What does nanny do during baby naps?

….The irony of your naive response being you think you are insulting responses for being ‘jealous’ (how juvenile) when really you’re insulting nannies. I seriously doubt nannies feel they do ‘nothing’ for hours and hours.

Oh FFS that’s not my meaning at all. My point is that the job of caring for children involves down time in which the person looking after them may not do much of anything and that’s fine. The OP sounds very concerned with ‘being ripped off’ by carers who aren’t busy the entirety of the time they are looking after her baby. To ask this person to do chores is insulting.

They will probably go on MN and ask advise about their unrealistic employer

@OurChristmasMiracle

I will take your job if you are employing? You sound like someone a nanny would love to work for.

The responses on here are so weird OP, I think people are jealous that you have a nanny and a cleaner 🤷‍♀️ I don't know why people expect you to pay someone for sitting and doing nothing for hours and hours

Well obviously they enter a state of stasis only to be reanimated on the awakening of the precious prince of princess to whom they are beholden.

Mine is 2, and naps for 2.5+ hours at lunch obviously the nanny deserves a break, but I would expect an hour is about right, like any other job? Mind you in MN world, your cleaner doesn't have to clean as you should be grateful to have a cleaner, not to mention all the people who feel they Ave the right to work from home etc etc

My friend has a nanny and she makes all the family’s evening meals for them. All three boys are at school now, but she did it even when she had one at home.

When you previously "trialled" a nanny when your child was sleeping 5-6 hours a day, do you really imagine she had anything like that amount of time "sitting around"? Apart from being vigilant for baby waking, there's often time to settle. Then cleaning up/setting up nappy changes, bottles to wash/sterilise/prepare, laundry and toys to tidy. Parents of young babies are often exhausted because they are never 'off duty'.
It will be sensible to discuss any extra (non child-related) tasks you might like done when selecting a nanny. But don't be too surprised if you are told that family meal preparation is not on offer.

I am so grateful to my nanny for treating my baby with kindness, looking after him with so much care, affection and energy that she can do whatever the fuck she wants when he's asleep. Some things are more important than getting your pound of flesh so you might want to think about what kind of employment environment you're creating.

I have three children, and I've worked as a nanny and I've employed nannies.

10 months old babies are full on, but they do not warrant over three hours of rest on a day shift.

People doing hard manual labour, laying bricks etc- do not get over three hours of break in a 10 hour shift. Surgeons doing intense stressful mental work, don't get over three hours of break in a 10 hour shift. Nurses providing personal care to multiple sick people (not one healthy baby), don't get that downtime.

I don't know a single SAHM who does nothing for three hours of her day.

Obviously the baby won't always nap for three plus hours, but while they do, it is entirely reasonable if you're employing a professional nanny (as opposed to a babysitter) to agree on what constitutes a reasonable break and what tasks would be helpful for the nanny to attend to on the days nap time allows. Obviously the rate of pay should reflect this.

How about have a break ? You know, that thing that people are legally entitled to if they work more than 6 hours a day? That thing you are obliged to give your nanny. With the attitude you currently have you will have much trouble finding and keeping a good nanny. We are childcare professionals and deserve to be treated with respect

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Nanny naps when baby naps

@Bonjovispjs 🤣🤣🤣 me too

That's a very clever baby, I want one that does tidying, prepares food and does laundry 😜 But seriously OP, please don't get a nanny, you have no clue how to treat one and none of us would stay longer than 5 minutes, including me.

Surely you are paying a nanny to be at home with your child so your child is not alone while you’re at work? You sound like a potential nightmare of an employer if you’re going to exploit her to do other jobs that have nothing to do with being the guardian of your child in your absence. If she wants to do those jobs fine but a nanny is not a housekeeper by default.

10 month olds are full on, the nanny will need a break whilst baby naps.

Hi firstly, thank you to everyone who has posted about nannying being a professional job and sticking up for us Nannies.

I’ve been a nanny for 16 + years and I’m sorry to say I would not take on your position.

A nanny isn’t being paid to do nothing. They are still making sure your baby is safe and well while you can’t be with them.
A nanny is thinking of what activities they can do when the baby wakes up, thinking of other things that might need preparing.
A nanny is also recharging their batteries while your baby sleeps, as you will know being a nanny/parent is full on and sometimes you don’t get a break.

if you respect your nanny and show that you trust their judgment they will go above and beyond for you. I’m sorry to say an attitude of “I don’t want to pay them to do nothing while the baby sleeps” is disrespectful and rude. You will also not get a nanny who wants to stay with you long term (if that’s what you require) which is disruptive for your little one. They will get burnt out and want to leave. They bond a nanny has with the children they look after is like they are their own.
If I employed a nanny for my little one, I would encourage them to take a break when they can. I’d rather the nanny be fully charged and ready to play, encourage and help my little grown and learn than them being half with it. They would be a big part of my family, like another family member.

please, please respect your nanny and She/he will be the best nanny they could ever be.

You are the worst kind of employer. This is how to lose good staff members. Micromanage and squeeze every penny out of them while making them feel uncomfortable and miserable.

Omg I give up today. By the time the nanny has tidied up etc

@SkyandSurf by the time the baby has tidied up, prepared food, done the laundry there will be little down time. And don’t forget, the baby will soon drop the naps

Surely nannies only do baby/child related things? I was a nanny once. As well as looking after her child (toddler) she expected me to be housekeeper and cook. I left after three months.

But what is a break in the office based workforce? Some might choose to work through. Some might go out and run errands and meet their mortgage advisor plus a friend for lunch. If there were expected to be on site and on call for that break then it is not a proper break is it? So trying to equate an unpaid break in another sector to a 'break' when the baby naps when the nany has to be on site and has no real idea if the baby will wake; if the baby will sleep at all; if there will be an emergency and also if baby's growing pattern means that when it is 10 months old it has a nap one day and the next is getting out the cat flal in order to stuff snails it it's mouth.

Not the same thing as a luxurious 3.5 hour break is it?

@SkyandSurf arghhhh fat fingers and too long working today!!!!!