Anonymous wrote:It is completely normal & expected to have some anxiety about the future. After all, a change in your career direction is a new phase in your life!

And even though nannying is a "job" like someone mentioned above, it is more than that for many of us nannies. While we rely on our income for survival, it is quite common to establish a special bond w/your charge.

While you WILL miss him a lot OP, at least you know you will still see him occasionally. That will surely keep you connected to him which will give you something to look forward to.

You will miss him most during the first few weeks for sure, but after that your primary focus will be on your new job.

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It is completely normal & expected to have some anxiety about the future. After all, a change in your career direction is a new phase in your life!

And even though nannying is a "job" like someone mentioned above, it is more than that for many of us nannies. While we rely on our income for survival, it is quite common to establish a special bond w/your charge.

While you WILL miss him a lot OP, at least you know you will still see him occasionally. That will surely keep you connected to him which will give you something to look forward to.

You will miss him most during the first few weeks for sure, but after that your primary focus will be on your new job.

It can be hard to make that kind of leap. I did it when I quit a job to become a nanny. It's scary and full of what ifs. It will work out, I promise. Sometimes things don't always work out exactly how we plan for them or how we want them to, but life is a journey full of twists and turns. Enjoy it! You will have new opportunities that you never imagined at your new job and you'll meet new people, some of whom may become friends. Embrace it. Look back on your nanny days with fondness and then march onward toward to new horizon.

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The title and the questions that you eventually asked are not the same question. Since being a nanny is t something that you want to continue doing and you found that, it's time to leave. How to cope? You already said that you can still see them from time to time so that's how you will cope. I left my 1 year old charge last spring. Over the summer I visited he and his older brother. We have face timed and their mom and grandma sends me pics and texts here and there. I told them Easter baskets full of things and will take them stockings for Christmas soon. I will admit I've been avoiding actually visiting because I want sure how to feel about seeing him older and it's weird I know. Their mom is having a 3rd baby in spring and we just keep in touch. It depends on your relationship with the family. There is another family that I blocked all contact from but when I think of the kids my heart aches but there is nothing that can be done. Just like everything else in life, you move forward and on.

Good luck!

It is a job.

I've been with a family for about a year. I've known that this would likely be my last position, as being a nanny s not my career choice. My nanny family knew this going in. I have found a job in my field, and have given notice.
I know this should be an exciting time in my life. I am excited , and also nervous about the what ifs?

I'm also very sad about leaving Mr. Baby, he's just grown into such a wonderful , happy little person and I will miss him terribly. I know his new nanny will be great, and I will still see him from time to time, but my heart still aches and I'm wondering if I'm really doing there right thing.

Have any of you BTDT? How did you cope? Did things turn out well?