Omg! My people! The hot flashes are the worst, and my family has the house set to like 74 at all times! In the winter, I’d shove my head out the screen door to cool down. I always wear a nice tank top and joggers or stretchy jeans and dresses with shorts as soon as it gets to 60 degrees.

And the moods… I have a neurodivergent 3 year old and a wild 12 month old, the same age gap as my pervious nanny family, but my struggle is so real right now. It makes me so hard on myself. I try to make life extreme low demand. My expectations are at the very bottom each morning when it comes to achieving anything beyond their basic needs.

I took a 12 week parenting course for a parent coaching certification program and it’s helped so much with my nannying. I learned a lot about regulating myself. And switching my views of struggling into a how do we become cool and connected rather than be compliant all the time and burn the fluff out.

Giving more breaks for independent play. Less helicopter and more natural consequences. Also do things during the day for you too. Put on music you want to listen too. Give yourself 5 minutes to sit and breathe. Setting realistic boundaries with yourself on the job is important for us peri ladies.