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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking after babies and young kids is absolutely exhausting work. I know when I was home with the kids when they both slept  at the same time, I breathed a sigh of relief and needed that time to decompress, relax and re-energize for the next few hours. I don't actually want a nanny that works 10 hours without a break. I really don't think that is what is best for the kids at all - to have someone who is exhausted, overworked, frustrated, tired, hungry, and grumpy. The little clean up things (kitchen, food prep, bottles etc ) take time too. I really doubt many nannies have 3-4 hours where they aren't doing anything at all.

I think when parents give a long list of expectations and show no understanding as to why the nanny needs a break or why not everything on the list gets down, that htis usually a sign that those parents haven't actually spent many stretches of time with their kids. they imagine in their heads that if they were home they would be doing all the childcare while at the same time doing all the housework and as soon as the kids go to sleep they would jump into action doing household projects, activity boards, cooking dinners from scratch etc... that actually isn't how days go. Go read on the regular board about parents that are barely holding it together...

I think there has to be a balance. If an hour of homework a day is how my nanny wants to use her downtime and it means that she is happy and enjoying the kids when they are awake - great. I don't think it is healthy for anyone, kids included, for a nanny to be run off her feet for 10 hours straight. [/quote]

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