Nanny Confidentiality Checklist Whether you have signed a confidentiality agreement with your employers or not, an important characteristic that separates a professional nanny from a mere babysitter is that a professional nanny respects the private family issues of their employers. The next time you feel like complaining to your friends (and the friends of your employers) about your employer’s family life consider our nanny […]
[Continue reading...]What Type of Thermometer Do You Use With Your Charges?
February 26, 2012 2 Comments
Products Nannies Love: Behind the Ear and Pacifier Thermometers Do you know anyone that still uses the manual, mercury-filled thermometers anymore? In these modern times most parents and nannies use digital thermometers. There are rectal thermometers, oral thermometers, ear (tympanic) thermometers, under arm thermometers, and thermometers that can take a temperature by on a forehead […]
[Continue reading...]Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton
February 25, 2012 1 Comment
Great Children’s Book for Black History Month Each Saturday this month we have reviewed great books for Black History Month. Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, recalls what it was like growing up during the Civil Rights Movement in her book “Child of the Civil Rights Movement.” Paula grew up in […]
[Continue reading...]Have You Heard of National Nanny Training Day?
February 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
Saturday April 28, 2012 On April 28th, 2012, nanny-related businesses, support groups and individuals will come together and hold a training event for the in-home caregivers in their local communities. This is taking place across the U.S. and Canada (31 cities and still growing). National Nanny Training Day falls on the last day of Week […]
[Continue reading...]What Do You Do to Build Trust Between Your Parent Employers and Yourself?
February 23, 2012 1 Comment
Attachment: An Important Part of Your Job We have been discussing how important it is for nannies and au pairs to make attachments with the children in their care. We explained how daily routines are essential to forming attachments with kids. But an in-home caregiver’s attachment with their parent employers is equally important. The most […]
[Continue reading...]Routines are Essential to Building Attachments Between Nannies and Children
February 22, 2012 1 Comment
Attachment: An Important Part of Your Nanny Job Children thrive in predictable environments, where mealtimes, nap times, separating from their parents, and toileting are dealt with consistently. Daily routines include greeting children in the morning, how the parents leave for work in the morning, how you serve their breakfast, how the kids get dressed, to doing homework, […]
[Continue reading...]Attachment: An Important Part of Your Job
February 21, 2012 1 Comment
How To Build a Bond with New Charges In our country, shared care is a way of life and how secure a child feels with their nanny is essential. When a child feels secure and cared for by his caregiver, it helps both the caregiver and child in so many ways. The child has an […]
[Continue reading...]Do You Have President’s Day Off as a Paid Holiday?
February 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
President’s Day Activities Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th in 1809. President’s Day, which is celebrated on the 3rd Monday in February, honors Lincoln and Washington. We recommend nannies and au pairs try share some of the following activities with their young charges in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. George Washington is infamous for telling […]
[Continue reading...]Is the Gyro Bowl Really Spill Proof for Kids?
February 19, 2012 1 Comment
Product Review Sunday Nanny and au pair friends keep asking me if I like the Gyro Bowl. The name and television advertisements claim it is spill resistant for kids. So I decided to test the claims of the nice looking, colorful, cleverly advertised bowl. I first tried it out on an 18-month-old boy. I put […]
[Continue reading...]Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
February 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Children’s Book for Black History Month Review by Elizabeth Kennedy, About.com Guide Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fightersby Andrea Davis Pinkney is geared to upper elementary and middle school age children. Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fightersis organized chronologically and covers the lives of ten women: Sojourner Truth, Biddy Mason, […]
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