Really boring job with WAHM.

[Anonymous]

I recently started for a MB who works from home full-time. She hasn't handed over the reins to me yet and will baby wear her baby for 2+ hours in her office while I sit on the couch and watch Netflix. When I come in the morning, her baby is usually sleeping and she will hand me a basket of baby laundry to fold and basically says i'm welcome to sit on the couch and drink coffee until he wakes up. She will nurse him in her office and then only hand him to me if he needs to be changed or is ready for tummy time or short playtime. I take him for a 20-30 minute walk but that's it! There's about 4 hours of interaction with the babe and then the other 4 i'm just sitting around. They have a housekeeper so there's no cleaning or errands to be run except for light housekeeping like wiping down the nursery or folding laundry here and there.

I was a nanny to twin toddlers before so i'm used to being kept busy. But this is starting to get really boring and her baby is still quite young. Is this to be expected with infant care?

[Anonymous]

Is she still on maternity leave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is she still on maternity leave?

No.

She is a nurse assessor and works for herself and her job involved a lot of writing. She is sometimes with a patient which can take a few hours and she’s out of the home, but when she is home she wants her baby close to her for the most part. She will just be working quietly in her office and bring the baby to me when she needs to.

[Anonymous]

How old is the baby? Probably still sleeping a lot. I would imagine he would get more disruptive to her day in a couple of months. For now enjoy the relaxing job.

[Anonymous]

Stick it out if it’s a well paying job with good people. However use your off time more productivity than watching TV! Learn sign language/another language or take an online child development class. No matter what your employer says, she will start to resent having to pay you to watch Netflix.

[Anonymous]

This won’t last long. She won’t be able to type and baby wear soon. Just give it time. Baby will be annoying in her office when it starts crawling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stick it out if it’s a well paying job with good people. However use your off time more productivity than watching TV! Learn sign language/another language or take an online child development class. No matter what your employer says, she will start to resent having to pay you to watch Netflix.

+1. Seriously, put your free time to good use. Watching TV just makes you look lazy. Read child development books at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently started for a MB who works from home full-time. She hasn't handed over the reins to me yet and will baby wear her baby for 2+ hours in her office while I sit on the couch and watch Netflix. When I come in the morning, her baby is usually sleeping and she will hand me a basket of baby laundry to fold and basically says i'm welcome to sit on the couch and drink coffee until he wakes up. She will nurse him in her office and then only hand him to me if he needs to be changed or is ready for tummy time or short playtime. I take him for a 20-30 minute walk but that's it! There's about 4 hours of interaction with the babe and then the other 4 i'm just sitting around. They have a housekeeper so there's no cleaning or errands to be run except for light housekeeping like wiping down the nursery or folding laundry here and there.

I was a nanny to twin toddlers before so i'm used to being kept busy. But this is starting to get really boring and her baby is still quite young. Is this to be expected with infant care?

Take som initiative and find some child/baby related stuff to do. Don't just sit there. You are lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently started for a MB who works from home full-time. She hasn't handed over the reins to me yet and will baby wear her baby for 2+ hours in her office while I sit on the couch and watch Netflix. When I come in the morning, her baby is usually sleeping and she will hand me a basket of baby laundry to fold and basically says i'm welcome to sit on the couch and drink coffee until he wakes up. She will nurse him in her office and then only hand him to me if he needs to be changed or is ready for tummy time or short playtime. I take him for a 20-30 minute walk but that's it! There's about 4 hours of interaction with the babe and then the other 4 i'm just sitting around. They have a housekeeper so there's no cleaning or errands to be run except for light housekeeping like wiping down the nursery or folding laundry here and there.

I was a nanny to twin toddlers before so i'm used to being kept busy. But this is starting to get really boring and her baby is still quite young. Is this to be expected with infant care?

Take some initiative and find some child/baby related stuff to do. Don't just sit there. You are lazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently started for a MB who works from home full-time. She hasn't handed over the reins to me yet and will baby wear her baby for 2+ hours in her office while I sit on the couch and watch Netflix. When I come in the morning, her baby is usually sleeping and she will hand me a basket of baby laundry to fold and basically says i'm welcome to sit on the couch and drink coffee until he wakes up. She will nurse him in her office and then only hand him to me if he needs to be changed or is ready for tummy time or short playtime. I take him for a 20-30 minute walk but that's it! There's about 4 hours of interaction with the babe and then the other 4 i'm just sitting around. They have a housekeeper so there's no cleaning or errands to be run except for light housekeeping like wiping down the nursery or folding laundry here and there.

I was a nanny to twin toddlers before so i'm used to being kept busy. But this is starting to get really boring and her baby is still quite young. Is this to be expected with infant care?

Yes, take some initiative. That's what good employees do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently started for a MB who works from home full-time. She hasn't handed over the reins to me yet and will baby wear her baby for 2+ hours in her office while I sit on the couch and watch Netflix. When I come in the morning, her baby is usually sleeping and she will hand me a basket of baby laundry to fold and basically says i'm welcome to sit on the couch and drink coffee until he wakes up. She will nurse him in her office and then only hand him to me if he needs to be changed or is ready for tummy time or short playtime. I take him for a 20-30 minute walk but that's it! There's about 4 hours of interaction with the babe and then the other 4 i'm just sitting around. They have a housekeeper so there's no cleaning or errands to be run except for light housekeeping like wiping down the nursery or folding laundry here and there.

I was a nanny to twin toddlers before so i'm used to being kept busy. But this is starting to get really boring and her baby is still quite young. Is this to be expected with infant care?

You are lazy.

[Anonymous]

Find a project to do. For example you could work on building a big log cabin style playhouse in the backyard that the baby can enjoy as he gets older. The mom would be thrilled, I bet.

[Anonymous]

Wow, Op. The nannies on here really are bitchy. You aren't lazy...there's only so much "baby related" bs you can do for 4 hours a day.
I'd be bored out of my mind too, but just remember this won't last. Soon the baby will be more mobile and you will be taking care of them more...I don't think your situation is going to get any easier though. This mom sounds like she has some boundary issues.

[Anonymous]

You’re getting paid to do nothing, I would hang in there because it won’t last; you’ll have full responsibility when they baby is more alert. It’s nothing wrong with watching Netflix, surfing the web or reading a book of your choice. Nothing about that says lazy, you’re enjoying your downtime and your MB knows that and even said it was okay to watch tv. If she cared, she would have given you more responsibilities and you’re already doing laundry. Hang in there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Find a project to do. For example you could work on building a big log cabin style playhouse in the backyard that the baby can enjoy as he gets older. The mom would be thrilled, I bet.

Is nanny 5? The damn baby sounds like s/he is a newborn or young infant. They probably don’t even have logs or building materials yet.