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[quote=Anonymous]I am an older nanny.  I will tell you about my situation and how I became a nanny.

My fantasy back in the day when I was raising my kids was that some day I would be a grandma, and I would babysit the grandkids about six hours a week, plus an overnight once a month.

The reality was / is  that my son and DIL and grandkids live more than 1.000 miles away.  The other grandma lives near them and posts photos all the time of her with the grandkids.  I felt rejected and left out and very  sad about that.

After I had been a grandma for about three years,  I  retired from my fed job and was looking for some kind of job that was low stress and fun, to supplement my pension.   My dear friend who had heard me whining about being deprived of the "grandma experience" knew of a relative who had lost their home daycare provider and  needed a new sitter for her baby. Since my home was not set up for children, I took care of the baby in their home.   It was a match made in heaven and I absolutely loved it.  I felt honored that I was  actually invited to help take care of a little one.   And sometimes when I was rocking that sweet little baby to sleep, I would get teary eyed.  Thankfully, they never did fire me for actually enjoying my job and loving their child.

That family moved, and now I am on family number three.  I love my current kids too.  Just the other day, I was watching my four year old charge during his karate class, and I was so proud of him learning his new karate skills that I had to wipe tears away.  Sure hope I don't get fired for actually loving that little guy so much that I get teary once in a while.  [/quote]

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