The life of a nanny is not glamorous. You are responsible for children that are not your own. In many cases, you are left alone for days at a time to care for these kids. So, how on earth do you manage stress?

Stress is hard to manage with any career choice. Being a nanny requires that you put yourself second after your job. It took me a while to deal with the stresses of being a nanny. I do think that I have a few tips that could help you all:

1. Know that yes, this is a stressful job… but, it doesn’t have to be. You need to grasp the idea that this is a job that requires babysteps (pun intended). You need to look at the big picture then break it down into mini-jobs. That makes it a lot easier to handle. I am not just a nanny… I am also a Housekeeper, cook, tutor, taxi cab… the list goes on. I learned that breaking my job title “House Manger” into little jobs, it makes it much easier to balance.

2. Make sure you take advantage of your breaks during the day. If you watch younger children, watch TV during their naptime. If you are not allowed to watch TV… Read a magazine, book or just sit in the quiet. If you watch older children, go and watch some TV. Sit in a quiet area and read a magazine with a cup of herbal tea. Or, I sometimes bake cookies. Just make sure that you sit down during the day. You will lose your mind if you don’t relax.

3. Talk to your boss about your workday. If you feel you are working way too many hours during the week, it’s your responsibility to speak up. You shouldn’t be working more than 45-50hrs per week. If you are working more than that, you need to speak up. Being a nanny is a draining profession. You need to have weeknights/weekends off to recoup.

4. Leave the stresses of work at work. Don’t take your problems home.

5. Remember that you are not the parent. This is a simple thing that you need to tell yourself. You are their nanny… Not their mom.

Source : http://nannychat.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/dealing-with-stress/

    Some people think that being a babysitter is just a job that they can do while they are teenagers in order to make quick money from babysitting kids. What most people do not know is that babysitting can be a full time job. It can be quite a interesting career. In order to work as a professional nanny or babysitter, there are a few things that you will have to do. This includes courses that you will have to take and to be a part and enlist your name in a babysitting and a nanny agency. If you live in Brisbane, you will find many Brisbane babysitting agencies that you can enlist in. This will help you get nanny jobs around Brisbane.

Starting with the courses, there is some education involved in it. You have to take courses that will help you know how to deal with children and how to satisfy their needs including food, play and sleeping. This is because dealing with children may be hard, you should clearly understand on what to do, when to do and how to do. This is why you will have to take these courses so you can get more knowledge about child care. To learn more about a child's psychology, you can read on some books that are about child care and parenting. Those books may give you excellent ideas and knowledge on the topic alongside the courses that you follow on child care. These courses will also include a first aid course and CPR. This will help you keep the child safe if any accident takes place while you are babysitting the kids.

Before you start pursuing babysitting jobs, you should work on your C.V and present it in many  babysitting agencies. They will review your C.V and ask you a few questions to see how experienced you are, and if you succeed, they will enlist you as one of their nannies. This will certainly help you get nanny jobs. This is due to the fact that people rely more on these agencies than independent nannies. So your chances increase if you are one of these nannies. Anyhow, if you keep on reading our blog, you will find more hints and tips on how to get nanny jobs as an individual nanny or babysitter – That required some extra work to do.

Use these questions to guide your search for the perfect nanny for your child.

Experience & Training: Look for a nanny who has taken care of children before — you don't want your kids to be her guinea pigs. She doesn't necessarily have to have many years of experience, but she should know what she's doing. Ask if she has a resume (although don't be surprised if she doesn't have one).

• How long have you been a nanny?
• How old were the other children you cared for?
• Do you have any formal early childhood development or childcare training?
• Would you be willing to take classes to further your education in childcare?
• Do you have emergency training? In CPR? In first-aid?
• If not, would you be willing to take CPR classes and first-aid training?
• What would you do if my child was sick or had an accident?
• Would you mind if I ran a background check on you?

Philosophy/Approach: Make sure a nanny's philosophy about childrearing is in line with yours. Ask each candidate why she's a nanny and what she likes about the job — you need to know that she's in the field for all the right reasons, and that she enjoys children.

On being a nanny

• Why are you a nanny?
• Why are you looking for a new position?
• What do you like about the job?
• Describe your ideal family/employer:
• What do you like least about being a nanny?
• Do you have any special peeves about parents/children/pets?

Read more here http://www.babycenter.com/0_nanny-interview-sheet_1450905.bc

Choosing nanny career is a wonderful thing to be, as always we can stick with children and have a real fun environment. Apart from that, having comparability between nanny and family is very important to deliver good services as well as to gain trust on nanny. The compatibility issues should be identified during early interview stage and those should be fixed as soon as possible either by nanny or parent in order to make a peaceful environment for children. Both parties should talk the things very clearly before take any decisions. What are other things that a nanny should take into account when applying for a nanny job or getting recruited  as a nanny, let's discuss.

There are huge number of ways to get nanny jobs these days with the help of internet, you will be able to find lots of nanny services that post advertisements for nanny jobs and nannies can simply register with such websites for free and apply for the jobs. Other than this, still nannies can find job via newspaper, magazine advertisements, local forum posts or word of mouth and etc. Other than the opportunity to get nanny job, there are various sources available online to learn about nanny services, career on child care. There are many nannies who usually used to their own experiences as blogs or online diaries. There are many online forums where experienced nannies can give advices on developing a career in child care. As well as nanny online services too may give great number of articles on how to find nanny job, how to apply for a nanny job and so on. By reading all those things one can get great understanding about being a successful nanny.

