Just a few things…

So, I recently joined a new family, and they are incredibly amazing. They are so wonderful and kind. Since I’m their first nanny, they’re unsure about what tasks to assign me. I’ve assured them that I’m completely comfortable with all child-related responsibilities. From art projects to laundry, I don’t mind any tasks related to the child. However, they’re concerned about me taking on these tasks because they don’t want to ask too much of me. They’re such sweet people, and I appreciate their warm welcome.

Anyway with this said I’m not really sure how to keep their child busy all day. He’s a very calm child, he’s disabled and he prefers doing most things independently. I bond with him where I can but he’s just really indifferent to my presence 🤣. We work on the skills I’m told to work on with him, we do art, we sing, we play, and dance. He has a very short attention span though and I want to bond with him more but when I try he just ignores me. His parents say he loves me but I’m just struggling a bit getting him to interact with me more. Any tips on fun things we can do together?

Another concern is the parents enter my pay information through home pay. I don’t have access to it so my hours are extra the amount of hours I was assigned regardless of if I leave late or come early. I want to discuss including when I’m early or leave later but I’m not even sure they know how to calculate it since it asks for an exact amount of hours with no say so from me. How should I go about handling that?

That’s all! Thanks in advance! I’m sorry I’m all over the place