Anonymous
Post 05/10/2015 08:08     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:As a SAHM with three children under 3 (a single and then twins), and a husband who works long hours, I hired a 24/7 nanny to help me. I love my children and am also with them basically 24/7 but I needed help going from 1 to 3 kids in diapers.


I wonder how people who work in daycares manage their 6+ kids per adult.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2015 01:57     Subject: Re:24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are most 24/7 nannies sort of "on call," but free to come and go if they are not needed? Or have a lot of vacation built in? When do you visit your parents, or shop for clothes for yourself, or talk to your best friend on the phone, or take care of elderly parents? As a mom, I can shlep my own kids to a lot of this stuff, but it seems weird for a nanny to do.

Also, do you do all of the crap stuff like filling out school forms, signing kids up for classes and purchasing all of the gear needed, changing clothes for the season, giving stuff away to goodwill, etc.? How do you find time to do all of that when you have the kids with you 24/7?


Well, I was living out of state, I wasn't responsible for my elderly relatives. No, I wasn't on call, I was required to be with the children (in the house if the children were sleeping) at all times. I shopped for clothes whenever I needed to do so, usually the same day that we were doing shopping for kids' clothes. I called my friends and family while the children were playing at the park, chasing the ponies or finally all asleep (after 10pm).

I was homeschooling, so I wasn't filling out school forms, I was finding the curriculum and implementing it. I also found the local homeschool groups, made sure the kids went to the weekly gym activities, arranged to attend the groups' field trips. We sorted clothes every second month, one pile to mend/cut down, one to donate, one to recycle into rags and one to put away for someone else to wear later. We made it work, and I worked crazy hours, but it's the same hours that a SAHM homeschooling 7 children would be doing. The only difference is that I'm a nanny, I take care of the kids, I don't fulfill the wifely position for DB.



I'm the nanny above who worked 4 24 hour days a week. Came in on Monday morning at 8 and was off on Friday morning at 8. I wasn't on call or allowed to come and go while on duty, but required to be with the children at all times. If they were sleeping then I was in the house. I tried to keep errands and other things for my days off unless it was something that absolutely had to be done. There wasn't much time for phone calls, but I would occasionally catch up with friends and family after the kids
were asleep.

Yes I did most of the "crap" stuff like filling out forms, changing clothes for the season, signing them up for classes, etc.

As far as vacation, I basically got vacation either before or after the family went on a vacation. If you went on the vacation with them you would work the whole time they were away and then get the same amount of time when you came back. There were 4 nannies in my job (2 on duty at a time), so we switched off who went on vacation and who did the block of time when they got back.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2015 01:29     Subject: Re:24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:Are most 24/7 nannies sort of "on call," but free to come and go if they are not needed? Or have a lot of vacation built in? When do you visit your parents, or shop for clothes for yourself, or talk to your best friend on the phone, or take care of elderly parents? As a mom, I can shlep my own kids to a lot of this stuff, but it seems weird for a nanny to do.

Also, do you do all of the crap stuff like filling out school forms, signing kids up for classes and purchasing all of the gear needed, changing clothes for the season, giving stuff away to goodwill, etc.? How do you find time to do all of that when you have the kids with you 24/7?


Well, I was living out of state, I wasn't responsible for my elderly relatives. No, I wasn't on call, I was required to be with the children (in the house if the children were sleeping) at all times. I shopped for clothes whenever I needed to do so, usually the same day that we were doing shopping for kids' clothes. I called my friends and family while the children were playing at the park, chasing the ponies or finally all asleep (after 10pm).

I was homeschooling, so I wasn't filling out school forms, I was finding the curriculum and implementing it. I also found the local homeschool groups, made sure the kids went to the weekly gym activities, arranged to attend the groups' field trips. We sorted clothes every second month, one pile to mend/cut down, one to donate, one to recycle into rags and one to put away for someone else to wear later. We made it work, and I worked crazy hours, but it's the same hours that a SAHM homeschooling 7 children would be doing. The only difference is that I'm a nanny, I take care of the kids, I don't fulfill the wifely position for DB.
Anonymous
Post 05/10/2015 01:19     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:As a SAHM with three children under 3 (a single and then twins), and a husband who works long hours, I hired a 24/7 nanny to help me. I love my children and am also with them basically 24/7 but I needed help going from 1 to 3 kids in diapers.


That's not a 24/7 nanny, that's a 24/7 mother's helper, a whole different ball of wax, and much easier.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2015 23:11     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:I wonder how much 24/7 nannies make? I wouldn't do it for all the money in the world.


