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[quote=Anonymous]So I'm starting my fist nannying job this weekend and I'm having major reservations. I know that it's usually the parents who are afraid for their children when they're being entrusted with strangers, but I feel like I'm in the opposite circumstance. The mom is overly trusting of me and I'm really inexperienced and getting more nervous with each passing hour.

A little background on the job: I responded to the mother's ad on a babysitting website, and she scheduled an interview pretty much right away. We met in public for it (which she wanted, a good idea), and I thought I bombed it because I was really honest about my not-quite-open schedule and not being sure if I could be available whenever she wanted me. However, she called me a week or so later and said she thought I was the best candidate. We're going to meet again and go over the contract, but she hasn't asked me for a background check (which I could do and it would come up clean), references or anything.

Anyway my very first 'job'--I hesitate to call it that because it's caring for a child, but I can't think of another word--will be a stay-over three day weekend in her small apartment with just me and the kid. I'm not afraid of the kid or tantrums or anything, but I'm feeling a bit sketched out. I already don't like sleeping by myself and rely on my long-term boyfriend for comfort at night, and sleeping in a stranger's house will be a whole new level of discomfort for me. Also, I don't know how the mom can afford nannying if she's unemployed, going to a tech school, and can only live in a small apartment with her daughter. Is this some kind of trap?

I'm just scared :/ I need the money and I don't want to pass up a perfectly good opportunity if it is one, but I don't want to put my life in danger either. She seemed perfectly normal at the interview, but I guess you can never tell. I might feel better if I had a locking bedroom to myself but since it's a one-room apt, I doubt that I will. I'll probably be sleeping on the couch.

Nannies and parents--is this normal? Should I call back and quit? I'd feel awful dong so but I don't want my anxiety getting in the way of the kid receiving proper care. I know that I'm a trustworthy person, but there's no way for the mother to know that and something just feels wrong. Is it me? I shouldn't feel prejudiced against struggling single moms because I was raised by one, but I'd feel much more comfortable if the family were obviously well-off and obviously had a reason and the funds to get a nanny as opposed to daycare.

Thank you for your help![/quote]

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