Babysitter and dinner dishes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren’t your kids cleaning up?

Because they are four years old.

At four, they ABSOLUTELY should be helping with the clean up. Why not?

OP?

What is your point here? This has nothing to do with OPs question about whether babysitters should tidy up.

Good parenting (and sitting) would have you teach these able bodied preschoolers how to carry their dirty dishes to the kitchen counter.

Give me a break. My preschoolers can carry their dishes to the sink. They cannot wrap leftovers in Tupperware, wipe down counters, or load the dishwasher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren’t your kids cleaning up?

Because they are four years old.

At four, they ABSOLUTELY should be helping with the clean up. Why not?

OP?

What is your point here? This has nothing to do with OPs question about whether babysitters should tidy up.

Good parenting (and sitting) would have you teach these able bodied preschoolers how to carry their dirty dishes to the kitchen counter.

Give me a break. My preschoolers can carry their dishes to the sink. They cannot wrap leftovers in Tupperware, wipe down counters, or load the dishwasher.

Agree that OP should train her children to carry their dirty dishes to the sink. The sitter isn’t their servant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren’t your kids cleaning up?

Because they are four years old.

At four, they ABSOLUTELY should be helping with the clean up. Why not?

OP?

What is your point here? This has nothing to do with OPs question about whether babysitters should tidy up.

Good parenting (and sitting) would have you teach these able bodied preschoolers how to carry their dirty dishes to the kitchen counter.

Still has nothing to do with OP’s question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$15-20 is more than reasonable for an unskilled job that they don't pay taxes on.

Yes, babysitter should clear the table and put food away. They should leave the house how they found it in terms of toys, etc.

+ 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren’t your kids cleaning up?

Because they are four years old.

At four, they ABSOLUTELY should be helping with the clean up. Why not?

OP?

What is your point here? This has nothing to do with OPs question about whether babysitters should tidy up.

Good parenting (and sitting) would have you teach these able bodied preschoolers how to carry their dirty dishes to the kitchen counter.

Give me a break. My preschoolers can carry their dishes to the sink. They cannot wrap leftovers in Tupperware, wipe down counters, or load the dishwasher.

+1

This person just needed to get their momtimonious in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$15-20 is more than reasonable for an unskilled job that they don't pay taxes on.

Yes, babysitter should clear the table and put food away. They should leave the house how they found it in terms of toys, etc.

+ 1

I doubt the baby sitter had to clean up after herself when she was four. Oops!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren’t your kids cleaning up?

Because they are four years old.

At four, they ABSOLUTELY should be helping with the clean up. Why not?

OP?

What is your point here? This has nothing to do with OPs question about whether babysitters should tidy up.

Good parenting (and sitting) would have you teach these able bodied preschoolers how to carry their dirty dishes to the kitchen counter.

From there, the babysitter can put them in the dishwasher.

We stopped using the sitter who left a mess. Leftover pizza on the counter, her dishes on the table. Wrappers from her candy in the living room.

The best one we had used to get ds to help even if he was just splashing in the sink. Dishes were done, and toys put away when we got home.

A sitter should clean up after herself. She should not clean up after YOU.

Where did you determine she was cleaning up after me? She cleaned up any mess created by her and ds. Including washing their dishes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why aren’t your kids cleaning up?

Because they are four years old.

At four, they ABSOLUTELY should be helping with the clean up. Why not?

OP?

What is your point here? This has nothing to do with OPs question about whether babysitters should tidy up.

Good parenting (and sitting) would have you teach these able bodied preschoolers how to carry their dirty dishes to the kitchen counter.

From there, the babysitter can put them in the dishwasher.

We stopped using the sitter who left a mess. Leftover pizza on the counter, her dishes on the table. Wrappers from her candy in the living room.

The best one we had used to get ds to help even if he was just splashing in the sink. Dishes were done, and toys put away when we got home.

A sitter should clean up after herself. She should not clean up after YOU.

Where did you determine she was cleaning up after me? She cleaned up any mess created by her and ds. Including washing their dishes.

The OP left a mess, though. You seem to be agreeing that she should clean up any dinner mess that is left.

[Anonymous]

I think that you have to be explicit with young babysitters. I’ve found that they will cleanup (and ask the kids to do their share) if I ask them to do it. If I don’t, more often than not, they leave a mess.

[Anonymous]

OP said these are ADULT sitters, not teens--unless I misread. I'm an adult nanny who does some date night work. In a perfect world the kids will already be fed when I get there and there won't be a bunch of dishes to do. However, most of the time, if I'm lucky, the kids are eating or about to eat. What I hate is when I get there at 6-6:30-7 and dinner hasn't even been started yet. WTF, get it together people! Get some take out or something if you're that busy. Heat some nuggets or something. I especially hate when it's a week night and I've already worked a full long day and came to your house just expecting a relatively easy gig and now not only do I have to cook dinner, but I also have to clean it up and get your kids to bed. Ridiculous. Nobody wants to deal with that nonsense.

I'd be happy in OPs case where I just have to put the dishes in the dishwasher. If your sitter comes at 6 or later, your kids need to be eating. If they come at 6:30 or later, the clean up should already be done, or at least in the sink. If you're nice, I'll take pity on you and clear the sink after the kids are in bed. If you take advantage of me, I won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s weird you leave a meal out that then needs to be cleaned up after, leftover stored, etc. most people leave money for pizza.

I don't want a strange man coming to the door putting the teen babysitter in the position of opening the door to a stranger. Plus, I don't want my kids eating pizza that often.

[Anonymous]

My dishes? No. Her own and the kids’ dishes: absolutely.

I wouldn’t expect her to move any left over to the fridge either. If I would like that, I would leave the container out and ask her to do it. But I wouldn’t expect her to clean any pots / pans either - just move the food to a Tupperware that I give her, and clear hers and the kids dishes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When someone babysitter for me I expect them to do what I would do if home. That includes taking care of kids and cleaning up.

Same. This thread has obviously been hijacked by lazy sitters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP said these are ADULT sitters, not teens--unless I misread. I'm an adult nanny who does some date night work. In a perfect world the kids will already be fed when I get there and there won't be a bunch of dishes to do. However, most of the time, if I'm lucky, the kids are eating or about to eat. What I hate is when I get there at 6-6:30-7 and dinner hasn't even been started yet. WTF, get it together people! Get some take out or something if you're that busy. Heat some nuggets or something. I especially hate when it's a week night and I've already worked a full long day and came to your house just expecting a relatively easy gig and now not only do I have to cook dinner, but I also have to clean it up and get your kids to bed. Ridiculous. Nobody wants to deal with that nonsense.

I'd be happy in OPs case where I just have to put the dishes in the dishwasher. If your sitter comes at 6 or later, your kids need to be eating. If they come at 6:30 or later, the clean up should already be done, or at least in the sink. If you're nice, I'll take pity on you and clear the sink after the kids are in bed. If you take advantage of me, I won't.

Are you working for free or getting paid? $20+ per hour and you want to just watch TV?!

[Anonymous]

Mom of teen girls who babysit.
I always tell them to be sure to:
Leave a clean kitchen and make sure the kids are in bed, ideally asleep when parents come home.
Noone wants to to come home to a messy kitchen or still awake children!
Everyone really appreciates the effort