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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, thanks for the suggestions everyone, I appreciate it.

To 6:04: Yes, I have experience with this age. The last three families I worked with for two to three years each, and I started when their child was 8-12 weeks old and left when he/she started preschool. I guess maybe part of it is that those were all just one child, which made some things easier (for example, I've done the pillow mountain idea, but whichever twin I'm not actively holding will knock the pillow tower out from under the other; also made supervision of sensory play easier). Another part of it was that I was with the child for so long prior to 11 months that by that time we had a good established routine, etc (for example I usually start using the baby swings at the park at six months, so by this age they love it. These two don't like them, and when I mentioned that to their parents they said something like "yes, we tried them once and they hated it..." Which sounded like they never gave them a chance to get used to the swings?). And lastly, I hate to say it, but for the past year my (previous) charge was two--three years old and I guess it's hard to jump back into the swing of an 11 months (or rather, two 11 month olds) day.

Also for the record, I do have some experience with twins, but the only regular nanny gigs I've had with twins were some of the first nanny jobs I worked (9-11 years ago, I started nannying at 18, I'm 30 now). And both sets of twins that I previously worked with were older (one set was about 19 months old when I started, the other set was three years old).

Sometimes it's just nice to hear ideas from other nannies!

Anyway, the suggestions are helpful, and I'm certainly open to more! I will look into that Gymboree book as well...[/quote]

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