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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How it really feels to be the nanny. It feels like you are invisible at times. As the nanny you do everything for the child/ children. You keep them safe, happy & loved.  You do their laundry, make the meals keep their rooms toys & books organized. You keep track of all activities, school events & make sure they have all they need. Most of all you love that child/ children more then you thought was possible.

You are there to wipe the tears & hold them when sick. You are there  to help them grow & learn. You make it possible for their parents to have quality time with them on evenings & weekends because all you do.

But at the end you get nothing for it. When you are no longer needed.  You are treated like nothing more then the hired help. Which is all they saw you for the whole time. All the times they said you are family to us. Is just something they say to keep you to keep doing it all until they decide you are not needed.  Then you are left heartbroken & confused.

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Yes, this is true with some nanny jobs.  I have two nanny positions where I have remained close and included in their family but my last position I was cut off completely.  I agree that it is heartbreaking, beyond heartbreaking,  to never be allowed to see the child you loved and cared for since birth.  And interestingly, this last position that cut me out completely was the one where the mother was the most effusive about loving me, about me being part of the family, about always sharing our lives.  She was lying to me.  I am embarrassed that I believed her!

Here is what I know to be true:  what we do for the child in providing security and love in the first years is always with the child.  Makes no difference whether the child actively remembers the nanny - the nanny created the security in their lives.  We matter to the charge.  That is all we can do.

Never look to your employers for truth or friendship.  This is a lesson I learned the hard way.  Look outside your job for friendship and inclusion.  [/quote]

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