I'm an MB. I actually don't know if my nanny has any time at all to nap (nanny share w/ 2 infants), but if she ever managed to find some & still do all she does, I certainly wouldn't begrudge her some shut eye provided she could hear the kids when they woke up. Actually, a quick nap on the floor of/daybed in their room sounds basically perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:This is exactly why I have nanny cams I don't disclose. If I catch you napping on my dime your gone.

I feel like that's a lucky escape for your nanny. Are you the type who throws a fit if your nanny dare take a break during her 12 hour shift?

Want your money's worth, right?

NP, but yes. I don't sleep on the job. It's so strange to insists this is ok.

You also probably make a lot more than me, and have different responsibilities and a different work environment.

As I said before, it's up to the employers. You don't allow it, so your nanny should not nap. Simple.

Other employers allow it, even encourage it. My employers happen to allow it, and I have a room set up if I need a nap. I've slept twice. Once I fell asleep on the floor while my charges were napping. I slept for about 15 minutes. The other time I had a migraine, I was between calling the parents to come home or taking a nap while my charges napped. I napped for about an hour in a half.

Previous employers also said I could nap when my charges napped. In three years I fell asleep three times, twice on accident. I worked 12pm to 12am, and one of my charges went through a faze where she wanted me to lay with her as she fell asleep. I fell asleep twice. Once sleeping about 30 minutes once sleeping for four hours. The third time I napped no children were home but I was still getting paid for doing other activities. I ended up with another migraine, got sick and fell asleep for about an hour.

It's a different working environment. I don't think most nannies are sleeping several hours every day, it's just something that is available if they need to recharge for whatever reason. What is it to you what other nannies do? It's not on your almighty dollar.

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Anonymous wrote:This is exactly why I have nanny cams I don't disclose. If I catch you napping on my dime your gone.

I feel like that's a lucky escape for your nanny. Are you the type who throws a fit if your nanny dare take a break during her 12 hour shift?

Want your money's worth, right?

NP, but yes. I don't sleep on the job. It's so strange to insists this is ok.

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly why I have nanny cams I don't disclose. If I catch you napping on my dime your gone.

I feel like that's a lucky escape for your nanny. Are you the type who throws a fit if your nanny dare take a break during her 12 hour shift?

Want your money's worth, right?

Anonymous wrote:MB here.
This would be totally fine with me. I want my nanny to be well rested. Taking care of my son is tiring! His dad and I take naps sometimes too. Why shouldn't our nanny as long as our son is safe and she can wake when he does?

+1

My 2 year old DS is exhausting. Constantly on the go. On the weekends, I nap when he naps. As long as the nanny has finished her responsibilities, which usually just involve cleaning up from his meals and morning play, I have no problem with her resting and possibly falling asleep.

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly why I have nanny cams I don't disclose. If I catch you napping on my dime your gone.

When I get my camera detector, you're gone (without notice of course). What a poor child you have.

I think it is a great idea to lie down and stretch out your back on DC's floor for your twenty-minute lunch break. It is much more rejuvenating than sitting at a table or even sitting on the couch. It is great for circulation and reenergizing your legs and back. Doze off/don't doze off -- makes no difference to me. Many Japanese companies encourage this as it increases to worker productivity.

This is exactly why I have nanny cams I don't disclose. If I catch you napping on my dime your gone.

It really comes down to what the employers.

Previous two employers said they were ok with it, even encouraged it. One said they weren't ok with it.

So, listen to your employers wishes. The end.

MB here.
This would be totally fine with me. I want my nanny to be well rested. Taking care of my son is tiring! His dad and I take naps sometimes too. Why shouldn't our nanny as long as our son is safe and she can wake when he does?

I have been told multiple times by my boss to sleep when the kids do. I work 60 plus hours a week including overnights and a full day. They tell me they sleep when the babies do and I should as well. They rather have a rested nanny all day vs a nanny who is so exhausted near the end. With that said I rarely do but it is nice that I have the option to

Wow PP, since you have such a natural talent to figure out who wrote what based on certain errors and all, then why don't you get a job working for some top secret agency?

You could figure out who left behind the note for Jon Benet's parents after she was murdered. That case is long overdue for an arrest. If only it could be figured out who wrote that anonymous note for the parents. Just think how rich you could be if you could figure that out.

In other words, put your talent to some actual good.

Anonymous wrote:MB here, I have no problem with that IF the nanny can be up and working when the child wakes up earlier than expected.

AGAIN, OP is stretching out her back on her charge's bedroom floor (for 20 minutes or so) and MAY doze off. OBVIOUSLY, she will be up and working when the child wakes up.

I have no idea why posters here cannot read, comprehend, and stay to the topic of the original post.

MB here, I have no problem with that IF the nanny can be up and working when the child wakes up earlier than expected.

Anonymous wrote:Actually, PP, you really aren't very good at identifying posters. I know because you once wrongly accused me of not being a nanny or employer as well. I think you just like to do that to silence people you disagree with. That's fine, but divest yourself of the notion that you are good at identifying posters. You really aren't.

Back to OP's question. OP, this subject comes up a lot here and you can find a lot of threads on it. It seems like more NFs don't mind than those who have an issue with it, but you won't know for sure until you ask your NF and see how they feel about it. If they have cams, they probably already know what you're doing. But I bet if your were proactive and asked them about it, they would probably reassure you that it's fine.

PP here and that is not true. I'm sure many other poster have the same educational background as I do and can pick up on syntax, grammar and punctuation. It really isn't difficult.