This is one of the nannies - her name is Shau Whey (I have no idea how to spell her name but that's how it sounds to me). In the first photo of her she has all the bouncers hooked together so she can rock them all at once with her feet - shortly before I took this photo she also had several babies in her arms - it's amazing how many they can pick up at once. As you can see I can do two & at a stretch I can do three (as long as they aren't three of the big ones).The nannies work 8 hour shifts - 8am to 8pm & then the night nannies do 8pm - 8am & one nanny comes at 5pm so there is a bit of an overlap. They work a six day week but they take their days off in one go. So they work 24 days & then have 4 days off. Many of these women live in the country so they go home to their husbands & children for the 4 days. Sounds rough? This is life here for many people in China - I know of nannies that live with families to cook, clean, look after the children etc. & go home to their own family for 2 weeks holiday a year. It's just the way it is - different culture, different way of doing things.
So let's not complain that we have it tough!
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