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For those who don't know, I took on a nannying job about 2 months ago. The pay is good, perks are awesome, and I stay very busy. There are 6 kids ranging from 3-11 yrs old, one of them is deaf ( but has a hearing aid that helps a bit) It's tough work!...
Well yesterday morning around 4am, both parents left for a 2 week cruise. leaving me to tend to, what I had assumed the past 2 months, their 6 well mannered, someone well behaved children. It is now only the ending of day 2/14 and i'm not sure i'm gonna make it!
But in a desperate attempt to provide myself with comic relief, I thought i'd share a few things that i learned so far.
1. Be careful not to bribe!!... but never underestimate the power of candy
2. All the rules to those fun games you learned as a child, have now been "revised", and are subject to change depending on who's playing, and who can yell the loudest
3. Every child CRAVES attention, whether good or bad
4. Don't ever assume you can get away with "not now, maybe later" ... They ALWAYS remember
5. Children have a heightened sense of smell for three things: cookies, poop, and fear
6. When fits begin, and crying worsens, yelling back doesn't help, so run away and lock yourself in a room or closet, and hope they figure it out themselves
7. Reverse psychology is my friend, sarcasm is NOT
8. The fastest growing, most provident and troublesome problem in kids today is NOT obesity, it is selective hearing
which brings us to number 9
9. Don't try to talk to the kids when the T.V. is on.... that's just plain rude
10. Know all of your exits!
2 comments:
Why are you so hilarious? I am imagining you with those kids and it is funny! You are going to be such a fun and good Mom!
Never forget the power of play-doh. And bubbles. Put some food coloring in it and then have them catch them on paper. Very cool. Yeah, good luck Amber! You can do this!!
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