ETA: i have found someone who has been part of the private nanny group since i started it and have offered them the chance to take over.
i'm no longer a nanny and feel like maybe it'll be better off with someone else. if you're not already in the group, i'm gonna ask 100 questions to make sure it goes to a nanny and not an MB in disguise. 😅
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Recently has a falling out with someone who is in many of the same groups as me and I'm unsure if they'll still be able to see my posts and comments in those groups.
Thank you.
if so, what was your experience? i know it's a franchise business model so every location can be different but hearing some success stories could really help my nerves. 🤞
if so, what was your experience? i know it's a franchise business model so every location can be different but hearing some success stories could really help my nerves. 🤞
some details for context.. i was not on a contract and this placement was ultimately a temporary job until i finished my masters degree. i had been with them for seven months and i knew from the get go that NK would be going into daycare when they turn one and they knew i planned to follow a different career path at that time.
i was suppose to be with my NK through the first week of august and found an internship in my career field that was supposed to start the third week of august so it was perfect. unexpectedly, the company offering the internship had to move my start date up to the 20th of july, three weeks before i was supposed to be done working with NK. i told my NF right away and felt so terrible only giving them a weeks notice but i couldn't pass on this opportunity to take the next steps in my career.
to add insult to injury, our dog ended up having a life ending medical crisis late last night and i couldn't mentally bring myself to work and leave my family, so i called out to stay home with them and grieve. i was asked to come in anyway and i told them sorry, but no as we were having a difficult time with the passing of our dog.
tonight, i received a text from NF that i was done with NK effective immediately and not needed for my last two shifts and i'm so hurt.
i know it's not professional, but me and MB became really close during our time together and i really considered her a friend and felt those feelings were mutual. i understand i put them in a real hard spot ending a few weeks early with NK and having to call out the next day but where i was expecting compassion and understanding, i was met with the opposite.
i saw on social media they found a new nanny to cover NK for the three weeks between me leaving and NK starting daycare and i'm assuming the new nanny could start immediately and that's why i was dumped without the opportunity to work my last two shifts and get to say goodbye to my NK.
MB and i exchanged a few more texts about the situation and she seems to be pretty upset over how things ended but i feel that letting me go made things worse than it needed to be. there was no words of excitement for this awesome opportunity i got that she knew i was looking for or words of condolence on the loss of my dog from someone i thought was a friend. just a very employer/employee transactional goodbye with a little bit of guilt trip sprinkled in.
i do truly wish nothing but the best for them and i do hope in time maybe MB and i can talk about this and maybe reconcile our friendship but i'm not sure. today has really sucked.
Idk where else to go with this so here I am.
My NK is sick. Probably just a cold so I've been working. Today, I woke up sick. Usually, not a big deal but today it's gut wrenching and I can't stop crying.
Friday, I'm supposed to fly out of state to see an ailing grandparent. We don't know how much longer he'll be with us so it's a pretty important trip and I've been looking forward to it for weeks.
Now I can't see him. We can't take any risk of exposing him to respiratory illness as he's on oxygen 100% and is currently undergoing treatment for pneumonia.
I can't get my trip refunded since it's within 15 days and I can't afford to make an additional trip when I'm feeling better. I've reached out to the airline and my flight insurance with no luck.
I know illness happens and this doesn't fall into our sick policy but it's really unfortunate that while NK has been sick, NP has been off work for the holiday and me getting sick could have been avoided. But as they say hindsight is 20/20 and I just never saw this coming.
I'm so sad. I've been told this may be my last chance to see my grandpa and now I can't. My grandpa was such a big part of my life and now I'm beating myself up for ever moving away and feel like I should drop everything and move back and today just sucks.
Hug your grandpas for me please. 💔
... but can pick up rice size junk off the floor and get it in her mouth in one swift try?
I know it's been a popular topic in the nanny subreddits as I feel like we're exposed to so many different types of family situations but why do we think this is happening? Has it always been a thing and it's now just being talked about more?
Why am I always being asked to babysit on my days off? Why am I coming in for the whole day when parents are off work? Why does their child cry when I leave for the day but not when parents leave for the day?
I get coming in on parents days off if they have things planned or are sick themselves or something but when mom calls out of work so she can be a couch potato, why am I here? When baby is sick and dad is home watching TV all day, why am I here?
When I have days off, I keep my child home with me because I want to spend time with them. I spend most of my childs time awake throughout the week away from them and can't understand not wanting to be with them when I have the chance. If I need to go to an appointment or something on a day off, mine is in daycare while I go but it's always a short day even though I'm paying for a full day.
I don't understand the thought process, I really don't.
hello!
i'm looking for new employment come august and looking to the community for some possible leads.
i am pursuing my BCBA certification and am looking for fieldwork opportunities to acquire my supervision hours.
i am looking for either a private practice BCBA who could benefit from having a student analyst to help with their caseload or an ABA company under BCBA ownership that could benefit from having a student analyst help within the company.
i have completed my MS degree and now just need to accrue the hours needed to sit for the exam. i have been an RBT for two years and within those two years was also an ABA trainer and student analyst so i come with prior experience in the field as well as the completed education.
i have been checking and applying for jobs on indeed almost every day and haven't found the right fit yet so i'm hoping to find something outside of indeed now.
thank you in advance for any and all helpful leads, tips, and advice to aid me in my search.
hello!
i'm looking for new employment come august and looking to the community for some possible leads.
i am pursuing my BCBA certification and am looking for fieldwork opportunities to acquire my supervision hours.
i am looking for either a private practice BCBA who could benefit from having a student analyst to help with their caseload or an ABA company under BCBA ownership that could benefit from having a student analyst help within the company.
i have completed my MS degree and now just need to accrue the hours needed to sit for the exam. i have been an RBT for two years and within those two years was also an ABA trainer and student analyst so i come with prior experience in the field as well as the completed education.
i have been checking and applying for jobs on indeed almost every day and haven't found the right fit yet so i'm hoping to find something outside of indeed now.
thank you in advance for any and all helpful leads, tips, and advice to aid me in my search.
