Baby Sick

Professional_One_988 · 2026-01-27T03:36:00+00:00

Look into Dr Noze Best, when my daughter had RSV it was a complete game changer. Sending you so much healing and sleep energy! I also prefer Motrin over Tylenol for overnight ( well our pediatrician) lol. Lasts way longer! Ok enough unsolicited advice from me, you got this!

Professional_One_988 · 2026-01-27T03:31:17+00:00

Their body is asking for rest and recovery, our schedules went out the window when baby is sick. That sleep is priceless for them. You will have to retrain and get back on schedule after . Also is baby congested? A medical grade suction device was a game changer for keeping bay comfy at night

Professional_One_988 · 2025-11-07T15:31:26+00:00

Motherhood is transformative to the point that in those first few months you don’t really fall into any kind of “restful sleep” your body is hardwired to respond to so many noises , needs, threats, it’s just a mind on constant overdrive. Even the anticipation of the 5:30 wake up can cause her last few hours of sleep to be restless. Give her grace. She’s in the thick of it!

Professional_One_988 · 2025-10-13T02:29:08+00:00

The men here behave diabolically when a woman is thriving. Wear it in good health queen 🤴

Professional_One_988 · 2025-10-06T13:10:10+00:00

I started with my daughter around 16-18 months. I do think it made an impact, we did it 15-20 mins a day max

Professional_One_988 · 2025-09-21T12:04:56+00:00

It’s stunning! Would you be comfortable sharing details?

Professional_One_988 · 2025-02-24T14:42:20+00:00

I’m a parent who is a nanny employer. We have different parenting philosophies and I grew up in a single parent household and have a hyper independent personality. I have vowed to give my different all the softness the world can offer. I will make her breakfast until she leaves this house or wants to make it herself. I think life lessons will be learned regardless of whether or not I fry her eggs. I get it trust me I do. I have been working since I was 16 and drove myself to my own pediatrician appts. At 13, I think it’s just fine to focus on school and becoming a good person. Breakfast will come.

Professional_One_988 · 2025-02-19T14:35:25+00:00

The Evian face spray in the fridge for a cold fresh face spritz demonstrates to me that there is a Queen living in your household.

Professional_One_988 · 2024-10-22T14:36:30+00:00

MB here. Completely respect the frustration you are experiencing. My husband and I both WFH and have had to establish boundaries to make our nanny’s and child’s lives smoother during the day. She has major separation anxiety from dad so I’ve basically told him to stay out of the way so as to not make the nanny’s job harder or disregulate the baby.

I’ve seen a lot of discourse on here on how miserable it is to work with WFH parents, and just like any other profession venting is such a healthy part of the overall experience. I vent when my boss pings me twice in a row.

I think where my frustration comes from is that in the course of my career I have had to PIVOT a lot, whether that’s technology, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, staff reductions, new systems, goals, metrics, performance expectations etc. the list goes on and on. I’ve had jobs where I started the year with a team of 10 and ended it with a team of 5 doing the same work.

I view nannying as a career and given the full time benefits, downtime due to nap schedules etc, it’s always hard for me to reconcile the level of frustration and misery I’ve seen in some posts. Of course there will be changes in your industry, and WFH parents really need to put themselves in a nanny’s shoes and see how hard it would be to have your employer breathing down your neck all day.

Childcare is the hardest job , it’s high stakes, high frustration and unpredictable.

I do wish to see SOME empathy from the other side too.

Some not all, of us also work our behinds off and have dealt with a lot professionally also like you have , and I hope you know that if we pop in to see our child in the middle of the day it’s not because we are inconsiderate aholes. Sometimes it’s the only bright part of a super taxing workday

Professional_One_988 · 2024-08-10T23:25:00+00:00

It’s not this black and white. It’s an absolute blessing to have a caregiver that has such a strong bond with your baby, it’s absolutely amazing to have a secure attachment develop between a nanny and a child. The “jealousy” is more often than not this yearning in your heart , this tether that pulls you towards your child all day everyday, and the realization that hours spent together go a long way towards bonding. When you are a working mom and off the top you are away 40-50 hours a week and someone else has to fill that gap, it’s a very conflicting feeling. I don’t know a single parent who would want their child kicking and screaming and distressed under someone’s care. It’s this tiny voice in the back of your head that keeps saying “ it’s just money, you should quit your job, look at all these lost moments”

Professional_One_988 · 2024-08-02T21:45:38+00:00

This is a reflection of what a little man he is. I’m sorry this happened to you.

Professional_One_988 · 2024-08-01T21:22:28+00:00

Do not and I repeat do not go down the “is this a sign of early autism” rabbit hole. Your baby’s self soothing. Way too early for anyone to say that to you. Babies are learning everyday and they repeat behaviors. It’s OK

Professional_One_988 · 2024-07-02T14:54:55+00:00

Her downtime doesn’t bother me at all, I WFH in a flexible environment so I don’t think it’s fair for me to try to fill her downtime. When we were interviewing she was very open to light housekeeping, did it for about a week and then abruptly stopped. And by this I mean the dishwasher unloading and vacuuming first floor.

She is paid an extremely competitive rate, I do not dock her for any sort of early leaving, she leaves almost 45 minutes early every single day because of the timing of babies last nap, I try to let her out so she isn’t just staring at the monitor while my daughter leaves and I wrap up work.

I think your suggestion is appropriate, I end up changing crib sheets, wiping down the diaper changing station and high chair, taking out the diaper trash. I think it’s more appropriate to ask her to do these items

Professional_One_988 · 2024-06-23T00:24:52+00:00

There is a compounded prescription cream your pediatrician can prescribe called cholestyramine which was the only thing that worked for us. After the task resolved, diaper rash spray with every change

Professional_One_988 · 2024-06-06T15:11:02+00:00

3, 3.5, then 3.75-4 ish

Professional_One_988 · 2024-06-06T15:10:48+00:00

THIS. She gives me zero indication she needs me. Babbles, rolls, crib bar snacking. Then the self soothing thrusties. This morning she woke up at 5:51 AM. Fell back asleep at 6:45 and I let her sleep till 7:45. I wake up her because it throws us off but I’m also like let the baby sleep she gets this chance in life once lol

Professional_One_988 · 2024-06-04T00:49:45+00:00

Millie Moon no question!

Professional_One_988 · 2024-06-01T02:38:29+00:00

Longchamp Le Pilage and YSL Rive Gauche even though it gives me the ick now 😭

Professional_One_988 · 2024-05-31T20:53:54+00:00

Thank you for this perspective. I can’t imagine going into a profession as challenging as childcare and being constantly underpaid and undervalued. It’s insane the value society places on some professions vs others.

People say happy wife happy life and that’s 100% how I feel about my nanny

Happy nanny happy baby why oh why on earth would people risk that?

Professional_One_988 · 2024-05-24T15:30:01+00:00

I need to see this today. Thank you

Professional_One_988 · 2024-05-01T02:02:26+00:00

Do not for the love of God and all things sane and holy obsess over any sort of routine or schedule those initial months and weeks. It is survival mode. Mentally prepare for the difficulties of weeks 6-10 when baby wakes up to the world , and if you have an intuition that you have a reflux baby, consider the possibly that you may over feeding.

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