thewanderingknitter

Gave my two weeks notice at my job today, I start student teaching in two weeks and I’m beyond ready.  The child that I nanny for is an amazing autistic toddler, and it really breaks my heart to leave him.  It does not break my heart to leave the family, they have made it very clear that I am just “the help”.  I was not raised with nannies, maids, or really any other form of domestic help so this attitude kind of baffles my mind when I am really the primary caregiver for this child.  I’m really sad that I will be missing out on exciting milestones that this child reaches.  Since I started working with him nine months ago he has become increasingly verbal, been able to sustain awesome eye contact and he really notices when someone leaves or enters the room.  I have sat through countless hours of ABA therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy with this child and it’s really hard for me to just break away from him.

It’s really quite bittersweet and I’m not sure the right way to exit, do I knit him a little parting gift?  Write a letter explaining how amazing this child is?  Or just leave a detailed schedule for the person who follows me to read over?

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