Coping with Separation AnxietyBy Elizabeth HawksworthWhen starting a new nanny job for a parent who works from home, I have often found myself in the following predicament. The baby will cry, the mother or father comes running in to “save her,” the baby calms down in the parent’s arms, but she immediately begins to cry […]
[Continue reading...]How to Find a Nanny Job Safely OnlineBy Michelle LaRowe, Executive Director of Morningside Nannies and Editor in Chief of eNannySource.com It’s no secret that the way nannies and families are finding each other is changing. In fact, both Be the Best Nanny Newsletter and the International Nanny Association and have published reports indicating the number of […]
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Product Review Sunday ITZBEEN™ Baby Care Timer was invented by a new mother and father who found themselves sleep-deprived and needing help to remember baby care details like when their baby last ate or napped. They tried charts and journals, but thought there had to be a better way. So they invented one. And alas, […]
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Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au PairsReview by Kellye Couillard Dolls are for girls, and trucks are for boys. Surprisingly, this is a belief held by many parents and caregivers. But what do we do when a four-year-old boy loves to wear dresses, sparkles, and the color pink? In this heartfelt book […]
[Continue reading...]Nannies Don’t Save Money by Not Paying Taxes4nannies.com asked us to share the following article with our readers. It’s estimated that only 5 to 10% of employers pay taxes on their nanny’s wages. This means that an overwhelming majority of nannies are being paid cash or under the table. While this arrangement can save the nanny […]
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use paper to teach kids about bullying Have You Ever Cared for a Child that Was Bullied? January 21-25, 2013 is No Name-Calling Week. If you care for a school aged child they are likely attending assemblies and having lessons planned around bullying and name-calling this week. No Name-Calling Week was inspired by a young adult […]
[Continue reading...]Nanny Web Sites Purchase Nanny Placement Agencies When Be the Best Nanny Newsletter asked nannies in 2007 how they found their nanny jobs the majority of jobs were found with the help of nanny placement agencies and only 20-percent of the caregivers found their jobs on nanny web sites. Things started to shift with less nanny […]
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Great Egg Project to do with Kids on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day I love doing this simple and fun presentation on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Show the children eggs that have brown shells and other eggs have white shells. Separating the eggs by the color of their shells boil some eggs and scramble […]
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Do You Grocery Shop for the Family at Your Nanny or Au Pair Job? I am not a techy person at all. I don’t use many apps on my mobile phone and I don’t even own an iPhone. But I just started using an online recipe box that I love and must share with all […]
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Weekly Trip to the Library By Whitney Tang, Author of Wednesdays with Whitney and The Naptime Nook Searching for Mary Poppins by Susan Davis and Gina Hyams is exactly that: a book about various mothers’ searches for Mary Poppins (aka the perfect nanny). But it goes much further than that. This book, which is made up of […]
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