Do you have a nanny who...

[Anonymous]

... you would live your child/children for a week with? A nanny who can handle all the cooking, grocery shopping, school drop offs, classes, driving, etc? I mean everything with no advanced prep from you?

[Anonymous]

A week.....??!

That is a L-O-N-G time.

Likely not because I cannot even think of a situation like this hypothetically.

[Anonymous]

Ha!

That is me, quite literally. I’m responsible for the kids from the time they wake up until after they go to bed, when a parent gets home, including during school hours as needed. The parents respect what I do, and I’m well compensated. I wouldn’t trade it for a position with less responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:... you would live your child/children for a week with? A nanny who can handle all the cooking, grocery shopping, school drop offs, classes, driving, etc? I mean everything with no advanced prep from you?

If I could not trust my nanny with my children for a week then I could not trust her to care for my children for an hour.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t this what most nanny’s do on a weekly basis? I work 50-60 hours a week as it is, and already do most of the things you mentioned. If you don’t trust your nanny, you need to get a new nanny.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I am sorry I wasn’t clear. I mean when the parents go away for a week and the nanny sleeps over and handles everything alone.

My sister has a nanny like this. When she and her husband go away, they just pack their stuff and leave. The nanny moves in and takes over everything. My sister doesn’t even make sure there is food/meals in the house! Her nanny handles everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A week.....??!

That is a L-O-N-G time.

Likely not because I cannot even think of a situation like this hypothetically.

Think of going on a trip with your spouse for a week and the nanny stays over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:... you would live your child/children for a week with? A nanny who can handle all the cooking, grocery shopping, school drop offs, classes, driving, etc? I mean everything with no advanced prep from you?

If I could not trust my nanny with my children for a week then I could not trust her to care for my children for an hour.

OP here. It isn’t about trust. It’s about handling everything that she, you and your spouse do on a weekly basis alone.

[Anonymous]

No. My mother always comes down and stays with our son while nanny extends her hours to cover all of DS’s waking time but my mother is there overnight and to help during the day.

[Anonymous]

I would trust my nanny to do this, but I’m not sure I would do it just because that would be quite tiring for her to be solo caretaker for a week, especially if there are multiple kids.. I’d probably have a grandparent over at least for some additional help.

[Anonymous]

Our nanny could handle it, but DH and I would not leave our kids for a week. That's just not the kind of family we want to be.

[Anonymous]

I mean that’s my job.

Longest I watched kids while the parents were gone was 3.5 weeks.

It’s really not that hard

[Anonymous]

The nanny basically becomes a single parent for a week. That is a lot of work even for a great nanny who is used to going home at the end of the day.

No, I don’t think our nanny could do it easily.

[Anonymous]

There would be some logistics to cover - which day do trash bins go out, when to water the garden, etc that she doesn’t normally handle. Kid stuff though? Yeah, that would be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There would be some logistics to cover - which day do trash bins go out, when to water the garden, etc that she doesn’t normally handle. Kid stuff though? Yeah, that would be fine.

Nanny would have to learn and do all of it? I don’t think so. We are a two parent household with a nanny and a weekly housekeeper and it takes all of us!