When a nanny wanted advertisement is posted on online nanny services or on any other media, a nanny should look more attention to its detail part as well as the location. It is important to see, did the parent use any “must do”, “should do” things. Also, have to note how the wording is going on in the advertisement, does that make you to be comfortable?, are there basic details of kids (like age, some special behavior)  who have to be taken care provided?, what is the size of the family and etc. Some ads clearly state the duties of nannies, some do not. As it is the case, you can contact the parent via messaging on the site or email or telephone whichever is available, and get more information about the job, specially more about child as well as the duties that should do.

After getting details of the job and if you are happy to serve that family, you may be asked to attend an interview with parent(s). Usually parent(s) sit with kid(s) and observe how do you behave with kid and how kids react to you, as well as parents expect very very soft dealing with kid – so, your way of behaving at the interview is the must and you should make sure you will treat the child like a child and be a temporary mom for those kids and take care of them. If you Google, you can find a lots of interview tips to be followed.

Good luck with your nanny career.

Perth is the capital of Western Australia, which is one of the biggest states in the Australian continent. If you live there then you must know how hectic it is. This is why if you are married and you have children, you will find yourself in a bit of a predicament. This predicament will occur if you have to stay late at work while your wife is stuck in her job as well. This is why you will need to get a nanny for your baby because a baby should not be left alone under any circumstances. Therefore, the best course of action is to hire a nanny Perth to take care of your baby while you are away.

Some people prefer to save a few bucks by getting a teenager who can be a family member or a friend to watch over the kids. This can be very effective but it is not guaranteed. This is because at any certain time, the babysitter may be busy with studying or going out with her friends. This is why it is better to get in contact with a babysitting agency. They will be able to provide you with a professional and a trusted nanny at any given time. This is why it is better to depend on these agencies instead of the teenager neighbor or friend. These agencies will provide you with the most professional nannies in Perth.

Another advantage is that these nannies are handpicked by professionals, because not everyone can become a nanny. They are then trained and taught how to take care of little kids and babies. This way, you can have complete peace of mind when you leave your children with them knowing that they are professional nannies who know what they are doing with the children.

Click here to hire nannies in Perth through a website that connects nannies and parents.

JULIE is happy to have us in her home in Blackburn. She has no problem with being interviewed, or allowing her twin daughters Olivia and Rose to be observed and photographed as they paint with their nanny. But there is one thing she is adamant about. Even though her surname is different to that of her husband and daughters, she does not want it published.

''It's a perception thing,'' she says. ''People think that only posh people have nannies.''

Sitting cross-legged on the floor with the girls, nanny Tracey McDermott nods in agreement. ''There's a big misconception that we are just housekeepers, or that we are raising children for the wealthy.''

As professional musicians and music teachers, Julie and her husband do not meet anyone's definition of wealthy. ''We go without a lot to be able to afford Tracey,'' she says.
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Ms McDermott, who at 38 has been nannying for 10 years, works two days a week for the family, generally starting at 9am and working until as late as 10.30pm on evenings when the couple has orchestra rehearsals. On average the family pays her $500 for the two days, income she declares to the tax office. She charges $25 an hour by day and up to $32 for overnight work with newborns.

''There's not many jobs where you arrive to be greeted by hugs and kisses and screams of delight. That doesn't happen when you work in an office,'' she says.

Ms McDermott trained as a childcare worker and gained further experience when she was living in England several years ago.

She is devoted to three-year-olds Olivia and Rose, and from the moment she arrives her attention is entirely focused on the girls' needs.

She affectionately strokes and reassures them, sits close as they paint and glue, plays games and dress-ups with them, and reads to them. Television?

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/money-of-little-account-in-a-job-full-of-rich-rewards-20120804-23mne.html#ixzz2UT6kseS9

Finding an ideal nanny in Melbourne is not an easy task as every family is looking for a nanny to take care of their child or children. Hire a nanny is an ideal solution for most working parents in Melbourne. Economic condition of the city is the main reason why we see so many working parents here. This creates a situation where parents have to look for assistance in taking care of their kids and family in their absence. Children are the most valuable things in everyone’s life and finding an ideal person to take care of them is something that you should seriously consider. When you start searching for a nanny, you should know what type of nanny you are looking for. You can find various types of nannies that are specialized in various types of work or childcare. You may have to choose a live-in nanny if you are away on business and office trips often. Live-in nannies will stay at your place and take care of your children for agreed time period. There are short-term nannies available who can be hired for shorter periods, for instance when your regular nanny is on leave.

A nanny who is specialized in the field of maternity is very good at taking care of newborn babies. These nannies often come from a background of being a nanny or midwife and will also have appropriate qualification. Some people work as freelance nannies, but hiring a stranger is not safe for your child. Welfare and health of your children is something that you should take into account when hiring a nanny, you should make sure that the nanny hired by you is a trustworthy person because the nanny will be working inside your house when there is no one else in the house. So you have to make sure that your children will be safe in your absence. These days many parents are using hidden cam or nanny monitoring cam to monitor their nanny and children when parents are away.

There are nanny agencies to help you on finding a nanny, they can help you by referring reliable nannies. A reputed nanny agency will do the background check and verify the credentials to make sure that every candidate has appropriate qualification, character and skills. Nannies will be there with your children, when your children are at a certain age, they easily get influenced by the people around them, so it is crucial that the nanny hired by you acts responsibly without leaving any bad influence on your children. In fact, she should help them in developing their personal skills and characteristics.

If you are in Melbourne and in need of a nanny visit http://www.weneedananny.com.au/VIC/Melbourne-Nannies to hire a your nanny.