While kids are at preschool

[Anonymous]

If your youngest is now in preschool, consider the following:
-kids' dinner ahead (just prep, or cook ahead)
-kids' breakfast ahead (bake quiche, frittata, baked French toast, bread, depends on her abilities and inclination)
-dishes from kids' breakfast and any cooking she does
-all kids' laundry (I highly recommend having the nanny get kids used to helping sort/start before drop off, then folding with kids after pick up before they put them away)
-purging outgrown clothes, sorting out stained/torn for play clothes
-switching out kids' clothes by seasons
-cleaning and packing old toys for consignment/donation
-research kids' crafts
-tracking, ordering, purchasing in store, putting away kids' supplies: toiletries, school, crafting, snacks, presents for kids' parties, etc
-spreadsheet for afterschool activities with price, location, type, age, link
-spreadsheet of kids' camps with registration deadline, price, type, age, location, link
-spreadsheet of kids' party ideas, locations, pricing, group size, type, link
-book kids' birthday parties, camps, afterschool activities after parents decide

Anything that is solely for kids is within nanny purview, and with extra time, any or all of the above may be done as her time permits.
If you decide to have her do anything for the parents or household? Pay extra.

[Anonymous]

Pay her half the amt for those 2 hours (assuming you pay her hourly), so you still retain her as a nanny, but it might sit a bit better with you since she's not working.

[Anonymous]

Can you let her leave an hour earlier each day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you let her leave an hour earlier each day?

OP is talking about two "unused" hours while the child is in preschool... that has nothing to do with nanny leaving earlier in the evening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My youngest started half day preschool and nanny drops her and older kids at school. She has no child supervising until noon when preschool ends and she picks them up. What is reasonable to have nanny do during these 2 hours? Sometimes she just takes a 2 hr break unless I specifically ask her to help with something - like laundry or dishes. I’m okay with a 1 hr break but paying her for 2 hrs to go hang with a friend or do her own errands doesn’t sit well with me. Am I being unreasonable?

I guarantee you it’s the Nannie’s on here saying you’re unreasonable. Laundry, dishes, tidying and being on call for your child if your child needs to be picked up. This isn’t summer camp at the spa. No other job would someone expect to be paid on an hourly basis to hang out with their friends. But also, it’s really hard to backtrack this after it’s begun. With Nannie’s you have to always set expectations up front.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s fine to have a list of household chores to work through but I would also say between sick days, holidays, school events etc etc those half day preschool hours don’t amount to very much and depending on the location, going back and forth and extra time just to do 40 minutes of laundry can be a real bummer.