Since I can remember I have always looked after children.
It started in highschool when I would babysit my parent’s friend’s kids.
They were never much younger than I was so it wasn’t a difficult task to look after them. The best part about working for a family friend is that they will pay you a little bit better than a stranger will pay. After highschool I started to nanny full time for a family that had two small boys, they were definitely a little bit harder to handle because you always had to have an eye on them. Whatever the age of the kids I was looking after there were always of couple of things you had to be careful of. The first thing I always did was ask the parent to show me where the HVAC unit was so I could have a quick tutorial of how it works. Every heating and cooling system is different and I don’t want to be stuck with toddlers for hours and not know how to work their HVAC system. I have been in a house before where the thermostat is nicer than my smartphone. I could not figure out the heating and cooling system and the house was starting to get to warm. The kids started to complain that the house was getting too warm. They were whining and so cranky after the fact. So now I am sure to ask about the HVAC system. You never want to be stuck somewhere and not know how to work a major system in the house.