It depends on the job. I started at $500 a day in my 24 hour position. I worked 4 days a week regularly and then some extra time on vacations, so it was about $110K for the year.

There are lots of 24 hour jobs that pay crap though.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2015 10:38     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Someone told them they can have everything they want.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2015 10:23     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:I have an honest to god question regarding this phenomenon.

Why do people have children and then pay others to literally raise their children 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Its something I haven't been able to wrap my head around. I'm not trying to be snarky or looking for snarky answers I just don't understand it.

Just to piss you off.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2015 10:09     Subject: Re:24/7 nannies
Are most 24/7 nannies sort of "on call," but free to come and go if they are not needed? Or have a lot of vacation built in? When do you visit your parents, or shop for clothes for yourself, or talk to your best friend on the phone, or take care of elderly parents? As a mom, I can shlep my own kids to a lot of this stuff, but it seems weird for a nanny to do.

Also, do you do all of the crap stuff like filling out school forms, signing kids up for classes and purchasing all of the gear needed, changing clothes for the season, giving stuff away to goodwill, etc.? How do you find time to do all of that when you have the kids with you 24/7?
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2015 02:14     Subject: 24/7 nannies
I was a 24/5 nanny and made $85,000
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 21:13     Subject: 24/7 nannies
I wonder how much 24/7 nannies make? I wouldn't do it for all the money in the world.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2014 11:06     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Right, I get that difference between help and not being a parent. But I would still love to have someone on call all day, even if they just helped around the house for the majority of it. It would be nice to have someone around so that when things come up (sick kiddo at school, family in town, volunteer opportunity) I would have someone here who could immediately pick up the slack.
I think just because you have tons of hours of help, does not mean you are abandoning your kids. Just that you can afford to have a built in back up plan. Must be nice.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2014 10:33     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have an honest to god question regarding this phenomenon.

Why do people have children and then pay others to literally raise their children 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Its something I haven't been able to wrap my head around. I'm not trying to be snarky or looking for snarky answers I just don't understand it.

Because not everyone is interested in working themselves to the bone or adding as much stress to their life as possible for the dubious benefit of your approval.


Yup! We do not have a nanny- but I agree with this. If we could afford it, we would have tons of help! No point in stressing myself out just so I can feel like I am earning the 'parenting' merit badge.


You guys do understand there is a difference between having "help" and having someone else do the job completely. Its not help if you've had no hand in doing it. Hiring someone to take the pressure off you and give you some freedom, I get. Hiring someone to be there 24/7 and basically having a visitation with your kid every week or so, goes far beyond "not stressing yourself out". You're not parenting at that point, and the decision to do that is not at all in the best interest of your child. Its about you. Completely about you. And its sad. (I mean "you" in a general sense, not directly to you PP)
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2014 09:16     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have an honest to god question regarding this phenomenon.

Why do people have children and then pay others to literally raise their children 24 hours a day 7 days a week? Its something I haven't been able to wrap my head around. I'm not trying to be snarky or looking for snarky answers I just don't understand it.

Because not everyone is interested in working themselves to the bone or adding as much stress to their life as possible for the dubious benefit of your approval.


Yup! We do not have a nanny- but I agree with this. If we could afford it, we would have tons of help! No point in stressing myself out just so I can feel like I am earning the 'parenting' merit badge.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2014 19:22     Subject: 24/7 nannies
Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny who works 24/6- don't worry they have a 24hr nanny on Sunday too.

My employers do not see their child more than a hour a week. They both work, and have a big social life. They often fly out of town or the country without letting me know. They don't need to work, they are trust fund babies.

They are not hands on parents, and don't pretend to be. I am the one who takes him to docters visits and attends parent teacher visits.

But this is the life they are choosing to live. Thankfully they have me to smother their child with love and raise him so well!



This breaks my heart! That poor child will grow up with such little attachment to their own parents. I was raised with a nanny & my parents traveled often for both work & leisure but when they were present they were truly present
Anyway, that child is lucky to have you at least!
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2014 07:54     Subject: 24/7 nannies
I am a nanny who works 24/6- don't worry they have a 24hr nanny on Sunday too.

My employers do not see their child more than a hour a week. They both work, and have a big social life. They often fly out of town or the country without letting me know. They don't need to work, they are trust fund babies.

They are not hands on parents, and don't pretend to be. I am the one who takes him to docters visits and attends parent teacher visits.

But this is the life they are choosing to live. Thankfully they have me to smother their child with love and raise him so well!