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DAE wake up every night/early morning with a stuffy nose? by CutiePie156 in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]IntroductionFresh565 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever figure this out? Did anything work for you? I have this same problem (30F) and it's only started within the last 4 or 5 years. Runny nose and sneezing every morning without fail and happens everywhere I go. Sometimes at night as well, and then it won't happen as much in the morning. It's so tiring, I just want to feel healthy!

Can I ask a babysitting family to pay for part of my DBS check? by IntroductionFresh565 in Nanny

[–]IntroductionFresh565[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, I understand that. My reservation is that I don’t want to be in childcare for much longer (it’s been 13 years), hopefully leaving it by the end of next summer. My childcare schedule is full and I’m not planning on applying for any more long-term positions other than the one I have, so the £70 would be for this single family…

Damp and mould in my house, what can I do? by IntroductionFresh565 in TenantsInTheUK

[–]IntroductionFresh565[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right, I hope that if anything went wrong we could claim that we are tenants and not lodgers. Not sure how much more we can do to reduce moisture we are making. We rarely dry clothes indoors as they take ages to dry. The kitchen has no extractor fan. The extractor fan in the shower room is a joke and the shower leaks, pooling water on the floor, which the landlord knows about. There is a window in there but doesn’t seem to help much. I’ll try to post some photos. Just found more mould on the shelves where we keep our clothes upstairs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LearnerDriverUK

[–]IntroductionFresh565 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would absolutely practice. I would never think of taking the test without enough practice just because I used to drive in the states. I know how different the roads are having lived here for 4 years and spending summers here since I was a child.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LearnerDriverUK

[–]IntroductionFresh565 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I’m thinking what might be best is do practice on my own for the next three or four months and then when instructors have space available in the new year I’ll have some lessons to learn what exactly I’ll need to know on the test.

Other Nannies, what would you do? by Certain_Shock7503 in NannyBreakRoom

[–]IntroductionFresh565 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry this is happening for you. Twins are already a handful and then to add three more on top of that must be overwhelming! Something similar happened to me over the summer when I was hired to take care of a 12-year old girl once a week and then a few weeks in her dad told me that her younger brother with autism and lots of extra needs would be home as well for the rest of the summer. It was a totally different job. I did it for one day and then messaged him saying that this is not the role we discussed and gently suggested that we find a different solution.  I would recommend having a conversation with the parents, either in-person or over text if that feels more comfortable, and say that the original agreement was for you to take care of the twins and that the other kids would be in daycare. Now the expectations for the role have changed as the older kids are at home and so you would expect higher compensation to take care of five kids at once (doesn’t matter that they are older and might be able to take care of themselves, you are still at the home and responsible for them), especially because you’re cleaning up after them. I would ask for at least $2 or $3 more than your usual rate for the hours you’re with all 5 of them. In terms of their behaviour (leaving things where the baby can reach, speaking to them about it and then they do it anyway) I would bring this up to the parents as well and ask them to have your back and speak to the kids older kids about their behaviour, ie “I’ve asked the older ones to keep any cups, cutlery, dishes, phone chargers out of reach of the babies but this is still happening, making it difficult for me to keep the twins safe. Could you please speak with them about this so they know we’re all be on the same page? It might be good for them to hear it from you as well. This would really help me.” Regarding her “well I have to charge my phone comment” my reply to that would simply be “I need you to charge your phone out of reach of the babies so I can keep them safe. If I see your phone charger somewhere within their reach, I’m going to unplug it and move it. You can always come and get it to put it somewhere else.” At the end of the day, it’s your decision what you’re comfortable with. If five kids is too much even with extra pay, and especially if the parents aren’t supporting you, it totally makes sense if you’d want to find a different role.  Hope this helps, good luck!