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Sometimes I get so tired of having to have my house clean, disinfecting like crazy & the chaos/sometimes stress that is created by having others in my home & quite frankly I don't get paid that much (I only care for one family now & will add one more family with one child in a month). I decided to apply for a nanny position where the parents said they would welcome a mom to bring their own 2-3 year old with them. The hours are not great IMO (8:00-5:15, 20 min commute back to my home) but my house would stay clean & my toddler could be with me & I would likely double my income. Not sure what I would do with my SAs over the summer though that I would need to figure out. Just wondering if anyone on here does provide care in the parents' home? Pros? Cons?
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I meant to add that the only reason I am considering this is because I truly need to be able to make more $$$, if I could get another client then I think I would be okay but with only one family currently I just simply don't make enough to help out financially & even when the new baby I am supposed to start watching comes in the end of October it still may not be enough to make a difference. -
I've never have considered it and never would....I like being here for my kids well one child now after school
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I guess I just need a new perspective, the idea intrigues me but it would not be worth it in the summer if I had to pay childcare, you know? I need to think this out I guess. My new client starting in Oct is a teacher so I won't have her child in the summers. . . decisions. . decisions!Comment
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I started off as a nanny and really enjoyed it for many years. However I became tired of bending to the house rules of the children I was watching. I also tired of ending up just one on one with a preschooler. It became hard for me to come up with things to do that were new and enjoyable for the kid and I. I also got sick of hearing "Mom/Dad lets me." I started my own daycare a year and a half ago after 10 years as a nanny. I don't miss being a nanny very often. I find it great that I can say "my house, my rules" though most of the kids just understand that within a couple days. I get to take away toys or change them to fit the children better. I get to have control over lunches and group activites. I get to have group activites almost daily which is great because I'm not stuck watching one child color for 1/2 hour. I can have one kid color and do a puzzle with another as the other ones play on their own. It gets hectic and I'm still changing things to have everything run smoothly but I enjoy much more than being a nanny which says a lot since I really enjoyed being a nanny.Celebrate! :
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I like being in my own home because MY HOUSE = MY RULES!!!
I have 2 dcks whom I watch a couple evenings a month when their parents night rotations coincide. On those nights once my dd is in bed, I take the dcks home and put them to bed in their own home. This is fine, except for the fact that 4yo dcb still takes a flipping bottle before bed and I can't stand watching him with it. I cut out bottles here when he was getting close to 3 years old (finally said enough is enough!!!).
Aside from that, at home my dd can escape if it's getting to be too much for her, and really, that's what I'm here for, is her.Comment
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Janarae-
Here is my personal story. I grew up in daycare
. I was 17 years old when I started out in my former daycare. I worked my way up from being a part time caregiver to preschool teacher/assistant director. Yes SAME center. I left last year. I am now 36 years old (37 in Oct)
I had to leave. The adults were the ones burning me out. Not the children. Everyone from the staff to parents to licensing and their STUPIEDEST rules that you know I gripe about. I had to leave. It was a hard choice but one I DO NOT regret!
I am now a nanny. I met my family through craigslist. The little boy at the time was a 18 months. He is now 2 and a half. He also now has a 4 month old baby sister.
I have nothing but positives about my family. There are only 2 downsides. One the drive for me is 45 mins away (believe me it is worth it!) The other is that in July 2012 there is a 99.9% chance they are moving. Dad is a doctor in the military so he was only guaranteed to be here for 3 years. So that is a con to me.
I am salary so even though I have been there since July 2009 I have had like 10 weeks PAID vacation. Yes they are ALWAYS travelling :: I am able to do my passion teaching and cooking! I take off my bra and shoes. If I don't feel like brushing my hair I don't (j/k but I dont even remember the last time I used hair spray for work :
I will NEVER again work for a center again. Oh another plus: I am being paid MY worth. Not the $8.00 a hour I was making when I left my former center.
To make a long story short: I highly recommend nannyingComment
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