Anonymous wrote:I would fire my nanny if I found out she was sleeping on the job. I don't care that my baby is asleep.
She needs to go to bed earlier in the evening and be 100% on the job.
She can relax watching tv, reading a book or whatever.
But sleeping is not professionnal and shows lack of responsability.

Fine but this nanny is just stretching her back and MAY fall asleep - like your nanny may fall asleep when she is watching TV while your child is napping.

I would fire my nanny if I found out she was sleeping on the job. I don't care that my baby is asleep.
She needs to go to bed earlier in the evening and be 100% on the job.
She can relax watching tv, reading a book or whatever.
But sleeping is not professionnal and shows lack of responsability.

Anonymous wrote:Some MBs wouldn't care. Some will care and want to fire you over it. If you're concerned about them caring, ask them.

No decent MB (no decent human being for that matter) would care if the nanny took one 20 minute break in a nine-hour day to lie down on the floor of her child's room and stretch her back!!! If she dozes off - so what?

If your employers would begrudge you one break, OP, they are vile individuals and you'd be better off being fired.

Some MBs wouldn't care. Some will care and want to fire you over it. If you're concerned about them caring, ask them.

Anonymous wrote:I work 11 hour days and I never nap. Very unprofessional.

How could not napping be unprofessional?

I work 11 hour days and I never nap. Very unprofessional.

I agree with others - I just assume that the nanny is taking her break for the day during the kids' naps. When else is she going to get one?

Also the nanny cams, I don't have them as some kind of accounting exercise in which I'm trying to calculate what you're doing with every 20 minute increment of the day, or if you're doing 100% of what I've asked. I have them so that if I suspect my child is being abused, I can go back and confirm. That's it in its entirety. Nothing else. I was abused by a nanny when I was a child and I have the cameras to check that - not whether you dozed off during nap time, or if you really read spent as much time reading books as we asked you to. Even great employees goofs off sometimes but the cameras aren't about catching that.

Thanks, everyone.

I prefer the floor (carpeted) so I can really stretch out my back when I rest.

I would be fine with it. You are getting everything done then resting. I would tell you to go on the couch or somewhere more comfortable and get you your own pillow and blanket.

Nanny here- I work 12-13hr days and always nap during nap.

Nanny here, I think it's fine. I nanny for an almost two year old who naps two hours a day, I usually sleep 45-60 mins during that time. I work 10.5 hours a day, it helps keep me energized for the last part of my work day and so I can enjoy a few hours at home before going to bed.

Anonymous wrote:MB here.

I sincerely hope my nanny naps when the kids nap (and I know that she often does.)

A decent employer will not begrudge you some down time.

Oh so very wise you are. You're a good example for others here. Thank you.

MB here.

I sincerely hope my nanny naps when the kids nap (and I know that she often does.)

A decent employer will not begrudge you some down time.

I may be wrong but it is my understanding that a worker is guaranteed a 20 minute break after every five hour increment of work. I would not have a problem at all if my son's nanny laid down on his bedroom floor for 20 minutes (and she is no where near as good as you say you are!).

I work a nine hour day. I am on the go with my charge every moment she is not napping. During her nap, I do her laundry and prepare her meals. I usually have about twenty minutes after I clean up the kitchen and her playroom and bedroom free - and I lie down on the floor of her room until she wakes up. Stretches out my back and I may even doze off but I am not in any kind of a deep sleep where I wouldn't hear her.

I am an excellent nanny, never talk or text when working, am never late, engage and play, read, narrate and talk to my charge constantly, and eat my lunch standing up while preparing her next three meals while she is napping. I love my charge and am devoted to her welfare. Her parents are aware of how good I am.

I don't want this to be something my employers (who have nanny cams) will take issue with now or at my annual review. I feel justified in taking this twenty or so minutes to myself but was wondering if I might be off-base on this.
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