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[quote=Anonymous]Our nanny has been with us for three years and I've been part-time WAH/SAH during that time so all of us being home at the same time is not new for us.  However, the lack of structure provided by preschool and outside classes/playdates and being home almost all the time is new and she is annoying me a lot lately.

I spent the first couple weeks of sheltering at home to get a sense of what would be a good routine and proposed a schedule that nanny said was fine.  Part of that schedule is a couple hours' outside time and explained to her that I NEED that time as it is the only time all day that I can be in the main living area (kitchen/living/play/laundry) to meal prep, clean, do laundry etc. without having DD all over me.  Nanny never gets DD out on time.  If they are 20-30 minutes late occasionally, that's fine, stuff happens, but we're talking 30-60 minutes late every.single.day.  Before they go out, DD has preschool circle time for 30-45 minutes via Zoom.  I told nanny she should use that time to clean up lunch and get ready to go outside, i.e., pack snack, toys etc.  The several times I've walked by while DD is Zooming, nanny is on her phone/Zooming with DD/making dalgona coffee.  Oh yes, the coffee.  Some of you may know that it's a new craze and yesterday, I caught nanny whipping the coffee on FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS.  Basically it wasn't doing what it was supposed to so she told me she was whipping it when she could.  Problem is that she thinks "oh I have a free moment to whip coffee" and is not engaging DD so DD runs to me to hang out  :roll:  :!:

Nanny is an easy-going person, which was fine when she had structure forced on her through scheduled activities.  But she doesn't respect the schedule I've put in place and will do what DD wants when it conflicts with the schedule.  Say they're supposed to go outside at 2, but DD wants to play just one more game/eat a snack/rest, then they end up leaving at 3.  I'm constantly exhausted by managing work/running a household/caring for two kids while sheltering in place and nanny is making a fourth puzzle with DD when she is supposed to be getting her out the door and whipping frickin dalgona coffee.
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