Respecting Professional Boundaries When working as a nanny I do my best to serve the children the foods the parents prefer their children eat. But, I admit, when we go out to eat with friends or visit other homes during meal times it’s sometimes hard to keep the kids on a strict diet. For example, some […]
[Continue reading...]Are You Required to Bathe The Children Left In Your Care?
May 12, 2013 Leave a Comment
Keeping Kids Safe in the Tub Bath time is a part of every child’s daily routine. Children love playing in the bathtub but nannies must carefully supervise children while bathing them. Below is a list of the most basic bath time safety precautions and helpful products to help ensure children have fun and are safe […]
[Continue reading...]Girls Will Be Girls by JoAnn Deak
May 11, 2013 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library The three-year-old I care for has already had girls at preschool tell her the clothes she was wearing weren’t cute and other girls have told her they don’t want to be her friend. At my previous nanny job the five-year-old girl in Kindergarten often came home crying because a girl […]
[Continue reading...]How to Make a Flower Pot for Mother’s Day
May 10, 2013 Leave a Comment
Have the Kids Paint a Flower Pot Even though Mother’s Day is on Sunday, there’s still time to make an inexpensive gift with the kids for your Mom Boss for Mother’s Day. Simply let the kids decorate a terra-cotta flower pot for their mother. Unlike most painting projects with little kids you will need to […]
[Continue reading...]Make it About Them, Not About You
May 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
Respecting Professional Boundaries for Nannies: Don’t Drag Your Personal Problems to Work with You Sometimes it’s hard, but nannies should try not to drag their personal problems to work. Children pick up on everything nannies say and do. Parents don’t want to hear their children repeat nasty gossip they overheard from their nannies. Plus, nothing worries […]
[Continue reading...]Seamless Socks for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder, Hypersensitivity and Autism
May 5, 2013 Leave a Comment
SmartKnitKIDS Seamless Socks SmartKnit KIDS Seamless Socks are a 100% truly seamless sock designed for children with Sensory Processing Disorder, Autism, Hypersensitivity, or for those who just hate annoying sock seams. Spun the same way a caterpillar spins a cocoon, SmartKnitKIDS Seamless Socks are started at the toe and knitted down to the ankle. This one […]
[Continue reading...]And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
May 4, 2013 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library This is a great book to help young children notice the small changes that come ever so gradually with the shift from winter to spring. After a long snowy winter a boy and his dog decide to plant a garden. They dig the brown earth, they plant, and they wait. […]
[Continue reading...]Cinco de Mayo with Kids
May 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
What are You Doing for Cinco de Mayo? Ideas from mailjust4me Cinco de Mayo means the 5th of May and celebrates the Mexican Army’s victory against the French at the battle of Puebla – a battle that took place on May 5, 1862. Serve any of your favorite Mexican delicacies such as tacos, fajitas, nachos with […]
[Continue reading...]Monthly To-Do List: Be Early This Month
May 2, 2013 1 Comment
Get to Work and Pick-Up the Kids Early It’s important to arrive to work on time in every profession, but for nannies parents rely on caregivers to be on time (or a few minutes early) so they can arrive at their jobs on time too. Being early to work gives caregivers a chance to take […]
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