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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.  I have two kids under 4 and WOH.  But DH is very involved and we have a great nanny with a weekly Housecleaner.

Nanny handles groceries and food prep for the kids lunches and snacks and does all the kids laundry.  All I have to do is my own laundry (DH does his) and making dinners for the week.  Which doesn’t seem like it should take all day but it does!! Grocery store and Farmers Market with the kids and then I start the weekday dinners while DH takes the kids out.  Right now I am staring at all my ingredients on my counter and recipes and just wishing I could order a huge pizza and turn on Netflix.  It’s my turn to strip our bed and do linens too.

What is wrong with me?  Why can’t I just do it?  Having four dinners made during the week is essential to having calm happy weeknights for us and dinners as a family so I have to do it.    [/quote]

Housekeeper strips the bed weekly immediately after walking in the door, remakes the bed with a fresh set of sheets, throws the dirty sheets in the washer inside of 5 minutes.  That means that she has time to throw them in the dryer when she throws mop heads/rags in the washer.  You and DH switch off weekly who is responsible for folding them and putting them away, or take 5 minutes together after kids are in bed.

Throw your laundry in the machine just before bed.  Throw it in the dryer in the morning.  Fold after kids are in bed.  Check with the nanny first, so the machines are free for her, or leave a basket she can dump your things in.

Batch cook two meals times 4 next weekend (freeze 4, eat 1), prep veg for 2 salad nights, and have Friday be leftovers.  Do the same thing for the next several weeks.  Eventually you'll get so that you can just batch cook one meal times 4 and prep veg for one salad, all without repeating the exact meals from the previous week.

Ask the nanny to start picking up your grocery order on her way in to work (pay for the time).  It's literally just pull up and wait ten minutes for them to load, nbd.  It's not like you're asking her to go do 1-3 hours of shopping.  You put everything away while nanny starts with the kids.[/quote]

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