Posts Tagged ‘nanny’

With all the other things you have to do in a day, “nail care” hovers on the to-do list somewhere between “clean out closets” and “plan funeral arrangements.” Who has the time to keep nails spiffy when you’re so busy taking care of the myriad body parts of assorted children?

Now that Mani + Nanny has opened in San Francisco, you may find yourself making the time. The Pacific Heights nail studio’s gig is reasonably priced childcare while Mama or Dad relaxes and gets some nail maintenance. Manicures (regular or French) and pedicures run $8-35, and childcare in the clean, pleasant, well-stocked playroom is just $10 for your first child aged 6 weeks to 6 years and $5 for a second child for the duration of your services. And don’t get all freaky about bringing your infant into a toxin-filled salon: All the lotions and unguents used are paraben-, toleuene-, and formaldehyde-free. So come on in and breathe deeply.

“There are so many things in San Francisco that you can do for your child, but so few that you can do for yourself while your child is cared for,” says Mani + Nanny owner Stacey Isaacs, who left the corporate world to open her own business after giving birth to her 13-month-old son. “It’s so great to see the moms sitting and relaxing with their hands free!”

Amen, Stacey.

Mani + Nanny is located at 1722-1724 Divisadero Street (between Bush and Sutter Streets), San Francisco. Call 415.673.MANI (6264) or visit maniandnanny.com.

For whatever reason, moms and nannies don’t mix much. At playgrounds and kiddie classes, each form their own little knots and smile at each other pleasantly but don’t socialize, which can make it mighty lonely for a nanny surrounded by moms — and for the kid(s) they’re watching.

But it’s all nannies, all the time at the popular Nannies + Tots = Fun class that meets up three times a week at the Castro’s Eureka Valley Recreation Center (18th and Collingwood Streets). Held in a well-equipped playroom (with the option of moving outdoors to the newly renovated playground on nice days), the classes allow nannies to sit and kibbitz while their charges safely amuse themselves a few feet away. Attendees are mostly Spanish speakers, although Russian, English, Tagalog, and Chinese speakers will usually find someone they can talk to.

The class meets from 11am-12pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for eight weeks (though participants are under no obligation to attend all sessions), yet is a mere $46. Nice! To find out more, visit sfreconline.org.