an art class depending on the day
11:30 arrive home and make lunch
12:00 nap time
Then I do more laundry and clean the older kids rooms.
2:00 toddler wakes, snack time them we play outside or in the playroom
3:45 we leave for school to get the older kids
4:10 we are home I make snacks and they start homework
4:45 we usually leave for a sport practice everyday except Fridays.
6:30 we arrive home and I'm off work.

[Anonymous]

I have 3 charges: a 6-year-old girl and twin 2-year-old boys.

7:30 Arrive at work. Get the Larla up, dressed for school, breakfast, and on the bus

8:00 Get the boys up and ready for the day

8:30 Breakfast

9:00 Playroom: ball, singing songs, playing with cars, chase

10:30 Outside time or movie on rainy days

11:30 Free play in the living room while I make lunch

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Clean up, story time, quiet songs

1:00 Nap time. I clean up the playroom, living room & kitchen. Make Larla's lunch for tomorrow. Do laundry as needed. I eat lunch & relax.

3:30 Get Larla off the bus. Snack, repack lunch, and homework.

4:00 Boys wake up and have snack.

4:300 MB gets home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're very organized.

Who?

I meant the OP. I'm surprised by 10:30's schedule. A 6 month old is awake by 8:30 and doesn't go down for a nap until noon?

[Anonymous]

I am not a nanny, thank God. After reading what your day entails, you ought to be charging $100/hr.Dr

[Anonymous]

730: Arrive at family 1 home. Wake up the children, supervise getting dressed, brushing teeth, etc.
8:00: kids sit down to a quick breakfast with their mom
8:20: load up the car
8:30: dropped kids at school and drive to my second job

9: arrive at family 2 home, finish feeding newborn and get toddler twins dressed and ready for the day.
9:15: fold a load of laundry with a newborn in my lap while toddlers play with toys
9:45: Feed toddlers a morning snack, baby decides to finish her bottle
10: out the door with toddlers for an activity
10:45 arrive at activity. Walk around the farm with toddlers picking A pumpkin
11:45: load toddlers back in the car, sing "The Wheels On The Bus" 15 times so they won't fall asleep
12:30:arrive home with toddlers, take newborn, swaddle her and put her in the swing for a nap, feed toddlers a snack/lunch, unload dishwasher and wash dishes while they eat
1:00 put toddlers down for a nap, finish dishes
1:20: bus arrives home, put away groceries and help with prep work for dinner
2:15 tidy up from dinner prep and hand wash breast pump parts
2:30 leave and go back to my first job
3: pick up family 1 kids from school, stop at store on the way home so that they can each choose a pumpkin to carve tomorrow
3:30 arrive home and have kids put their stuff away
3:45 tell kids that the weather is beautiful and they are not allowed inside until 430.
4:30: tell protesting kids that they have to come inside for a shower. get them showered and into pajamas.
5: have kids carry their laundry downstairs and supervise them in turning on the washing machine
5:15: have a tickle fight with kids while we wait for their mom to get home
6: MB arrives. Feed kids while she get started on a Halloween craft to do with them.
leave once dinner is on the table to drive back to my second job.
7: arrive at family 2. Try to convince toddlers to play downstairs without fighting for a few moments so that I can get everything set up for their bath upstairs

8: Bring toddlers and baby upstairs and give them all a bath (sometimes with help, sometimes without)
8:30 get kids dressed and ready for bed, sing songs and tell nursery rhymes
9: Took toddlers in, give baby back to her mom
9:30: arrive home and fall into bed.

[Anonymous]

I am a live-out sort of, but the family provides me my own 2BR apartment nearby and a small salary of $500 a week with no OT. My charge, A., is a 4 year old boy with some minor physical disabilities.

7:15 Take metro
7:50 Help A. finish up breakfast, put all his dishes in the sink
8:00 Get dressed if needed
(Some days we have preschool, so I drive him around and have lots of down time, other days as follows.)
8:15 Play, rough house, build, create, draw, etc.
9:30 Pack up a backpack with clothes, bottled water, snacks
9:35 Leave for playground, stop at market to buy an apple/banana
9:45 Playground, the big slide, other outside play
11:00 Walk to Gymboree, A. has a class

12:00 Head home for lunch, eat if it's ready otherwise play until time to eat
12:45/1:15 Go pee, lay down for nap, read, fall asleep

1:30-4:00 Free time, head back to apt or watch tv or go for a walk

4:00 Time to wake up A.
4:15 Play until dinner. or go swimming, or trampoline, or soccer outside
6:30 Eat dinner with family, help A. eat
7:15 Head home


That's about it, different days have different things. But I really enjoy it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're very organized.

Who?

I meant the OP. I'm surprised by 10:30's schedule. A 6 month old is awake by 8:30 and doesn't go down for a nap until noon?

This is 10:30. Usually the 6 month old won't nap until she falls asleep in the stroller on the way home from the park--she's not a good napper in general, and will only nap being held most of the time.

[Anonymous]

OP, you sound like a great nanny.

[Anonymous]

8:30 Arrive at work
do things
5:30 Leave

[Anonymous]

I work for two families

MWF family A:

10 month old twins (plus sometimes their 11 month old cousin, usually 1 day).

630 am Arrive. Babies just waking. I diaper and do bottles.
7 am to 8 am snuggle, stories, waking up time
8 am breakfast (they eat a lot of solids).
830 am diapers, dress and lotion time.
9 am stories and songs in room
915 bottles
930 am to 1130 am nap
1130 am wake up, diapers
1145 am lunch. We are working on forks now.
1215 depends on day could be music, gym, or at home play. They are learning to walk. We do dumping things, filling bins, rolling balls, etc
130 pm bottles and diapers
2 pm to 4 pm nap
4 pm wake up diapers and bottles
415 outside play. Swings, crawling in the garden, we have buckets and they fill them and dump them, etc
530 dinner
6 pm bath and diapers
7 pm I go home, parents take over

Bottles and bed by 730
When the cousin comes over he just does the same schedule.

Family B
T/Th

2 yr old triplets
7 am I arrive. I clean up, etc
815 am Kids wake up, get milk (sippies).
830 am potty time
845 free play
900 am we cook breakfast together
945 am clean up breakfast, potty time and dress
1030 am circle time discuss our day and other things, holiday, shapes, colors, numbers, etc
1045 am potty and to activity park, library, hike (they love hiking) going to the barn to care for animals (feed and sometimes brush).
1215 pm Art time to go with the theme
115 pm lunch
145 stories and potty time
2 pm to 5 pm nap
5 pm potty time
515 pm outside free play (ride toy cars, chalk, wagons, slides, planting flowers, etc).
630 pm potty time
645 pm dinner
730 pm bath and I go home

Parents finish bath and do stories bed at 830 pm