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This Stay at Home Mum Has a Full-Time Nanny
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13/08/2023
Credit: SWNS / Jen Miller
A stay-at-home mum has defended her choice to employ a full-time nanny – saying it gives her the “energy and patience” to be the best mum she can be.
Jen Miller, 35 - who is a full-time mum to her two-year-old daughter, Liberty - opted to hire a nanny for support during the day.
Jen says her hire helped gives her time and space to focus on her self-care routine and gym workouts while her little girl is looked after.
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00:00
I'm a stay-at-home mom with a full-time nanny,
00:01
and this is what a typical day in my life looks like.
00:04
For the past seven years, I've run my own business,
00:06
but decided to take some time off from clients
00:08
to focus on a few other projects.
00:09
My husband runs his own startup,
00:11
which means he works long hours
00:12
and puts in work seven days a week.
00:14
We don't have any family in Austin where we live,
00:16
so our nanny offers the support I need.
00:18
You might be wondering why we need full-time help
00:19
if I'm home every day, and here's the rationale why.
00:22
When we had our daughter, my husband and I decided
00:24
that at least for now, his responsibility
00:26
would be taking care of our finances,
00:28
and mine would be taking care of everything else
00:30
for our family.
00:31
I'm up at 5 a.m. every morning to get my workout in
00:33
before our daughter wakes up.
00:34
I spend the mornings with her until our nanny arrives at 8.
00:36
After walking the dog and getting myself ready,
00:38
I head to my office to work.
00:40
I run our house like I ran my business,
00:41
using project management software
00:43
to stay on top of all operations,
00:45
from daily to-dos to planning travel,
00:47
managing our Airbnb, working on our shared side hustle,
00:49
scheduling social and volunteer time,
00:51
and carving out hours for admin, errands,
00:53
household, and creative work.
00:54
When our nanny leaves at four, I'm back on mom duty,
00:56
making dinner, doing bath time,
00:58
and getting our daughter down for bed.
00:59
Evenings are for winding down and resetting.
01:01
Our nanny spends 40 hours a week with our daughter,
01:03
but so do I.
01:04
It's a full-time job, and having help lets me show up
01:07
as the best mom I can be, with more patience, energy,
01:10
and excitement for the time we spend together.
01:12
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