Night Nanny Jobs

My time as a night nanny
By Nikita Robertson
 
Sometimes I used to wonder what sort of job I could find that would really help me out and get me far in life. I wanted a job that could take me many places around the world, and make it feel as though I was making a difference. Well there aren’t that many jobs out there that can fit all those categories, but one job I did find that made me very excited was that of a night nanny.

Now I started doing this when I was quite young as my mum and dad had lots of foster kids and I always liked looking after them. My mum got a pretty big job promotion so she needed to get lots of sleep, and dad worked at nights so I gladly put my hand up and said I would take care of the babies at night time when they needed their rest.

Well I soon found that I enjoyed it quite a lot and as I got older I soon also found myself doing night nanny jobs all over London, getting paid for it in the process. I really liked the fact that I got to stay up late when it was pretty quiet and there weren’t many people around and just relax while looking after kids that I usually found to be quite cute and a fairly easy thing to look after.

What I was never aware of was the fact that my night nanny work could actually take me around the world and let me experience different places, and when somebody brought that to my attention I did actually get a bit excited! I had never been anywhere further than France before, so the chance that my night nanny work could take me somewhere abroad was a big positive.

I had a bit of a look around the net and found some places that were offering night nanny positions in countries as far away as Australia, Canada and South Africa. Australia intrigued me as I had always wanted to go there since I was very little, so I thought I would apply for the positions I saw online. And before too long I was offered a night nanny position in a place called Launceston in Tasmania, so I was soon on a plane and off to Australia for my first international job as a night nanny.
 
It was an amazing experience too I have to say that straight away! I got the chance to meet so many incredible people and see so many different things! The family which I stayed with, the Hartford’s couldn’t have been more nice to me and their children really weren’t all that difficult to deal with either.

In fact I don’t actually think I could’ve asked for two better kids to have to deal with when I was in Australia! It really was a case of almost two perfect children, so I really don’t know why they needed to employ the services of a night nanny in the first place!

As I had already gotten used to different sleep patterns as my work as a night nanny back home, I never found it difficult to adjust, even given that I was in a different time zone. And the Hartford’s were so accommodating to my every request, and I even helped them with some suggestions for their kids as well which I’m pretty sure really helped them out in the long run!

I’m actually heading back to Australia in a couple of months to do another night nanny job in Melbourne, and I promised them that I would pop down for a visit to see how things are going and to see how their kids have been doing since I have left.
 
I really think that you should give a night nanny career a chance, as you really do make a difference and get to see the world. Exactly the things I was looking for before right? Well stick to your guns and you can achieve it and you really never know where in the world you can eventually go! Good luck with it and may you be a night nanny for some time yet!