Tips for sahm with nanny

[Anonymous]

Communication and loose schedule are your best bets at making it work with a nanny. Play to your strengths. I, personally, suck at crafts and don’t speak French so nanny handles that. Nanny is tone-deaf and I was a musician so I handle that. We both love to cook, play and spend hours outside so we divide those up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Communication and loose schedule are your best bets at making it work with a nanny. Play to your strengths. I, personally, suck at crafts and don’t speak French so nanny handles that. Nanny is tone-deaf and I was a musician so I handle that. We both love to cook, play and spend hours outside so we divide those up.

AND with the near constant colds as my 3 yr old started preschool, the kids only want me when they’re sick so nanny takes the well ones out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just realized you will be massively judged for not working and having a nanny.

NP. Why? Is it her somehow her moral obligation to work?

- working mom

It's not. But she wants to both farm out her childcare and not work. Yes, people are going to judge her for that. I'm all for being a SAHM. But if you are one, you don't need a nanny.

Omg this debate has already happened on the other thread - keep up! And you sound like you’ve never stayed home with even one child, let alone 3 (including an infant!), so you really don’t know what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your nanny’s role has to change.

Our nanny was half housekeeper. As soon as she got to the house, she would help with breakfast. She did this while I worked and when I stopped working. She did the dishes, wiped the table, vacuumed crumbs. She may do laundry one morning, clean up the playroom, etc for a few hours per day. She also cooked for us. I know that all nannies don’t do this but it would not have worked for our home for the nanny to continue only providing childcare when I didn’t work.

Then compensation has to change to.

A nanny should not be vaccuming and washing dishes. WTF?