3 year old wants to play cars for a SECOND hour and insists I repeat after him exactly what he thinks the cars should be discussing...yep, I "need" to start making lunch/cleaning up dinner/prepping art project/etc.

I'm a good nanny but there's only so long I can crawl around on the floor pretending to talk like a toy truck.

Anonymous wrote:done something during work that was not related to the kids? Like read a book when you could have been with them? Or told them you were looking up something on the computer for them but really you were looking up something for yourself?

I watch TV, surf the web or work on school work while they nap. I'm usually pretty good about being 100% about the kids while they are awake, but if I have a really long day (over 12 hours) I will go and take a break while they play amongst themselves or watch a movie. I can't be go! go! go! all day, five to six days a week.