how many hrs pw does a livein nanny do?

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and are they supposed to have food paid for outside of working hours?

absolutely agree that having someone looking after your young kids for a lot of the time,let alone living in your house, is a whole different kettle of fish from any other employment scenario. its an incredibly intimate area of your life to have what starts out as being a stranger IMO. going into the relationship is always a risk, on both sides, that you may not be compatible in small ways or large... find the right person though...smiles all round i would think.

Blu - er, yeah. to both. didnt admit it before now though, but apparently i wasnt fooling anyone much except myself (hate that!) getting a bit more support this time round... getting better at asking anyway! its all a bit wierd really. am up and down like a yoyo. dont know if im coming or going half the time, then perfectly alright the rest of it... i'll be fine tho!

NG - serious nutter! I think it was when she called another Nanny 'a sad cow' for being a Nanny that we sort of began to question her...... Her problem was that she deemed it to be below her to look after someone elses kids. In my opinion I have the upmost admiration for them - I can't look after them during their daylight hours - and they're mine!!

Can i just say from a nannies point of veiw. I have never cried on an employers shoulder about anything i think it is so unprofessional!!!

I have been a nanny for 11 years both live in and out and always given 100% and more. I think if nannies do overstep the bounderies then sometimes its because the parents invite it upon themselves. I have had over the years every kind of problem, marital and work related discussed with me by the parents as if i'm a counsellor!

If your nanny is not being appropriate then you should definately raise the point and maybe move on. There is alot more to nannying than looking after kids. I find getting on and fitting in to a new family the most challenging part of the job. On the whole kids are the easy and fun part .

oh crikey nannyj, youll get no argument from me there... it has got to be at least as difficult to effectively almost become a part of someone elses family as it is to invite someone into your home. like i said before not a job i would want to take on (not now anyway, too set in my ways now) but am hugely pleased and grateful that some people do!