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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My charge naps anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half per day. It's hit or miss. I usually eat lunch, clean up the toys, wash any dishes he used and prepare his milk cups. I usually have a 30-45 min. window left and I will use that time to lay down and close my eyes. The guest room is right next to his room so a baby monitor is unnecessary and once he cries, I am right there immediately. Even if I do not fall asleep, just that period of getting off of my feel and resting, is a Godsend. My days are usually 10 hours straight and I NEED that break. My bosses totally get that too. I would hate to have the type of bosses who had a list of chores for me to complete during nap time. I actually had bosses who had lists Mon-Fri for me taped on the fridge. For example, Monday was vacuum the house during nap time, Tuesday was dust the living room, Wednesday was mop the kitchen floor, etc. I guess they felt since I was on their time, on the clock, I had to be always doing something productive. What they didn't get was that they were burning me out and that their child would be the one getting the short end of the stick in the end. Sad, but true.

There were times that their child just didn't nap for the typical hour or so, and I couldn't complete the chore I was supposed to complete. Then they would come home and ask why I didn't fold a load of laundry and I would respond that little Sally took a shorter than usual nap that afternoon and they would respond, "Well, that is highly unusual..She ALWAYS naps 2 hours a day when I am here.." as if I was trying to get out of doing my chores.

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I'm 8:30.  You sound wonderful.  That employer in your example sounds insufferable.[/quote]

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