What does your nanny do while children are sleeping?

[Anonymous]

Well if she insists on having add'l job duties, then perhaps organizing the toy bins, emptying out trash/diaper pails, sweeping the kitchen floor and wiping down the stroller and high chair.

Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wash the cars
Mow the grass
Mop the floors
Clean the chimney
Stain the deck
Etc.

loll this is so funny!!

After she get this list she will come to this board and make a thread about how her MB take advantage on her, how can she demand more money from MB and blah blah blah.

[Anonymous]

I insist that she rest during the two hours the children are resting, especially assuming she has to use part of that time to clean up from morning play and lunches. 8-9 hours is a long day with two 1-year-olds.

[Anonymous]

When they get older, she'll probably want to prep the next activity, or get bags ready if they're going somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I insist that she rest during the two hours the children are resting, especially assuming she has to use part of that time to clean up from morning play and lunches. 8-9 hours is a long day with two 1-year-olds.

What a breath of fresh air around here. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks for the tips. I have 1-year-old twins and we only have the nanny five hours a day, and about two of those hours are during nap time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the tips. I have 1-year-old twins and we only have the nanny five hours a day, and about two of those hours are during nap time.

Um, OP, 1 year old twins don't always sleep the same schedule, no matter how hard you try...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the tips. I have 1-year-old twins and we only have the nanny five hours a day, and about two of those hours are during nap time.

Um, OP, 1 year old twins don't always sleep the same schedule, no matter how hard you try...

NP. What's your point?

[Anonymous]

NP here. A five hour day is very different than a 10 hour day. No one needs a significant break during a 5 hour day. Ideally, with hands on childcare being only 60-70% of this job, a flexible nanny/housekeeper type would have been hired. But if that ship has sailed, I'd come up with a list of jobs (child laundry, dishwasher, straightening up play area, stocking kids supplies, etc) that are mutually acceptable. I'd have the understanding that nap time might not always happen, and that's totally understandable, but the majority of any time with both children sleeping should be spent tackling something on the list.

[Anonymous]

rest is what she should do!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the tips. I have 1-year-old twins and we only have the nanny five hours a day, and about two of those hours are during nap time.

Um, OP, 1 year old twins don't always sleep the same schedule, no matter how hard you try...

NP. What's your point?

My point is that OP shouldn't count on everything being done, as twins seem to instinctively know when you have tasks you want to finish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My new nanny asked for things to do while the babies sleep, which I really like. But the only things I can think of are:

Babies' laundry
Cleaning up from their meals
Prepping food/milk
Cleaning up play areas

What else can I tell her to do? I told her she doesn't need to do anything not children-related (ie our own laundry). I don't mind if she texts or watches TV if there's absolutely nothing else to do, but I do want to give her a pretty exhaustive list of possibilities.

Thanks!

I love how you treat your nanny,congratulations for bee a good boss.,my boss do the same to me. :

[Anonymous]

Sorry I wrote wrong one word...

[Anonymous]

This nanny is on DCUM when baby sleeps! Nothing else to do.