Babysitter and dinner dishes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?!

I don't charge $20/hr--not DC and I don't watch TV. I do usually clean up after the kids and 100% of my work is by referral, so clearly I'm doing something right. I just don't like being taken advantage of. You know in advance you're having a sitter that night--prepare accordingly. If you have an emergency, that's different. I'll pitch in full force--I've taken kids overnight on the fly.

[Anonymous]

I expect dinner dishes to be cleaned. I did the same back in the day when I was a babysitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1

Same here. I did it when I babysat. I expect the same and move on if they don’t.

[Anonymous]

Op I’ve experienced the same thing and think it’s ridiculous the dishes are in the sink when I get home. While there is an empty dishwasher.

Most sitters clean up so I schedule those now.

Alternatively you could just tell the sitter to please clean up after dinner.

[Anonymous]

NP. For all of you saying just to ask, I asked a sitter (early 20s) to put the containers of food in the fridge after my kids were done eating. I left them out in case they wanted more. One bowl of mac & cheese and one bowl of steamed vegetable. They were in snapware containers with lids next to them. I came home a few hours later to the food containers still out on the table. My kids (4&7) had cleared their plates and utensils into the dishwasher. I guess next time I’ll ask them to put the food away.

I couldn’t believe it. Still can’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
NP. For all of you saying just to ask, I asked a sitter (early 20s) to put the containers of food in the fridge after my kids were done eating. I left them out in case they wanted more. One bowl of mac & cheese and one bowl of steamed vegetable. They were in snapware containers with lids next to them. I came home a few hours later to the food containers still out on the table. My kids (4&7) had cleared their plates and utensils into the dishwasher. I guess next time I’ll ask them to put the food away.

I couldn’t believe it. Still can’t.

next time put the containers away and if they want more she can get it out of the fridge and heat it up and if they don't, then theyre already put away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
NP. For all of you saying just to ask, I asked a sitter (early 20s) to put the containers of food in the fridge after my kids were done eating. I left them out in case they wanted more. One bowl of mac & cheese and one bowl of steamed vegetable. They were in snapware containers with lids next to them. I came home a few hours later to the food containers still out on the table. My kids (4&7) had cleared their plates and utensils into the dishwasher. I guess next time I’ll ask them to put the food away.

I couldn’t believe it. Still can’t.

next time put the containers away and if they want more she can get it out of the fridge and heat it up and if they don't, then theyre already put away.

Then she’d take them out, heat them up, and still leave them on the table.

[Anonymous]

Beware of raising lazy, entitled children.

[Anonymous]

For $20 an hour you entertain the kids and create an inviting environment for the parents to come home to. Anything less = not being good at your job.

There are good babysitters out there. Keep looking.

[Anonymous]

From the mother of a babysitting teen, thank you for FEEDING your babysitter. My DD babysits at the 6 PM hour on a lot of weekends for a family who never even offer her dinner. I always made sure my babysitters were fed at that hour. It seems odd to me that these folks never think of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Because they are four years old.

They have hands, can carry items and can walk to the dishwasher. They can load their own dishes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Because they are four years old.

They have hands, can carry items and can walk to the dishwasher. They can load their own dishes.

Exactly. The world already has enough lazy people.

[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.

6-7 is normal dinner hour and parents are probably getting ready to go out or cooking. You working all day is not relevant as you are being paid to do a job and sound really lazy.

[Anonymous]

“You working all day is not relevant as you are being paid to do a job and sound really lazy.”

+1
And same as most moms above - I am only expecting what I used to do as a sitter which was to pitch in until the work seemed done then watch TV. I often would pick up toys that were still out when I showed up and clean up the kitchen. I did not “clean the house” as that would be nuts but I viewed it as my job to restore order to anything kid-related and in the living room/kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Babysitting is baby + sit, not clean your dishes and kitchen.