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[quote=Anonymous]I'm nearing my due date in a few weeks. For the past several years I have worked at a wonderful daycare 8am-1pm and then as a nanny 2pm-7/8pm. Nanny job conveniently and amicably finished just a few weeks ago when the family moved, so I now I only work mornings. The daycare I work at is fairly small (no more than 10 kids) but we have a mixed age group 18 months to 4 years, so it's quite intense and I don't have more free time than just enough to chug down a cup of coffee. I'm up on my feet all morning long and am pretty exhausted by the time I'm off. Nannying is much easier - I have a lot of experience and feel that I do household things (like laundry/cooking/tidying up) quite efficiently, and there is a lot of down time while I'm waiting for the kids at their activities, when do tummy time with the baby, we read or colour or whatever - I am still obviously present and engaged, but it's just easier to handle 2-3 kids in their house than 10 kids in a daycare.

My original plan has been to not seek another nanny position after I come back from maternity leave and just work mornings at the daycare. But now I am thinking that daycare is exhausting, and though now I am more tired than I usually am because I'm the size of a whale and two humans are constantly punching my guts and it'll get easier once I'm 'back to normal', being a nanny is more calm, rewarding and pays better. But if I do find a nanny position that would work with my hours, would I feel resentful towards my new charges as I have to leave my own kids to be cared by someone else? Especially when they're so small - I imagine it will feel different once they're in school.

If you worked as a nanny when your own children were very young, did you prefer a position with babies or older children? Did it make a difference at all? Were you still able to bond with your charges as well as before you had your own children? Anyone who's BTDT, please share your experiences. Thank you![/quote]

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