This Stay at Home Mum Has a Full-Time Nanny

Real Fix

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 (upbeat music)

01:14 (upbeat music)

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