An intentionally electic collection of photos awaits you in this post. I have been a full-time nanny for my little charge, who is 2 weeks younger than Jackson, for 6 months now. We started in late-April and I couldn't be luckier to have employment where I can bring Jackson and we can all just play and be "normal" during the day.
I won't share the identity of the family I work for, but they are extremely kind, easy to get along with and fun to be around. My little lady has two very involved parents who are also flexible and willing to go along with my ideas. We go to 2 park groups each week, to the Mall, walking around the neighborhood. I've taken them with me to library storytime, to the grocery store, to meet my friends who have kids. Its been really nice. The little gal I watch is a real hoot, full of smiles and playfulness, a really great companion for Jackson.
The first months were harder as they both needed me more. Jackson was a really sport about sharing "me" and would play calmly while I comforted my little gal. But it was still a circus act to figure out nap schedules of two very different kids...
Fast-forward to NOW when they are both about 11 months old... their exactness in age sets them up so that they play nicely together during about +/- 5 hrs of my 9-hour days, and they nap for about 2+ hours and that leaves around an hour (+) a day where we are doing meals or I am supplying comfort, or otherwise using my mental and physical energy to entertain them. Right now they are crawling everywhere, under tables, over stools, getting into everything. In a month they will both turn 1, and I expect they could be walking and our days may change again. I really love it. I am in charge of my day, we can go out, stay in. Yay for nannying :O)
Corinne posing on Coronado Beach
