Life of a nanny vent
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Anonymous
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I work 12 hour days Monday thru Thursday. This week was a bear because both kids had colds. Now I am finally home on this Thursday night, the beginning of my three day weekend and - you guessed it - my throat is killing me and my nose is running!
I am sure I will be fine come Monday morning but I fear my weekend is shot. Welcome to my first cold of the season. I love my job and truly love the adorable little twin germ-bags I get to spend my days with but... ugh! |
Anonymous
| Better than HFM or the wretched stomach bug! Stay in bed and Netflix it this weekend! Feel better. |
Anonymous
| You poor thing. I am not looking forward to my first cold that I know will come. At least you have 3 days to recover. Like pp said, rest and catch some good shows/movies. Hope you feel better soon! |
Anonymous
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Yeah, our charge’s really are adorable little germ-bags! I never used to get colds until I started working with young children. Now I average three a year!
Take care. |
Anonymous
| Btdt, OP, had my first last weekend. I would much, much rather deal with it outside work hours, but it makes the whole weekend miserable. |
Anonymous
| Feel better! |
Anonymous
| It's better than getting lice and cleaning my entire house, which how I'm spending my weekend... |
Anonymous
So sorry, PP! |
Anonymous
Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry! They didn’t want elk you that the kids had it, so you could plan ahead and put your hair up/wear something to cover your head?! |
Anonymous
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Just finished a small bout w/my first one.
What I truly hate is laying around doing NOTHING. I need my days off to clean, buy groceries, wash my laundry, run errands + if I can squeeze in a haircut, then I consider myself efficient. But to have wasted days where nothing productive occurs....??! Kinda makes me re-think being a Nanny. I love love the kiddos, but not missing out on my free time. |
Anonymous
Um, isn't this reality of working? All of us who work have to deal with this (with one less day than you). |
Anonymous
You never get as sick as often as when you do when you work with children. I got maybe one cold every three years when I worked around adults in an office. My first year teaching preschool I had NINE separate colds, pink-eye, HFM and two wicked bouts of stomach bug. It is different when you work with young children. |
Anonymous
+1. Nannies, preschool teachers, daycare assistants an teachers get sick all the time. Plus if a coworker in an office has a cold, he doesn’t want to sit on your lap and cuddle for hours or sneeze on you while you are changing her diaper. Or puke on you when he has the stomach bug. Little kids and babies want you to constantly hold them when they are ill. No comparison to working in an office. |