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I was an RBT for four years then took time off to get my Masters in ABA because I want to be a BCBA. Now I have my degree and companies only want to hire me at entry level RBT wages and have me slowly collect hours over the course of 2-3 years.
I guess I thought having my degree would give me an advantage for pay and companies wanting me to get my hours quickly so I can be a BCBA for them but that doesn't seem to be the case.
How come all these companies are desperate for BCBAs, yet won't give those of us looking for hours, the hours and pay we need to become BCBAs?
I'm feeling really discouraged as I interview with the 9th ABA company in my area that wants to pay me $23 an hour at the most.
MB casually asks while bringing in her $100 lunch delivery from the expensive hibachi place in town.
"Oh just the usual bologna and cheese sandwich" I reply while trying not sound too spiteful to the woman who pays me minimum wage.
This contract cannot be over soon enough.
Got my MA in ABA finished in March and am now seeing that the BACB 2027 changes also affect coursework completed before Jan 1st 2027. Does my degree still work for Pathway 2 under the new requirements?
Stumbled across a unicorn opportunity to work with a BCBA to collect my fieldwork hours but am concerned that there isn't going to be 40% direct hours in this position. From what I'm reading in the handbook, there is a minimum of 60% unrestricted but does that mean that maximum is 100%?
Editing to add since my post with little information is leading to big questions and assumptions.. I have been an RBT for five years, and three of those years were spent as a lead RBT/ABA trainer. I had began fieldwork when I began my MA degree in spring 2024 under 2022 guidelines. Unfortunately, late 2024 I had to leave the field for personal/medical reasons. I finished my degree this spring and am eager to get back to collecting hours but since the guidelines have changed, my previous hours are worthless and I am needing to start over which lead to my search and finding this unique opportunity to work with this unique BCBA doing unique work and I just want to make sure I was understanding the handbook correctly.
I understand and agree 100% that hands on direct experience in the field is extremely important and needed and should be a requirement. I promise I am not one of those people trying to avoid during the hardwork of being an RBT before jumping into a being a BCBA. I have done my time and know that I will make a good BCBA because of that time. This opportunity is just outside the normal and typical scope of the field.
No advice needed, but will take advice if given.
My current placement is over come Sept. NPs were considering keeping me on instead of moving forward with daycare but ultimately chose the daycare route. It's bittersweet cause while I know NK is gonna have so much fun in daycare playing with other kids, I've really become attached to them and the family and am going to miss spending my days with NK and watching them grow and learn new things.
This was my first job as a nanny and was always supposed to be temporary for this family only. It was a learning curve to begin with but now that I've gotten the hang of it and know what to expect in any future placements, I'm not entirely opposed to continuing with being a nanny. However, I know I got extremely lucky with this family and that other placements might not be so great.
My big issue is, while in this placement, I graduated from grad school and now have a degree in a field that I'm not sure I want to continue in. Getting the degree was to get a higher position in the field, however I would need to return to a lower position to get the hours and experience needed to move up and I'm really not feeling that, both mentally and financially.
My education and experience set me up for being able to qualify for some great nanny placements but then my expensive degree is all for nothing.
While I still have ample time to figure things out, knowing I for sure won't be staying with NK has me in my feels right now and I don't know which way to turn. I know this happens to all of us at some point but I didn't realize just how heartbreaking and confusing everything would feel.
My daughter turned 18 months earlier this month and to the day, has been so cranky and irritable ever since. Literally nothing has changed about our day or our routine but now everything is a fight. Bath time was her favorite part of the day and now all she wants to do is dump water out of the tub and cry when I tell her not to. We use to read one story before bed, now it's three or four. She use to snuggle up and fall asleep quickly and quietly, now it's screaming for 10-20 minutes while doing gymnastics as part of the routine. Cries and fights every diaper change. Stopped eating almost everything except for a few things and everything else gets flung to the floor, literally with utensils and god forbid she doesn't get a utensil for her PB and J. She use to love playing with toys and doing flash cards, now she cries when they're offered if she hasn't mastered them or knows she might struggle. She loves walks but now refuses to sit in a stroller, or walk, she just wants to sit on the ground.
I know it's all a phase and developmentally normal but I'm exhausted. Ugh.
I'm beginning the search for my next placement when my current placement is done in August. I found my current placement on a local page on FB but I am no longer using social media other than Reddit.
I have a Care profile but when searching for my current placement, I really struggled to find anything meaningful and full time on there.
I'm thinking I need to go the route of using an agency this time around so I'm wondering what agency parents like best if any? If you needed a new nanny, which agency would you go to first?
Thank you for any and all leads and advice.
I'm moving into an outdated rental next week and would like to try to update my kitchen and bathrooms but since it's a rental, it needs to be temporary.
I've been watching YT videos but also looking for tips and tricks that I can ask follow up questions if needed.
Thank you!