{"id":1512,"date":"2022-09-30T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2022-09-30T13:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:24:00","slug":"organisation-tips-for-busy-nannies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/organisation-tips-for-busy-nannies\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisation tips for busy nannies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Failing to plan is planning to fail. Organising your time and your working environment effectively means you will feel less stressed, more in control and able to focus on the things you love rather than chores you hate.<\/p>\n

Have a diary<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you and your nanny family don\u2019t already have a diary, ideally a page per day, then invest in one. Write down your menu plans, shopping lists, any appointments, groups, playdates or changes to the usual routine. Remind your bosses to fill things in as well and check a couple of weeks ahead or before planning anything on a specific date in case there\u2019s something already there. Don\u2019t be afraid to put your plans in, particularly if they involve you leaving right on time or mean you\u2019re unable to babysit. Don\u2019t like a paper diary? Share a Google calendar with your boss!<\/p>\n

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Create a nursery duties routine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some weeks are so jam packed with activities that chores like laundry or hoovering the playroom can slip down the list. By making a routine you can slot the nursery duties into your day, and you know that they\u2019re always done. Having a predictable rhythm for loads of laundry or a day where you use naptime to batch cook can also help when the routine slips a bit!<\/p>\n

Prepare the morning before you leave work the night before<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you\u2019re the one responsible for making sure the children have everything ready in the morning train the parents as well as the children to put things in their place. Leave the book bags by the coats and shoes and ask parents that if they do read in the evening to put things back where they belong. If you know you put everything ready the night before you can also easily see what\u2019s missing in the morning, because something always will be!<\/p>\n

Bulk prep\u00a0<\/strong>veg’s<\/b><\/p>\n

Chopping and bagging veg in bulk saves a lot of time as well as washing up. There are bound to be nights when you have to do a quick tea because you\u2019re caught between Brownies, ballet and boxing but it\u2019s also the day that you leave for school at 8.30 and don\u2019t come back until after pick-up. If you\u2019ve got veg pre-chopped for a speedy stir fry or a stuffed omelette you can get in and get cooking straight away.<\/p>\n

Make activity packs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use spare time to make up a few packets or boxes of activities or crafts that you can just whip out ready to go. Make sure you include any extras like glue, scissors or pencils. It\u2019s looking for the little things that takes the time but planning ahead means you can spend the time productively, and there\u2019s very little putting away afterwards because you\u2019ve already measured out exactly what you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Failing to plan is planning to fail. Organising your time and your working environment effectively means you will feel less stressed, more in control and able to focus on the things you love rather than chores you hate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[26,296,299,326,332],"class_list":["post-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nannies","tag-activities","tag-nannies","tag-nanny","tag-nanny-tips","tag-nannylife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","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=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}