Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I've been laughing and laughing as I read this. As a live-in nanny, I assume that I do some housekeeping as part of the household. I don't do full housekeeping unless it's spelled out in the contract. I had a position which included homeschooling 7 children (2 to 14 at start). I got up and around by 6.45am to get them up starting at 7 (shifts to use one bathroom, last child up at 7.30), kids started chores or helping with breakfast as soon as they were ready for the day, breakfast on the table by 8.15am, school from 9 to 11, lunch break and chore time from 11 to 1, school from 1 to 3, chores should be done by then other than dinner help and dishes afterwards, so kids played, read, ran around outside, went to the park, etc. We did switch it up for a while, went to the park (water section) from 1 to 3, then did school from 3 to 5, then dinner, but that was so that the kids wouldn't have to deal with bigger kids pushing three three youngest out of the way. Bedtimes were staggered starting at 7.30 and last one at 10, I did homeschool prep til about midnight, sometimes 1. With 7 kids and the 2/3 year old not wanting to nap? A nanny doesn't need a break if she's comfortable without it. Running around after kids is fun, if it isn't, she shouldn't be a nanny.

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Anonymous wrote:I let our nanny rest for 1/2 the average time that DS is asleep. She must remain awake but she is welcome to read or watch TV. The other half of the time I require her to do some chores. I verify with the nanny cam every now and then, but our nanny is very trustworthy.

if you need a nanny cam, you dont trust your nanny.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I've been laughing and laughing as I read this. As a live-in nanny, I assume that I do some housekeeping as part of the household. I don't do full housekeeping unless it's spelled out in the contract. I had a position which included homeschooling 7 children (2 to 14 at start). I got up and around by 6.45am to get them up starting at 7 (shifts to use one bathroom, last child up at 7.30), kids started chores or helping with breakfast as soon as they were ready for the day, breakfast on the table by 8.15am, school from 9 to 11, lunch break and chore time from 11 to 1, school from 1 to 3, chores should be done by then other than dinner help and dishes afterwards, so kids played, read, ran around outside, went to the park, etc. We did switch it up for a while, went to the park (water section) from 1 to 3, then did school from 3 to 5, then dinner, but that was so that the kids wouldn't have to deal with bigger kids pushing three three youngest out of the way. Bedtimes were staggered starting at 7.30 and last one at 10, I did homeschool prep til about midnight, sometimes 1. With 7 kids and the 2/3 year old not wanting to nap? A nanny doesn't need a break if she's comfortable without it. Running around after kids is fun, if it isn't, she shouldn't be a nanny.

nannydebsays wrote: I hope you were paid a s#!+ ton of money for working almost 18 hours a day!

Anonymous wrote:To the above PPs - do your employers know you take three hour breaks?

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I've been laughing and laughing as I read this. As a live-in nanny, I assume that I do some housekeeping as part of the household. I don't do full housekeeping unless it's spelled out in the contract. I had a position which included homeschooling 7 children (2 to 14 at start). I got up and around by 6.45am to get them up starting at 7 (shifts to use one bathroom, last child up at 7.30), kids started chores or helping with breakfast as soon as they were ready for the day, breakfast on the table by 8.15am, school from 9 to 11, lunch break and chore time from 11 to 1, school from 1 to 3, chores should be done by then other than dinner help and dishes afterwards, so kids played, read, ran around outside, went to the park, etc. We did switch it up for a while, went to the park (water section) from 1 to 3, then did school from 3 to 5, then dinner, but that was so that the kids wouldn't have to deal with bigger kids pushing three three youngest out of the way. Bedtimes were staggered starting at 7.30 and last one at 10, I did homeschool prep til about midnight, sometimes 1. With 7 kids and the 2/3 year old not wanting to nap? A nanny doesn't need a break if she's comfortable without it. Running around after kids is fun, if it isn't, she shouldn't be a nanny.

I hope you were paid a s#!+ ton of money for working almost 18 hours a day!

Anonymous wrote:DC is 1.5 and takes a two hour nap (usually) in the afternoons. Our nanny does his laundry, makes a few things for him from scratch, straights up the play area, bathroom and his room but then must have about an hour or more free. Her hours are between eight and ten hours a day.

What length of break is appropriate?

