Nanny Appreciation Day in Austin. Please join us on November 1st from 10:30am-12:30pm at Waterloo Ice House (360 and 2222). Come socialize with other nannies and enjoy food and games for the kids! We look forward to seeing you there! Please click 
It’s that time of year again….football season! If you don’t plan to go to the game, MBF has work for you! Contact Monica Alcantar, Placement Counselor, at 
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By now, many of you have probably started to adjust to the shift in routine from summer spontaneity to school schedules! As a mother of 4 (Grace-9, Kaitlyn-5, & twins James and Jordan - 16 mos), I had 3 back to school nights, 2 curriculum nights, 4 extracurricular activities to coordinate, napmats to monogram, lunch boxes and school supplies to purchase, and uniforms to fit. My nanny was and is a critical component to not only making this happen, but appear to happen seamlessly! We have encouraged your employers to let you know how much you are appreciated during this month of September which traditionally includes National Nanny Recognition Week. They can also provide a message for you to go in our event program or nominate you for our Austin Nanny of the Year award, to be announced at our Nanny Recognition Event on November 1st at Waterloo Ice House (more details to follow) - an event completely free for you and your charges. This is always a fun, well attended annual event. MBF has a new Nanny Network Organizer - welcome Tiffany Keeton! In this newsletter, you will find many ways to connect with other nannies and get involved with our nanny support group/network, everything from playgroups to nanny night outs to educational speakers and workshops to agency sponsored events with and without your charges. In our next newsletter (December), we will provide you with information about our MBF Nanny Holiday Party and other seasonal items of interest. We really appreciate you and all you do to add value to the nanny profession and to make a difference in the lives of the children you care for and the parents who employ you! Best regards,
Kathy Dupuy, President [ TOP ] Trick or Treat at MBF Austin Nanny Appreciation Event Mom’s Best Friend Acquires We Care Nannies More Children, Higher Pay Website/Email Updates [ TOP ] 10/09/06: Columbus Day (school holiday): Let us know if you can work! 10/31/06: Trick or Treat at the MBF office (see "Announcements" for full details) 11/01/06: Austin Nanny Recognition Event (see website for details) 12/07/06: Annual Nanny Christmas Party (more details to come)
[ TOP ] MBF support does not stop after your placement. Contact Tiffany Keeton to receive email updates about future events including Nanny Nights Out, volunteering and mentoring opportunities, and Austin-area playgroups. Get involved in our growing community to have fun with and learn from other nannies, involve your charges in meaningful play and learning experiences, and positively promote our profession. See you at the next event! Tiffany Nanny Network Upcoming Events: *All events will begin at 6:30pm. [ TOP ] We are looking for a college student in a sorority to help us network and recruit on campus! If you are interested in working part-time for MBF, please email leslie.chambliss@mbfagency.com. We are also looking for a sales professional in the Houston area or willing to relocate to the Houston area to assist temporarily during November and December while one of our Houston sales staff is on maternity leave. If interested, please email your resume to laura.patterson@mbfagency.com. Don’t forget to check our job board at http://www.mbfagency.com/local/candidate/jobs.asp to view our open permanent positions. As always, with football season and the holidays approaching, we need lots of temp nannies. Please look at your calendars and email monica.alcantar@mbfagency.com with your availability. [ TOP ] Please remember to refer your qualified caregiver friends to MBF! To thank you for your referral, MBF will send you a $50 check for all temp nannies you refer after their first 2 jobs worked. You will receive a $100 check for all PT nannies and a $200 check for all FT nannies referred to MBF after they have been placed with a family. In addition, your name will be entered into a quarterly drawing for a spa gift certificate. We value our relationship with you and greatly appreciate your recommendation. [ TOP ] By Tiffany Keeton, Nanny Manager and Nanny Network Organizer Q: “How do I communicate with my employers about their children’s ever-changing needs?” A: I get this question a lot! So many families fit the two-working-parents mold and finding time to communicate with them about their children is difficult. I have several suggestions to help every adult in your charges’ lives provide a consistent and united approach to their upbringing (and to make YOU look great in the process)! First, document EVERYTHING! Are you using your Daily Communication Log? Take a few minutes to jot down what you and your charges did that day. Make it easy. If you have a regular schedule, make a template and just fill it in with a few specifics. For example, weather-permitting, you are always outside from 9 – 9:30 am. Just put in what you did outside that day (dug in the sandbox for buried treasure, rolled balls down the slide to see which went fastest, stared at the clouds looking for familiar shapes). Even if they don’t look at it every day, they DO look at it and like being informed! Next, use your Log to make observations about the children, like when they reach milestones (walking, jumping, a new word) or exhibit certain behaviors (biting, hitting, hugging). Research strategies for meeting these new challenges and enhancing their new abilities. Put these in a different section and begin introducing them in your daily routines. Schedule a quarterly one-on-one meeting with one or both parents to discuss specifics. My boss and I do this, and it is amazing! Even though I spend at least 2 hours a day with her and her children, it never ceases to amaze me all the things we both bring to the table at these meetings. “Hey, Tiff, [boy 1] has been cursing since we got back from our summer trip. Have you noticed this? This is what Dad and I do. What do you think?” Sometimes it’s me, ”Hey, [Mom], what do you think about the bottle? Are you ready to let it go? Do you think he is?” [Sometimes we are frustrated with something related to the children, and this is an appropriate time to discuss it.] Bring your Communication notebook to the meeting, go over trends, and point out some of those observations you’ve been collecting. This is a great tool! Finally, when it comes time to approach your employers about new strategies for dealing with discipline issues or current and future milestones, you can present them with your findings and together you can map out the childrens’ next steps. Through documentation, observation, research and communication, you can really be a positive force in their lives and take your career to the next level! Keep up the good work! [ TOP ]
[ TOP ] By Lisa Vines, MBF Recruiter/Trainer and Special Projects Manager Halloween is right around the corner and creating crafty Halloween snacks is so much fun for children. While the kids are making paper and pipe cleaner spiders, why not eat one? You will need: [ TOP ]
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If you were on an airplane in April, you may have seen an article featuring our company. If you missed the issue, click here to read the article and hear the answer to the question “Can one overscheduled, overburdened, toast-burning woman find true happiness in the warm embrace of a can-do personal assistant?”
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Please keep us informed of the significant events in your lives! If you have something special you want to share with other nannies such as graduations, engagements, weddings, and births, please email leslie.chambliss@mbfagency.com. We want to help you celebrate! Congratulations to Nanny Manager and former MBF NTI instructor Cecelia Zapalac and her husband, Brad! [ TOP ] 
Looking for an exciting outing for children? Here are just a few of the activities in Austin: Halloween Children’s Concert Support a Child-Vibha 5K Run/Walk Texas Book Festival Happy Feet- New IMAX movie at the Bob Bullock Museum Chuy’s Children Giving to Children Christmas Parade [ TOP ] To Unsubscribe from the Nanny Newsletter or for questions regarding any of the content, please
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in 20 different departments filled with donated merchandise. If you have items you would like to donate, you may drop them off at the MBF office and we will deliver them for you! MBF will be volunteering at this event. Please also let us know if you would like to join us! For more information on The Settlement Home, visit 
