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12 Reasons Why Nannying Is The Best Job Ever

There are lots of summer job choices, but none of them are like the job of a nanny.

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12 Reasons Why Nannying Is The Best Job Ever

Working during the summer always seems like the hardest time to try and motivate yourself to get up and go to work. Well, it may be hard for an ordinary job, but having my job as a nannying makes it pretty easy to wake up early and spend my summer days working. Nannying is such a different job from anything else. I love going to work every day and seeing my five kids who have truly become family to me. This is why I find being a nanny to be one of the best jobs ever.

1. The Hugs

There is nothing like getting to work at 9am and receiving a big hug as your welcome. The goodbye hugs are what makes it hard to leave.

2. I get to do kids things and not be judged for it.

You wanna go down the slide at the playground? Go for it, everyone just thinks you are doing it for the kids, but in reality, you just want to race your kid down the slides.

3. The Disney movies

Kids have to experience all the Disney movies right? And I mean they need adult supervision I can't just let them sit on the couch alone. . . they might fall off.

4. I get to actually do the stuff I pin on my Pinterest boards.

Wanna make a butterfly cake? Sure! Wanna have a paint war? Let's do it! Outside of course. Or there are about 5,000 things we can do with pool noodles.

5. I rarely get bored because we never have to do the same things

There are endless field trips we can go on and enjoy the summer weather. There is always a different art project to do; you know from my Pinterest board. There is no schedule to follow, just whatever we feel like doing that day.

6. I could show up in sweatpants and nobody would care.

The kids come down in the pajamas and stay in them all day. I'm just trying to not make them feel self-conscious; I really do it for the kids... lol.

7. More of a flexible schedule.

I can go into work one week and then go to the beach the next and not get into that much trouble. However, who wants to leave the kids for too long anyways? I am already away from them all year at school!

8. I get fed food.

Love not having to think about my meals... .it's all just in the fridge or the cabinet. I can eat whatever the kids are eating; we eat a lot of mac and cheese!

9. Kids at times can seem to teach you more than any professor or elder could.

Yes, sometimes I have to be stern with the kids and they get mad, but no one gets over being mad at someone as quickly as a child does. They teach me a lot about love and forgiveness. They are just so innocent and just love life; how can you not learn something from them?

10. You get to experience being a mom before becoming a mom.

Being a nanny you have a lot of learning experiences, good and bad. Especially being a nanny to a family with five children, there is not much I have not seen yet. I will know how to handle almost any situation when I finally have kids of my own. (It could also be the best birth control anyone could ask for haha)

11. It is one of the most rewarding jobs.

I do not only watch the kids, I clean the house as well. There is nothing more satisfying walking into a messy house then leaving it all cleaned and knowing that you are helping the parents lives easier. It is also pretty rewarding you survive a day without anyone getting hurt!

12. All the love

Kids do not have a filter. Therefore, randomly throughout the day I hear, "Na-Na I love you, you're my best friend" *Cue the water works. One of the best feelings is randomly standing in the kitchen and having a three year old run up and hug and hang on your legs. The smiles and the laughs make your hardest days better!

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