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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I nanny right now for 2 1/2 yo twins and their 4 mo sister.

Typical day with all three:
Fix breakfast (I make things and freeze in advance so I can just pull out something), get activities ready for later
Baby gets up, she gets diapered and dressed.
Twins get up, baby sits on boppy pillow on the floor while I get them diapered and dressed and brush hair and teeth.
Go downstairs.  Twins eat breakfast while baby plays in a bouncy chair (if she's happy) or sling (if she's fussy). And I get lunch ready for later and unload dishwasher and wash pump parts.  At some point baby drinks a bottle.

After breakfast we have about 3 hours to kill until it's lunchtime.  I know the twins will need some active time, some focused project time and some unstructured down time.  How much time we spend in each categories varies.

Active time might be:
Dancing at music class
Setting up and obstacle course in the basement
Various dancing activities (like. Pretending to be snowflakes or trains to match certain songs)
Taking a walk or
Playing in the yard (if weather is decent)

Focuses project time might be:
Doing 5 pages from a kumon workbook
Art project
Sensory bins
Cooking together
Doing puzzles
Playing matching games

I tend to start with some unstructured time, then do the project for the day once baby goes down for her morning nap, then do something active later.

Baby usually takes another nap around lunchtime. 
Twins eat and go down for nap, baby eats and sleeps a bit somewhere around the same time.

Depending on baby's naps, the order varies, but during twins' naptime I get afternoon snack ready, get another little project ready to go for twins, make sure baby gets tummy time and one-on-one, eat lunch, and feed baby and put her down for another nap (she usually goes down right as they wake up).
Twins get up and get diapered
They have milk and snack
We do the afternoon project
We do unstructured play until MB or DB get home.
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How long have you been on this job and how many hours a week?[/quote]

I've been with the family since twins were 2 mo.  I have been full time since baby came along.[/quote]

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