Anonymous wrote:Here is a suggestion -- Type up a monthly calendar with all the activities you will be doing with the kids all month. Add "nanny payday" on the appropriate days. Buy two refrigerator magnets. Stick it on their frig.
I just recently started typing up a monthly calendar for the family I nanny for. It lists the kids activities, hours, stuff coming up, etc. I keep one on my frig, one on their frig and one in my nanny bag. We have all been surprised at how helpful it has been to see that calendar right there front and center. Wish I had thought to do this long ago. For me, getting paid has not been a problem, but it could be added to the monthly activities calendar easy-peasy.
There's no way that I can type up a calendar for the month and expect it to not change. I've done the same thing with a whiteboard, but a child erased something they didn't want to do (and a parent was the transport, not me). I keep my phone with me at all times, because I build two alarms into the calendar function per event, one to tell us that we have 5 minutes before leaving for the event, and one to tell us that we have 5 minutes before the event.