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[quote=Anonymous]MB here.  I certainly can't speak for your employers, but I would never want my nanny feeling like this, and I never want her working on her off hours.  We actually have had conversations about this very issue so that she knows we do not expect, or want, her working on her off time, or spending any of her own money, etc...

I also do not want our nanny getting burned out.  I want her to be happy in her work, and with our family for years.

You need to talk to your employers.  You need to prioritize yourself (some time to eat, some time to rest/recharge) ahead of all of the add on tasks of childcare.  You need to learn to juggle things so that you make huge batches of purees once or twice
 a week - not every day.  You do laundry once or twice a week - not every day.  Etc...  Learn how to carve some time back into the schedule for breathing room, and be candid with the parents about what you're doing and why.

Also - a child young enough to be eating purees should be napping twice a day - so something seems a little off there.

Do you know any other nannies?  Can you try to network with some nannies in the neighborhood?  The work of juggling all the childcare tasks takes a while to figure out (for parents and nannies).  Maybe if you had some peers to chat with they would be able to share some tips on how to schedule the day and juggle the workload so you feel you have more room to breathe.[/quote]

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