Are you sending your nannies home?

I’ve been in this whole time

Lockdown does need to be stricter but nannies can still work as can’t work from home

All the exercise abs people meeting up needs to stop

Children are not at school

I’m a nanny, happy to work. Have my own family but would be bored at home. Feel safe at work as my employers are only going to supermarket and children or at school.
But please please don’t anyone else mention nannies and bubbles in same sentence.
Nannies are at work because they can’t work from home. They ARE not in a bubble with their employers!

Seems fine , I know if someone who has a nanny and us still sending the kids to school as well

Also if this had all happened when I was single and living alone no chance I’d have bubbled with my work family. Obviously I’d want to bubble with one of my friends!

@Confusedlottie yes! I saw many posts like that too and my Christ it annoyed me (OP I’m not lumping you in with any of this by the way!)
So many ‘can’t you ask nanny to move in for three months?’ Type posts or ‘you should ask your nanny to stay in on her weekends and not see anyone or go to the shop’ that’s ridiculous. We are not enslaved to our families. As a nanny I DO do a lot of extra hours, weekend work, and coming in early or staying late as being flexible is part and parcel but this has to be pre-arranged, paid accordingly and I will not have that expected or taken for granted.

Sounds sensible for you to stay at home this time round x

SmidgenofaPigeon I completely agree with your post , Iv seen so many posts on various sites about having their nanny move in for lockdown , bubbling with work , asking nanny to do extra hours etc etc and it blows my mind that majority of people think nannys have no life out
Of work ..

I’m a self employed nanny abd 26 weeks pregnant and have decided I’m not going in this time round .. I use public transport and the children are still attending school & nursery on my off days so there is more risk ..

If your nanny if happy to work OP then fair do’s xx

I am on mat leave, baby due any day and ours is coming to look after the older 2 DC! I am so grateful for her but we did have a chat to make sure she feels safe. No public transport needed which I think makes a big difference. She is also working reduced hours on same pay.

You would mad to give up your nanny out of guilt!

We also have a nanny. She is still working and did through lockdown #1. We both work full time in intense jobs, often requiring long hours. We couldn't do them without her help. She is legally entitled to work as she cannot carry out her job from home and the guidance even makes specific reference to nannies. We present little risk to her - we both work at home and only go out to exercise or food shop. She presents a bigger risk to us (larger household and her husband works in hospitals) but it's a risk we are prepared to take as we are not clinically vulnerable and need her to be able to do our jobs.

Fair, smidgen! My nanny doesn't have her own DC, but she does have a spouse and a life.

Can I just say something because it annoys me

People sometimes assume nannies are spinsters who either live with their families or live alone. I have never lived in because I find it too intense. I have a husband and my own life! So I wouldn’t be just bubbled with my work, I’m not in a bubble- my husband goes out to work too, and if I did happen to be furloughed I wouldn’t just be sitting around watching TV feeling sad to be honest I’d enjoy the break and opportunity to learn a new skill as many others have done whilst at home.

I use public transport to get to work. I shop at weekends, sometimes going to multiple shops. When it was allowed for a bit I went out to pubs and restaurants too! My boss knows all this. I have a life outside of work shock horror!! Totally up to her to take the risk of having me come in because she can’t do without a nanny and I’m totally on board with that, but I don’t give up my life for it.

I would keep her coming - she is probably bubbling with your family anyway (although I would check), and now that the children aren't at school there is much less risk to her.

Yeah I second adjusting the hours if you now don’t have to commute. My boss hasn’t been into work since last March and it has been a big change for me because I am very much a sole charge nanny but I’ve adjusted slowly. In the first lockdown my hours were 9-5:30 which is quite a ‘nice’ day for a nanny as our days can be much longer than that!

Unfortunately this time round I’m doing my regular 8-6:30, and it feels like a long long day with a commute on top and homeschooling and all the other bits I do on top, I’m rushing around like a madwoman after ‘school’ kicks out to get all the children’s laundry/mending/cooking done.

I worked the first lockdown. And 2nd and now

Tho I’m a mn so also my choice as I’m se

But the seiss payment was rubbish and I hve to work

Nannies could have always worked so use her , you sounds lovelyas you stay out of the way

No many parents do

So keep nanny on but it’s nice too so less hours so if was 8-7 let her do 9-6

Mine is working. I need her more than ever. She's happy to come and would be miserable at home.

Yes, I'm lucky to have the option, but I have it because I pay for it, and I've scraped to pay for it at times. There's nothing stopping other people from doing the same if they can afford it, even if they haven't used a nanny previously.

Don't feel guilty for your privelege. Life isn't fair but everyone has an opportunity to grow stronger and wiser from any difficulty they face. You don't know when your down will be and you will need this up to look back on as easier memories. Make the most of it as long as she is happy to do so. Give her the option but I'm sure she would rather come in and have life around her than sit at home watching tv!

Our Nanny is coming in, we couldn't work without her. 3 kids, 2 in primary and a baby under 1. Don't feel guilty, she's an employee and she's happy to work. Just stay as safe and sensible as possible.

I don’t have a nanny but please do be guilty for having the option OP

Could you work while also looking after your children, getting them drinks, snacks, loo roll if one has unravelled the loo roll while no one is looking, DC arguments? I’m not saying your DC are badly behaved, just the typical behaviour of children pushing boundaries.

We furloughed for the first 10 weeks but only as we had another option. This time )and the mini autumn lockdown) she will be working. We are both working from home but going out v minimally and seeing no one (no bubble, no local family).

TBH she said she wanted to come anyway even if it was technically against the rules! My kids are in FT school now but am basically paying a premium to have her on call for this school year so it was part of the deal TBH. Nurseries are also still open so I don’t see any greater risk

I’m also a nanny that has worked throughout. The parent couldn’t work if I wasn’t there. Plus I have a teaching background so I’m pretty useful in that regard. It’s never seemed to be an option at all that I wouldn’t come in- I obviously fall under the category of not being able to work from home.

I'm a nanny that has worked throughout. I felt perfectly safe - nanny family working from home and having shopping delivered - myself only going out to shop and in a mask (before they were compulsory) and with my own transport to and from work.