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What can I do about heating?

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crispycake · 06/12/2011 13:39

I'm a nanny but mum now works from home! She doesn't put the heating on at all in the day! It's freezing! The older child says so too!
I come to work wearing at least 3 layers!
We do a share too and the little ones fingers were freezing this am!
Baby monitor says its 10c!! cold!!
I don't feel I can put it on or ask her too since she's here too and she doesn't come and put it on!
It comes on at 5pm till 9pm! So when you babysit its cold too!

Sorry for the little rant :)

Any tips?

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crispycake · 06/12/2011 14:25

Thanks!

Im still getting use to mum being around all the time! It's very hard when I took the job on a sole charge role! Now mum likes to play games etc with us Hmm
That's a different thread though :)

We did actually do singing and dancing yesterday afternoon :)

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Curve · 06/12/2011 14:19

www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/temperature.htm

Think as your boss' home its your workplace the minimum temperature should be 16c - see above link. I've been sent home from work before as the heating has broken down. And children get sent home from school when the heating breaks down as school is a workplace. 10c is cold!! Good luck.

Antidote · 06/12/2011 13:48

The first thing I showed our nanny was how to work the heating (and where all my warm jumpers, coats, scarves & hats were incase it broke).

I would be mortified to come home & her freezing. Just ask. She might have an electric heater by her desk, or be wrapped in an electric blanket!

alarkaspree · 06/12/2011 13:45

The only thing you can possibly do is ask your boss if it's okay to put it on. Say the children are cold. It's a perfectly reasonable request.

Xroads · 06/12/2011 13:44

Well if the little one has said he's cold I would go and put it on tbh, if he said he wanted food or drink you would go and get it, so if mum ask why say you thought it was the same thing with heating? Even if just for an hour to take the edge off?

Other tips:
wrap a fleece blanket round you all and read books
play simon says and jump about a lot

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