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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all,

I've worked as a part time nanny (30-35 hours a week) for the past 5 years as I finished my education. I had a very special bond with the family I worked for and was, generally, very happy with my job. I worked M/W/F and took classes on T/Th, so I had a bit of a mental break between spending all day with kids. I recently graduated, and because I needed more hours, had to part ways with the family I loved so much. An internship I need to complete before entering the field of work I'm going into is unavailable until Spring 2015, so I took a full time job with a new family, being completely clear upfront about my future plans and that I would not be a nanny who would stay with them long term.

Two months into the job and I'm pretty miserable. It isn't an awful job and I'm very grateful to have work with a nice family, but I feel like I am just "done" being a nanny. I think I'm severely burnet out from my years of work with no break in between (I had no paid vacation or PTO at my previous job, so I worked a lot with no true break, even though it was part time.). I'm bored, feeling unfulfilled, and wishing I could leave and take a different position. I'm doing my best to put everything I have into my new charge, but truth be told, I am tired. I have seen some job postings that are not directly in my field but related closely enough and I badly want to apply for them. At the same time, I feel guilty for even thinking about leaving so soon and feel I owe it to the family I'm working for to stick it out, at least for a while.

Do you have any suggestions? How would you feel if you were an MB?[/quote]

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