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[quote=Anonymous]So, I should open by admitting that I am a bit of a workaholic.  I love being a nanny and tend to throw myself into the work with both feet.  In the past, I have prided myself on being flexible and available for my bosses, but I am in a new situation and having trouble balancing it all.

I was working 60 hours each week for a family (Family X) with preschoolers and doing evening/weekend sitting for about 5 families on the side.  Then the kids in Family X started full-time school, so they bumped my hours back to 45 (do morning drop-off, pick-up, dinner, and they are out of school on Mondays) and I picked up a part time job for a SAHM (Family Y) during school hours T-F, as well as one date night for Family Y each week (a total of 20 hours per week for Family Y), and I cut back my babysitting to 3 families.

So, I am only working slightly more hours (70-ish, vs. 65-ish), but I am rushing back and forth between jobs and feel much more pressed for time.

I think part of the stress is that when I was only really working for one family, if they asked me to work late one night or to take on an extra task (temporarily) or anything that was unusually taxing, I didn't feel badly about "slacking off" later, e.g., tonight I am working late, because they went out, but I don't feel the need to be folding laundry or sorting toys, I am relaxing and surfing the internet now that kids are asleep.  The thing is that if I am tired because I worked late last night for Family Y, I don't feel right about being less productive the next day for Family X, so anytime I am flexible to take on extra hours or tasks for anyone, I end up feeling incredibly busy and stressed and am completely wiped by the end of the week.

Nannies:  Do you feel the need to be "on" all day?  Bosses:  Do you expect this of your nannies?[/quote]

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