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[quote=Anonymous]OP and her DH have a baby and a toddler and both work full-time demanding careers.  Yet the only household help they have is M-F, 8-5 childcare (VERY standard for dual working families), someone (the nanny) who picks up after kid messes, and an unreliable weekly cleaning lady.  Doesn't sound like a whole lot of help to me for folks with kids that age and careers like those. Everyone on here is losing their sh*t -- you'd think OP had an army of night and weekend nannies, housekeepers, etc.

You've gotten good advice:

- negotiate with nanny to do a bit more; it's customary for nannies of even little ones to do kid laundry, clean bottles, and maybe prep some kid food or start dinner

- new more reliable cleaning service; perhaps have them come 2x a week - some will wash linens and towels

- laundry service

- lawn service

- grocery delivery, meal services, someone to make/prep some meals or run errands

You can involve your children in household chores more when they get older.  It really won't be meaningful at this age anyway.  [/quote]

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