Meeting other nannies is so hard - we all have school/nursery runs to do

[nannynick]

Anyone else find that it's hard to meet other childcarers - be they nannies, childminders, due to the varying commitments everyone has with school/nursery runs?

Several years ago I found it much easier, not sure why... maybe it was just how it happened to work out back then - oh and no nursery run probably helped.

Would be nice to meet more people with similar aged children, lack of 4yr olds at the toddler groups we go to.

Library time?

What about groups at the children's centre if you have one? They may have a childminder one that they'd let you go to or just the other groups there may be nannies there?

Finding nannies isn't the hard bit, it's that our timings just don't fit.

Children's centre has strange timings as well, as does library rhyme time - it's not worth going if we can't stay all session - those are in town, so we have travel time to consider.

I meet other childminders at the village toddler group but even they are not local - there are two minders in the village.

Village life I guess.

Maybe someone in the village will hire a nanny in Sept.

Yes. I am the only nanny in our village. We too have to drive to nursery for pick up which is 1/2 hr earlier than our friends at the private school nearby, so timings don't fit that well.
We go to groups but obviously in the nearest town so all the mums/carers are local to there, not us. It can be isolating! Luckily we have good neighbours with children who we see quite often. Just have to be a bit more proactive in arranging playdates and accept that we won't have a good nanny friend in walking distance. (The house & location are beautiful though!)

I find it impossible at the moment. In one job I have three older children, one with sn and I'm very limited on what I can do with them and the school run is at 1pm, by the time 7yo finishes lunch it's gone 2:30pm (slow eater) and I finish at 4pm so it leaves no time in the afternoon to do anything. Not only that but most other nannies have little ones, my charges are school aged. One is very boisterous and not a fan of little ones and the other won't leave my side so I can't make him sit next to me while I meet with other people, it's not fair to him :(

Then with the other family we're only just getting to a stage where LO is actually well after a long spate of small illnesses and is not bfing every hour due to being ill. I'm hoping to meet other nannies with her soon but with no transport in that job it'll be fun!

It's really starting to get me down being honest. I moved to Brighton in September and thought I'd get a chance to meet new people both in work and out, but I haven't had the chance to do anything yet as I can't even do anything out of work due to illness making me so tired.

Sorry for the rant, it's been playing on my mind recently! Nannying is lonely! (not that I was naive before and thought I'd make loads of bff's with it, it's just worse when I know I can't do anything about it for me!)

Went to toddler group and a nanny came for the first time. They work in the village, yes... may have someone to meet up with on occasion - our girls may get along.