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[quote=Anonymous]Today is my 4th day at my new nanny job and I hate it so much. To start out with, I'm working 15-20 hours more per week than my previous job for significantly lower pay. (This is because I recently moved to a rural area with a much lower cost of living- the pay is actually great for the area I moved to, but still much lower than what I made before.) The work is also much more demanding- I was working with a super easy 1 year old who I really clicked with and now miss dearly, and I was very close with my MB. Now, I'm watching a 4 month old who is precious but very fussy and screams if I put him down, and a 2 year old who is really, really testing my limits. I've dealt with difficult toddlers before and I know that she's 2, so I can't expect her to be a perfect angel. But she is so difficult about everything, either shouts "NO" at me or just stares at me when I ask her to do something, does the opposite of everything I want her to, and throws tantrums about the most mundane things. Yesterday she slapped me in the face, hard, during a tantrum because she didn't want to get her poopy diaper changed. I am an experienced career nanny with 8+ years under my belt, but I am REALLY feeling defeated by this job.

My DB is playing the single dad role (mom is deployed for the next few months) and is hopeless. He has no idea how to discipline his toddler and reverts to bribing for everything. I didn't tell him that she slapped me because he seems so stressed out running the house by himself and I didn't want to make him feel bad. He is super nice and asks me often if there's anything he can do to make my job easier, but I don't know. I just didn't want to burden him with it when he has so much on his plate already. He chalks her recent bad behavior up to missing her mom, but he hasn't given me any signs of trying to work on it. DB was also VERY desperate for childcare when he ran into me. Their last two nannies fell through and he basically wanted to hire me without even meeting me first. I did end up meeting the family for a short visit before I started, but it was mostly to show me around the house and where everything was. I am pretty sure they didn't do any sort of background check on me, I do know they checked only one of my references, they just handed me over a nanny car without even asking about my driving record or how long I've been behind the wheel. DB told me just the bare bones basics and left me to figure out the rest on my own.

They have family coming to stay with them for the entire month of June, so they don't need me for that entire month. The job would pick back up in July and August, then they will be moving at the end of August. Should I look for something else and let them know in June that something has come up and I can't work for them for the remainder of the summer? I feel terrible, I know I'm really gonna be leaving them in a really tough spot. But I seriously can't take this job. All I've thought about today is how badly I don't want to be here.  I come home from a 11 hour day and just want to fall into bed. I really didn't want to spend my summer stressed, exhausted and depressed. I am not sure if I'm just burnt out from nannying or if this family just isn't the right fit. What would you do in this situation?[/quote]

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