Even if you\u2019ve got experience with children, if you haven\u2019t lived and worked with them full time, and you\u2019re not a parent yourself, these may take you by surprise!<\/p>\n
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1. Bumps and bruises<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s surprising how strong these little people are! Whether you\u2019re playing a game, taking a trip to the park or changing a nappy, you\u2019re susceptible to bashes, knocks, and bumps which means that you\u2019re covered in bruises yourself (especially if you bruise easily). I\u2019m always finding bruises and trying to remember where I got them \u2013 it could be from anything, the baby dropping a toy on your foot, or an accidental kick when pushing a child on the swings!<\/p>\n
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2. Sleep<\/p>\n
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We all know that not all children sleep through the night, especially when they\u2019re young, but what surprised me was the amount of different things that can disturb the night. From bedwetting, to \u2018I just can\u2019t sleep\u2019, night time feeds, illness and nightmares\u2026 And then they will be up early in the morning too!<\/p>\n
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3. All things slime<\/p>\n
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Who knew how much snot and dribble could come out of those little humans! If they\u2019re a bit older, they\u2019ll deal with a lot of this themselves, but for young children and babies, it\u2019s a constant battle to wipe noses, change nappies, and clear up dribble!<\/p>\n
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4. Laundry<\/p>\n
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You might have heard about how much laundry a baby makes, but did you ever think that some of that would be yours? A jumper you may have once been able to wear a few times before a wash, now might not last a full day!<\/p>\n
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5. Creatures<\/p>\n
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If your charges are at school or nursery, it is likely that they will come into contact with all kinds of germs and parasites. Think headlice, worms and chicken pox. Sadly these things aren\u2019t contained just to the child and will most likely be spread to you, which means nitcombing and medicine for you too! Yuk!<\/p>\n
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6. Getting attached<\/p>\n
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Even after all of that, you will grow to love the little monsters. They\u2019ll make you smile, give you cuddles and do some very cute and funny things so if you take a holiday away, expect to miss them!<\/p>\n
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Thanos for sharing, Cate! If you have something you’d like to share just drop us a line on frances@nannyjob.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even if youve got experience with children, if you havent lived and worked with them full time, and youre not a parent yourself, these may take you by surprise! 1. Bumps and bruises Its surprising how strong these little people are! Whether youre playing a game, taking a trip to the park or … Continue reading “What you aren’t expecting when living and working with children”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[38,89,258,296,299,332],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-blogs","tag-au-pair","tag-childcare","tag-live-in","tag-nannies","tag-nanny","tag-nannylife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}