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Weekend Round Up: Week of July 26-30, 2010
Regarding Nannies had another exciting week with the premiere of two new series: Nanny 101 and My Favorite Things by Greta Schraer. These series will be a monthly feature at Regarding Nannies. We hope that you will share the Nanny 101 series with your agencies, nanny families, nanny friends, nanny support groups and others involved [...]
Financial Friday: Tax Free Holidays Are Here!
Financial Friday: Tax Free Holidays Are Here! by Alice Shaffer Over the past several years I keep hearing about “tax free shopping weekend” around the first weekend of August. It pertains to saving money on back to school supplies like pencils and erasers. I have taken advantage of it in the past by mistake if [...]
Kari’s Story of how she lost 100# by Glenda Propst
Today we are chatting with Kari Ewest. Kari is a professional nanny in Minnesota who lost over 100#. I think her story will inspire, challenge and motivate you, just as it has me. Glenda Here is Kari’s before picture: When did you begin your weight loss journey? I began my weight loss Journey 3 1/2 [...]
Creative Nanny Wednesday: The Reading Road Game
I have been focusing on reading this summer with the boys. Now we are not ready to learn to read (the boys are only 3) but I do have some goals for them. I created this game to accomplish those goals, while focusing on pre-reading skills: Develop a love for books, reading and story time [...]
My Favorite Things – Summer Saviors
Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens…. OK, so I stole the title from one of my favorite nannies, who was really a governess. Oh, a nun too…but then a mother. Well, whatever she was, she was creative and fun. She was musical and honest. She was young and mature. I loved “The Sound [...]
Nanny 101 – Communication
We are starting a new series! Nanny 101 will bring basic information as a help to new nannies and a refresher for seasoned nannies. The lessons shared can in no way be the whole-all of the subject, so please use it as a starting point for your study. Links are shared for more personal research [...]
Weekend Roundup! Week of July 19-23
This week we had inspiring articles from a Mother who has started her own organic baby food company to a nanny sharing with us the art of Bento. We also debuted our new series called “Meet Nanny” and the first person was Cindy, a nanny with 30 years experience! We rounded out the week with [...]
Financial Friday: Where To Find Deals On Eating Out
Financial Friday: Where To Find Deals On Eating Out By: Alice Shaffer The Financial Nanny As a nanny I enjoy finding ways to save money for myself and my nanny family. I have used Restaurant.com for my nanny work and personal outings. I let the kids look at the restaurants too and let them make a [...]
Meet Nanny Cindy
We are excited to share a new series of posts! This is something we do over on the CincyNanny Blog to introduce and connect our local nannies and I hope to do the same with our Regarding Nannies readers on a large level. I have found attending national conferences that I have so much in [...]
Creative Nanny Wednesday:Beginner Bento-ing
Yesterday Bonnie Mills shared with us her love of Bento Boxes. Today I am going to share a few links with you that have ideas on how to do Bento with your children or your charges. I highly recommend the Kawaii Bento Club. I also used ideas from the Enslaved by Fairies blog , Taste of [...]
