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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] OP here and this is my first nanny position although I have been a preschool teacher for many years.  I am very torn.  Thank you for your responses - even the bitchy ones - as I agree I am way too attached to my charge.

I will request a formal recommendation letter and secure a new position (probably out of the neighborhood - I will not hurt my current charge) before I give my final notice.

I truly do hate my MB for putting me in this position but I am more angry at myself for putting up with it for so long and getting so attached to my charge.  Everywhere we go - library, Music Together, Parent & Me - people comment on how great I am with him and how lucky my employers are to have me.  My MB seems to be the only one who doesn't appreciate how good I am with her child.

Thank you.  
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Half your job is childcare (sounds like you are an A+) and the other half your job is making your Nanny Family's lives easier (doing kid meals, kid schedules, kid laundry, kid skill training, kid area cleanup, etc). The latter involves communicating and planning with with the parents of the charges. Most want the nanny in charge of things, but step in if things are getting lax, off or not getting done.

For example, a previous nanny we had for two years started slacking off: no longer fed the toddler dinner by 6pm, stopped vacuuming the play area weekly, stopped making batch foods (or any real foods) for child, stopped putting child I. Toddler bed and out her back in little sisters nursery. She did all this stuff which made HER job easier but made us have to do it. Pretty soon we took out the job contract and it was crystal clear she was not a professional nanny. She was a playmate to our child but had nothing else to offer. Even daycare would have made our lives smoother than that nanny. She was fired when we had our second kid and it was apparent she was kit organized enough to handle it, even with the toddler in preschool. [/quote]
Your division of tasks is odd. My work entails child-related responsibilities, which does not include pulling out the vacuum cleaner. The cleaning people do that.[/quote]

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