When does nanny eat??

[Anonymous]

We have a nanny share with a family around the corner for our 2 littles. When the kids were babies, our nanny, who brings her uncooked lunch in the morning, would cook and eat during their afternoon nap (around 1pm). Now that they’re approaching toddler stage, nap time is all over the place. Sometimes only one goes down, sometime it’s not until 3pm.. When is she supposed to cook and eat? The kids are not the kind to sit patiently on the floor next to her, they’re zooming around the house. I don’t want her to feel burned out.
Thx

[Anonymous]

She should be cooking her food at home and at most warming it up in the microwave. We eat whenever we get a second of time to eat no set lunch time.

[Anonymous]

Whenever a second becomes available to shove random bites in my mouth. I tried to sit down and each when the kids did, but that resulted in them crying for and then eating my lunch 90% of the time.

[Anonymous]

Our kid is 3.5 and still gets put down for a nap every day at 1pm. Maybe he sits and plays in there or maybe he sleeps, but that's his quiet time. We did the same with our older child.

But the nanny should be eating lunch with the babies to model table manners. She shouldn't need to do more than reheat her food. She needs to cook at home.

[Anonymous]

I think there needs to be a routine. Kids approaching toddlerhood (so 11-12 months old?) need to be napping before 3 p.m., and should be on a schedule where they nap at the same time. Kids that age can also sit in a high chair with their finger food meal and eat with someone else.

It sounds really chaotic.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. I eat with my charges. So I prepare the food while holding or wearing a baby or while they play in a high chair or on the floor nearby. Today my 10 month old charge spent 10 minutes while I made our lunch investigating a colander and a whisk. Then they go in the high chair and eat finger foods while I eat lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. I eat with my charges. So I prepare the food while holding or wearing a baby or while they play in a high chair or on the floor nearby. Today my 10 month old charge spent 10 minutes while I made our lunch investigating a colander and a whisk. Then they go in the high chair and eat finger foods while I eat lunch.

That’s good you’re cooking for you and your charge. The nanny in question is cooking her entire meal from scratch their house using their kitchen, utensils dishes etc and time that could be used to actually watch the children as they’re not settled into a routine it seems like

[Anonymous]

The kids should still be napping or at the very least a quiet time .

[Anonymous]

I am a nanny too and between commuting and being tired in the evening, it is hard to put a meal together every night, so i bring something quick and cook it while working too. Never caused a problem.

[Anonymous]

She should be trying to get them on the sane schedule I would think.
She should eat when they do, make it clear she can help herself to whatever is in the house. If she brings her own food it should ge something easy to heat up or eat cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny too and between commuting and being tired in the evening, it is hard to put a meal together every night, so i bring something quick and cook it while working too. Never caused a problem.

I don't mean this as harshly as it sounds, but that's your problem. If you're tired in the evening maybe this isn't the job for you. If the commute is too long maybe the location of the job isn't for you. I'm not paying a nanny to come use my oven and stove, etc., taking time away from my kids I'm paying them to take care of, for their lunch. Just bulk cook stuff on Sundays and reheat it through the week in the microwave.

[Anonymous]

being tired in the evening is normal for nanny, pp. It does not mean she is not suited for the job. I am sure she is not cooking a 3 course meal but maybe just boiling some veggies. Most employers do not have issues with that. You sound like an easily irritable person.

[Anonymous]

They should be on a schedule. The nanny should be eating with them. If her cooking takes too long to eat with them, she should do that during nap time. They need to be put in the cribs for nap time and given a chance to sleep/rest. Sometimes DD (age 2) takes almost an hour to fall asleep but unless she’s screaming she stays in the crib long enough to be sure she can’t nap. It’s for her own good but it’s also fair for the nanny (and us if it’s the weekend). After cleaning up from lunch, a caregiver needs a chance to rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny too and between commuting and being tired in the evening, it is hard to put a meal together every night, so i bring something quick and cook it while working too. Never caused a problem.

I don't mean this as harshly as it sounds, but that's your problem. If you're tired in the evening maybe this isn't the job for you. If the commute is too long maybe the location of the job isn't for you. I'm not paying a nanny to come use my oven and stove, etc., taking time away from my kids I'm paying them to take care of, for their lunch. Just bulk cook stuff on Sundays and reheat it through the week in the microwave.

If you're not a troll you are a miserable individual. Do you bulk cook on your day off from a physically demanding job? At least the kids above are seeing food being Prepared at Home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a nanny share with a family around the corner for our 2 littles. When the kids were babies, our nanny, who brings her uncooked lunch in the morning, would cook and eat during their afternoon nap (around 1pm). Now that they’re approaching toddler stage, nap time is all over the place. Sometimes only one goes down, sometime it’s not until 3pm.. When is she supposed to cook and eat? The kids are not the kind to sit patiently on the floor next to her, they’re zooming around the house. I don’t want her to feel burned out.
Thx

What are littles? It has been universally agreed that children are called children!