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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So do nannies prefer to quit and find a younger family when their charge outgrows his nap?

Good question.

Of course not.

As a child gets older, the downtime provided during a daily nap can be substituted with longer periods of independent play. A four year old can play alone for 15 minutes while you sit and have a cup of tea, for instance. It's actually much nicer, in my opinion, because you can time it for when you need a break rather than when the child needs a nap!

Well all we heard from our former nanny was complaining: Too much work with two kids (one was an infant), too many car seats, doesn't like any strollers, so exhausting, etc., etc. You'd think no one in the world had 2 or 3 kids.
It got to the point where it was clear she couldn't handle it. Over paying was not a solution, she really just didn't have it together with two kids and we got sick of doing more and more and writing down schedules, meal recipes, play options, doing pre-school drops and pick ups (trying to get it so only one kid was home for her so she had it easier).

Then we looked at our budget and got a better nanny, for the same rate, that was proactive and life was back to usual. We almost did daycare as well.

A nanny getting rest during the child's naptime is not a right.

If the nanny has an exhausting long day, sure it is reasonable to take a break.

To insist to keep the area that MB is in, dark, and act like MB is disturbing her sleep like it was 2am on her personal time is completely unacceptable.

This in itself is kind of weird but I think the attitude is bad for a nanny and who knows how she is taking care of your child when you are not around? Does she snap at your child b/c it is her lunch time and she needs to eat? Looking by the way she treats you, yeah, she would do that and more. I think it is best to let her go ASAP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So do nannies prefer to quit and find a younger family when their charge outgrows his nap?

Good question.

Of course not.

As a child gets older, the downtime provided during a daily nap can be substituted with longer periods of independent play. A four year old can play alone for 15 minutes while you sit and have a cup of tea, for instance. It's actually much nicer, in my opinion, because you can time it for when you need a break rather than when the child needs a nap!

Anonymous wrote:So do nannies prefer to quit and find a younger family when their charge outgrows his nap?

Good question.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is her workday OP?

If 9-10 hours or so, then I think as long as your daughter is asleep, a little rest is good for her nanny. Reason being is that I would rather my child be in the company of a well-rested caregiver vs. a worn out one. Just my opinion.

Is she close enough to your child that she will hear when your child wakes up? Or at least have a baby monitor next to her??

The weird thing here is that she is requesting you not to go into the kitchen because she may wake up. That is kinda pushing the boundary in my opinion. But then again...Working for a parent who is in the home is pretty challenging.

Your posting is a good illustration for this.

Her workday is 8 hours, sometimes 7 depending on DH's schedule. Never longer, even on days I'm in the office, never overtime.

She's young, so I do wonder if she's out too late at night. Certainly I didn't need a nap in the middle of the day at her age. Obviously it's not my business what she does at night, but it makes me wonder.

You're such a troll it's laughable. No grown woman would have this nonsense going on in their home and no young nanny would be so ridiculous. At this point people are just going back and forth with you do to lack of common sense or boredom.

She turns off all the lights and I can't see in the kitchen indeed.

Whatever you want to believe. I'm not a manager and have never had an employee before.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How long is her workday OP?

If 9-10 hours or so, then I think as long as your daughter is asleep, a little rest is good for her nanny. Reason being is that I would rather my child be in the company of a well-rested caregiver vs. a worn out one. Just my opinion.

Is she close enough to your child that she will hear when your child wakes up? Or at least have a baby monitor next to her??

The weird thing here is that she is requesting you not to go into the kitchen because she may wake up. That is kinda pushing the boundary in my opinion. But then again...Working for a parent who is in the home is pretty challenging.

Your posting is a good illustration for this.

If the adult you hired to care for your child can't function for 9-10 hours awake without needing a nap, and isn't 70+ years old, then I think there are other issues and it would be best to replace them.

PP, what you are not taking into consideration is that by law many other jobs require a 15 min. break after a certain number of hours. I remember when I used to work at Target, my supervisor was strict to the hilt regarding labor laws, he would even penalize those who didn't take their breaks on time. The reason this is an important law is that by nature, human beings need to have time out during their work shifts to rest up in order to perform at their jobs optimally. It's just common sense.

Nannies do not get the luxury of having breaks during their shifts since they are usually the only adult in the workplace. So they are expected to work non-stop without taking a rest. So if the opportunity arises where they can take a power nap, then by all means she should be entitled to.

Some work places even offer certain rooms for its employees to power nap during the day. A rested worker is always the best worker.

Wow. I would fire her.

So do nannies prefer to quit and find a younger family when their charge outgrows his nap?