Nanny&Me

The time has come to begin preparing for your nanny's arrival...how exciting! Providing your nanny with quality orientation and training is essential to setting them up for success! This component is how you contribute to a positive experience. Everyone can

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Welcoming a nanny into your home when you maintain a specific diet (vegan, gluten free, organic, etc.) can be nerve wracking. If the food that your family eats is uncharted territory for the nanny, you may find yourself wondering how

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When it comes to paying your nanny, it's hard to know where to start. If you're not a business owner and have never had the responsibility of paying employees, then this probably doesn't seem all that self evident. Here are

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After weeks of waiting for our nanny to receive her NBI (National Bureau Investigation), it's finally come, and she has submitted her work permit application! We are so grateful that she was so organized and had all of the documents

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A lot of people want to know what timeframe to expect when hiring/sponsoring a nanny from overseas. Here is the run down of our timelines: Job advertising, recruitment, and candidate selection: 8 WEEKS August 1: Posted job ad to Facebook, Kijiji,

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Finished Product  My first kick at the can. This one went to my hubby's office. My third and final one for my home office area. The Idea As we prepare our home for the arrival of our nanny, we are concurrently

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From time to time it's suggested to me that readers might like to know a bit more about the person behind my blog. While I'm not sure I'm a particularly fascinating person, I have detailed a bit about me and my

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Finished Product The Idea I love the idea of providing our nanny with the opportunity to manage her own time. I don't like being micro-managed and I'm sure our nanny wouldn't either. The commonly used daily, weekly, monthly task list approach

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I have received several requests from readers to write on the topic of nanny sharing. After a LOT of research, I have put a post together that I hope will answer all of your nanny sharing questions. First off, I’d

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