Can we ask the nanny to make enough food to last for DD for the weekend?

[Anonymous]

You can ask, she might even say yes. But she will most likely look for another job because no one wants work for lazy parents!

[Anonymous]

My nanny always does this! She even makes a meatloaf every Thursday for a weekend meal.
We help each other where we can. When I get home a couple hours early, I let her go instead of keeping her. I think this give and take is what makes us a good pair.
OP, do you do "extra" for her where you can?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op does she make the Greek yogurt at your house or at hers ? I just googled how to make it and it takes 22.5 hours. Most of that is it sitting in an oven but still wow

OPs a troll so who cares

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op does she make the Greek yogurt at your house or at hers ? I just googled how to make it and it takes 22.5 hours. Most of that is it sitting in an oven but still wow

OPs a troll so who cares

Yeah, sorry little Sherlock, but I am not a troll.

Nanny makes the yogurt at our house.

So... there is not definite answer to whether or not I can ask her to make enough food for the baby to go through the weekend?

[Anonymous]

I would say you can ask, but you need to do it in such a way that she has an 'out' and doesnt feel pressured to do it.
If she is making the food anyway I dont think it can be that hard to make the double the portion.
If she does it make sure you make her know you really appreciate it and don't expect it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nanny always does this! She even makes a meatloaf every Thursday for a weekend meal.
We help each other where we can. When I get home a couple hours early, I let her go instead of keeping her. I think this give and take is what makes us a good pair.
OP, do you do "extra" for her where you can?

This! I have a similar relationship with my NF, it's give and take and we all benefit.
OP, if your nanny is spending the time to make homemade yogurt ect. she likely enjoys it and would not mind making extras at all! I used to love making freezer meals and extra snacks for the weekend (granola bars, frozen yogurt drops, crackers) when my charges were the age of OP. I had the time during the day and, honestly, it was nice to have the extra tasks sometimes...the day goes really fast when you can spend a hour or two of it cooking!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op does she make the Greek yogurt at your house or at hers ? I just googled how to make it and it takes 22.5 hours. Most of that is it sitting in an oven but still wow

OPs a troll so who cares

Yeah, sorry little Sherlock, but I am not a troll.

Nanny makes the yogurt at our house.

So... there is not definite answer to whether or not I can ask her to make enough food for the baby to go through the weekend?

Unless she is a live-in she can't make greek yogurt during an 8-10 hour shift Sherlock.

[Anonymous]

Wait....

You have no time to cook for your child but your nanny has time.

How does your nanny manage to cook foods for your child and you can't?

I am a nanny by the way. And I have always made all foods for my charges, 3 meals a day 5 days a week. (And I care for a set of triplets and their older brother who is 3). I have been with the family for 3 years. Making foods is not hard! Arrange your schedule for steaming foods, buy a food processor (if nanny does this you probably already own this), or just buy baby food! Which I'm against but hey you don't have time. Sheesh can't wait til your kid is older, hope you have time for school plays, sports, and anything else they may need

[Anonymous]

I think you're getting a pretty definitive answer OP - what you want to do is going beyond the boundaries of your nanny's job.

If you want her to do it you need to ask her, and pay her extra.

[Anonymous]

My nanny bulk makes sold foods all the time - meatballs, etc - and freezes them. Just buy more ingredients and tell her what to store the final product in. Many nannies want to help and this is an easy one, esp since she's already doing a batch of whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you're getting a pretty definitive answer OP - what you want to do is going beyond the boundaries of your nanny's job.

If you want her to do it you need to ask her, and pay her extra.

Aside from a few snarky, and just plain ridiculous, posters everyone has commented that this is a reasonable request and OP needs only to ask. This is not something that requires extra pay at all. Seriously, some of you nannies would just flop in any other industry. You don't get to demand more money every single time a new task is added. Jobs evolve, tasks change, not everything is an excuse for a raise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op does she make the Greek yogurt at your house or at hers ? I just googled how to make it and it takes 22.5 hours. Most of that is it sitting in an oven but still wow

OPs a troll so who cares

Yeah, sorry little Sherlock, but I am not a troll.

Nanny makes the yogurt at our house.

So... there is not definite answer to whether or not I can ask her to make enough food for the baby to go through the weekend?

Unless she is a live-in she can't make greek yogurt during an 8-10 hour shift Sherlock.

Not OP but of course you can. You make regular yogurt in a yogurt maker and then strain it in a yogurt strainer for 24 hours in the fridge. Easy peasy - I do it all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My nanny bulk makes sold foods all the time - meatballs, etc - and freezes them. Just buy more ingredients and tell her what to store the final product in. Many nannies want to help and this is an easy one, esp since she's already doing a batch of whatever.

OP is not asking about freezer foods - she is asking about fresh, refrigerated food. You make on batch of sliced and steamed veggies on a Monday and it won't last beyond Friday without starting to smell. You are asking the nanny to possibly make an extra batch just for the weekend when she isn't working. I doubt the nanny is trying to skimp on homemade food for her charge but somethings don't last for a week.

And the yogurt maker I use at my NF's house only makes six small portions at a time. I don't know how to make pureed prunes and I have no idea how long they keep in the fridge.


It is NOT the four-day-a-week nanny's job to make food for her charge to eat on the three-day-weekends. Period.

[Anonymous]

Our nanny does this without being asked so I don't think it's crazy at all. She always assures me that it only takes marginally more time and effort to double a recipe and she likes to cook while I do not. If your nanny was doing it with the purees, I'd be surprised if it's really that big of a deal to do it with the yogurt and prunes (steamed veggies might not taste good for that long but other things might).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op does she make the Greek yogurt at your house or at hers ? I just googled how to make it and it takes 22.5 hours. Most of that is it sitting in an oven but still wow

OPs a troll so who cares

Yeah, sorry little Sherlock, but I am not a troll.

Nanny makes the yogurt at our house.

So... there is not definite answer to whether or not I can ask her to make enough food for the baby to go through the weekend?

Unless she is a live-in she can't make greek yogurt during an 8-10 hour shift Sherlock.

Not OP but of course you can. You make regular yogurt in a yogurt maker and then strain it in a yogurt strainer for 24 hours in the fridge. Easy peasy - I do it all the time.

If it was that simple do you think OP would be whining about not being able to do it?