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Subject: Dealing w/parents

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Tonya Sakowicz

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Date Posted: 13:35:10 08/28/03 Thu

Most nannies who leave jobs due to conflicts have those conflict with the parents, not with the children. If this is a family you want to stay with , would it possible for you to take your medication earlier in the evening so that you wake up sooner? Or could your doctor put you on another medication, such as Ambien that wears off sooner? If not, then you have to decide if this is really the job for you, and if so, sit down with them, tell them your concerns, but that you really want to work with them and would love to find a good compromise, could they help with any suggestion?
Good luck!
Tonya

>I've been nannying for a great family for a year now.
>I've been a nanny for about 6 years and the biggest
>problems I've ever had have been with the parents.
>I've never really figured out a good way to deal with
>these situations since it isn't your *normal* work
>environment. Anyway, the family I work with is
>wanting to change my hours to earlier in the day. I
>suffer from depression/anxiety (they know this) and
>take medication to help me sleep. It usually doesn't
>wear off until noon. They want me to come in at 10.
>Their reason is, they'd like to have me there when
>she's awake and put her down for her nap and then go
>home, so they can get some extra work done without
>having me just sit around. I sympathize with them
>needing to get more work done, but honestly, the child
>doesn't have a very smooth nap schedule and I don't
>think they'd get anything else done. Plus, I would
>just be miserable being there from 10-2 and would
>spend the rest of the day recovering from lack of
>sleep. I guess my question is, how do I
>compromise/negotiate with the family? I've learned
>that working with the parents is harder than working
>with the child! You need just as much or more
>patience when you're dealing with the parents. Is
>this anyone else's experience? It's been tough and
>when I talk to family and friends about it, they have
>no idea what to tell me. I feel lost! I would love
>to hear your stories/ideas.
>
>Elorah

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