TIA

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nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I've been laughing and laughing as I read this. As a live-in nanny, I assume that I do some housekeeping as part of the household. I don't do full housekeeping unless it's spelled out in the contract. I had a position which included homeschooling 7 children (2 to 14 at start). I got up and around by 6.45am to get them up starting at 7 (shifts to use one bathroom, last child up at 7.30), kids started chores or helping with breakfast as soon as they were ready for the day, breakfast on the table by 8.15am, school from 9 to 11, lunch break and chore time from 11 to 1, school from 1 to 3, chores should be done by then other than dinner help and dishes afterwards, so kids played, read, ran around outside, went to the park, etc. We did switch it up for a while, went to the park (water section) from 1 to 3, then did school from 3 to 5, then dinner, but that was so that the kids wouldn't have to deal with bigger kids pushing three three youngest out of the way. Bedtimes were staggered starting at 7.30 and last one at 10, I did homeschool prep til about midnight, sometimes 1. With 7 kids and the 2/3 year old not wanting to nap? A nanny doesn't need a break if she's comfortable without it. Running around after kids is fun, if it isn't, she shouldn't be a nanny.

I hope you were paid a s#!+ ton of money for working almost 18 hours a day!

I'm an MB with one child. This post is pretty disturbing to me. What you are describing is basically indentured servitude if you are making anything less than $125k anywhere in the United States ! Don't go around telling other nannies they should accept that! I would never make one nanny do that. If ppl want to home school their kids they should do it their damn selves.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I've been laughing and laughing as I read this. As a live-in nanny, I assume that I do some housekeeping as part of the household. I don't do full housekeeping unless it's spelled out in the contract. I had a position which included homeschooling 7 children (2 to 14 at start). I got up and around by 6.45am to get them up starting at 7 (shifts to use one bathroom, last child up at 7.30), kids started chores or helping with breakfast as soon as they were ready for the day, breakfast on the table by 8.15am, school from 9 to 11, lunch break and chore time from 11 to 1, school from 1 to 3, chores should be done by then other than dinner help and dishes afterwards, so kids played, read, ran around outside, went to the park, etc. We did switch it up for a while, went to the park (water section) from 1 to 3, then did school from 3 to 5, then dinner, but that was so that the kids wouldn't have to deal with bigger kids pushing three three youngest out of the way. Bedtimes were staggered starting at 7.30 and last one at 10, I did homeschool prep til about midnight, sometimes 1. With 7 kids and the 2/3 year old not wanting to nap? A nanny doesn't need a break if she's comfortable without it. Running around after kids is fun, if it isn't, she shouldn't be a nanny.

I hope you were paid a s#!+ ton of money for working almost 18 hours a day!

I'm an MB with one child. This post is pretty disturbing to me. What you are describing is basically indentured servitude if you are making anything less than $125k anywhere in the United States ! Don't go around telling other nannies they should accept that! I would never make one nanny do that. If ppl want to home school their kids they should do it their damn selves.

I'm sorry, I'm not saying that anyone else should agree to this position, I simply think that generalizations that everyone needs the same thing are ridiculous.

Frankly, no, the parents homeschooling the children wasn't an option. Mom and dad split up, dad worked on call, then on site for days at a time. The children had always been homeschooled and excelled with the opportunity to have one-one attention and explanations. I don't think it's a necessity for a parent to homeschool their children, and I would love another position with lots of kids and homeschooling.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, I've been laughing and laughing as I read this. As a live-in nanny, I assume that I do some housekeeping as part of the household. I don't do full housekeeping unless it's spelled out in the contract. I had a position which included homeschooling 7 children (2 to 14 at start). I got up and around by 6.45am to get them up starting at 7 (shifts to use one bathroom, last child up at 7.30), kids started chores or helping with breakfast as soon as they were ready for the day, breakfast on the table by 8.15am, school from 9 to 11, lunch break and chore time from 11 to 1, school from 1 to 3, chores should be done by then other than dinner help and dishes afterwards, so kids played, read, ran around outside, went to the park, etc. We did switch it up for a while, went to the park (water section) from 1 to 3, then did school from 3 to 5, then dinner, but that was so that the kids wouldn't have to deal with bigger kids pushing three three youngest out of the way. Bedtimes were staggered starting at 7.30 and last one at 10, I did homeschool prep til about midnight, sometimes 1. With 7 kids and the 2/3 year old not wanting to nap? A nanny doesn't need a break if she's comfortable without it. Running around after kids is fun, if it isn't, she shouldn't be a nanny.

I hope you were paid a s#!+ ton of money for working almost 18 hours a day!

I'm an MB with one child. This post is pretty disturbing to me. What you are describing is basically indentured servitude if you are making anything less than $125k anywhere in the United States ! Don't go around telling other nannies they should accept that! I would never make one nanny do that. If ppl want to home school their kids they should do it their damn selves.

I'm sorry, I'm not saying that anyone else should agree to this position, I simply think that generalizations that everyone needs the same thing are ridiculous.

Frankly, no, the parents homeschooling the children wasn't an option. Mom and dad split up, dad worked on call, then on site for days at a time. The children had always been homeschooled and excelled with the opportunity to have one-one attention and explanations. I don't think it's a necessity for a parent to homeschool their children, and I would love another position with lots of kids and homeschooling.