Are there people out there who nanny, cook, and clean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you mean cooking and cleaning for the kid, yes. If you mean cooking for the whole family and cleaning the whole house, doubtful. It's VERY hard to get this done even with a napping kid.

I agree. There are times that the kid doesn't nap, or wakes up early. Most nannies are insulted to be asked to do cooking/cleaning for the family.

Plus, housekeepers get paid much more than nannies do.

[Anonymous]

I'm a nanny for twins and I have always cooked for my families. We go grocery shopping once a week and buy whatever ingredients I need, then I make dinner for the family daily.

I do some prep during naptime, but mostly I cook with the kids (starting when they drop the am nap). When they are small that means that they just sit in the high chairs and I narrate what I am doing and give them samples of raw ingredients while labeling them. One of their first words was "cheese."

When they are older toddlers they take turns helping to stir and measure.

By the time they are preschoolers they are ready to make some things independently (with supervision). One nanny boy was so proud when he made his mon scrambled eggs for dinner at 3 1/2!

I don't do deep cleaning like bathrooms etc., but I am happy to fold mb and dbs clean laundry and I vacuum and sweep the common areas of the house, unload the dishwasher daily, etc.

I think you can find this person but you just have to find someone who is good at and enjoys cooking! Hiring a separate housekeeper is going to be much easier than a separate cook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm new to the nanny game, so forgive me if this is ignorant, but is this a feasible job description?

I'm looking for a nanny for my 15 month old son. Hours-7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Responsibilities would include caring for child, housekeeping, and cooking dinner. My son currently naps 3 hours per day. To ease some of the responsibility, I could cook ahead for my child and leave his meals ready for the nanny.
I would be willing to pay for the benefit of having one person do it all.

You probably won't find someone who nannies, cooks for the whole family AND cleans your house top to bottom at the same time.

However...

You can find a nanny who is amenable to some light housekeeping and light food prep. When we had a nanny, we also had cleaners every two weeks, and I cooked, but the nanny lightened the load by doing the following:

- vacuuming and straightening up common areas (playroom, dining room, living room), and
- turning on the oven and sticking in the pan of food I already prepped, like marinated chicken or fish. I would prepare everything the night before, stick it in the fridge, and tell the nanny, "take this pan out at 5.00, turn the oven to 450 and put this in at 5.30 pm. " It didn't really add anything to her workload, but it made life easier for us because we came home to a tidy house, a fed child and adult dinner almost ready in the oven.

[Anonymous]

You can find someone to do something somewhat like this, OP, but likely not with a baby and likely not someone to do thorough cleaning of your entire house. When our kids were older (age ranges 6-13), we hired a nanny/house manager who had also graduated from culinary school, and cooked for the family every night. But even then we only asked that she do light housework--we had regular house cleaners who came in every week to do the real housework. There's only so much time in the day, even with older kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can find someone to do something somewhat like this, OP, but likely not with a baby and likely not someone to do thorough cleaning of your entire house. When our kids were older (age ranges 6-13), we hired a nanny/house manager who had also graduated from culinary school, and cooked for the family every night. But even then we only asked that she do light housework--we had regular house cleaners who came in every week to do the real housework. There's only so much time in the day, even with older kids.

If she graduated culinary school, she was your personal chef who babysat your kids.

OP needs a wife. Lol.

[Anonymous]

I hate cleaning. I tidy things. With that being said I don't mind cooking for the family. I do the everyone's laundry and occasionally make the challah when oldest Nk doesn't have school on Friday.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Nanny takes care of children and child's cooking, dishes, laundry.

Cook is one who cooks meals for family
.
Housekeeper cleans house, dishes.

Three distinctly different people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Nanny takes care of children and child's cooking, dishes, laundry.

Cook is one who cooks meals for family
.
Housekeeper cleans house, dishes.

Three distinctly different people.

Exactly. Unless you're the parent. Then you get the glory of doing it all. BTDT.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind if the nanny find better job, she will quit and you will be miserable looking for a nanny who can cook , clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm new to the nanny game, so forgive me if this is ignorant, but is this a feasible job description?

I'm looking for a nanny for my 15 month old son. Hours-7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Responsibilities would include caring for child, housekeeping, and cooking dinner. My son currently naps 3 hours per day. To ease some of the responsibility, I could cook ahead for my child and leave his meals ready for the nanny.
I would be willing to pay for the benefit of having one person do it all.

You probably won't find someone who nannies, cooks for the whole family AND cleans your house top to bottom at the same time.

However...

You can find a nanny who is amenable to some light housekeeping and light food prep. When we had a nanny, we also had cleaners every two weeks, and I cooked, but the nanny lightened the load by doing the following:

- vacuuming and straightening up common areas (playroom, dining room, living room), and
- turning on the oven and sticking in the pan of food I already prepped, like marinated chicken or fish. I would prepare everything the night before, stick it in the fridge, and tell the nanny, "take this pan out at 5.00, turn the oven to 450 and put this in at 5.30 pm. " It didn't really add anything to her workload, but it made life easier for us because we came home to a tidy house, a fed child and adult dinner almost ready in the oven.

And how much did you pay here?

[Anonymous]

OP, can you do what you're asking?

That is, can you provide quality childcare (and continue to seek out new activities and reading up on childhood development), singing and reading and make believe and dancing, while also cleaning your house? How good are the meals you are able to prepare while doing that?

Look, some nannies will do light housework. I'll wipe down the kitchen and load/unload dishes, I do the kids' laundry and keep their rooms vacuumed and the changing table clean and tidy. I also make simple meals for the kids, but that's not time consuming because I'm not really cooking.

You can probably find a housekeeper-slash-cook no problem, but your nanny is a nanny - or should be! If you're paying so much for childcare she really shouldn't be focused on whether or not she cleaned the third floor bathroom or not. Your son will be the one who gets neglected for the crazy amount of duties you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

Sorry for all those typos. On my phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you mean cooking and cleaning for the kid, yes. If you mean cooking for the whole family and cleaning the whole house, doubtful. It's VERY hard to get this done even with a napping kid.

nope, no it isn't. our nanny does this 5 days a week and I do this 2 days a week.

you need to get better organized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you do what you're asking?

That is, can you provide quality childcare (and continue to seek out new activities and reading up on childhood development), singing and reading and make believe and dancing, while also cleaning your house? How good are the meals you are able to prepare while doing that?

Look, some nannies will do light housework. I'll wipe down the kitchen and load/unload dishes, I do the kids' laundry and keep their rooms vacuumed and the changing table clean and tidy. I also make simple meals for the kids, but that's not time consuming because I'm not really cooking.

You can probably find a housekeeper-slash-cook no problem, but your nanny is a nanny - or should be! If you're paying so much for childcare she really shouldn't be focused on whether or not she cleaned the third floor bathroom or not. Your son will be the one who gets neglected for the crazy amount of duties you're talking about.

Op here. Yes! I can do all this. I do as a SAHM! And actually I do read a bit about child development. I'm no expert of course, but I have a little Montessori set up for DS, I'm very into many RIE principles, and even some Walforf stuff. I read a lot about brain development, no tv in my house until at least 2 yrs old etc. For me being a SAHM is a ton of work, and I totally appreciate that it would be really hard to hire someone to "do it all" and if they do it all, they should be well paid! Thank you for affirming that it is A LOT OF WORK to SAH, even with just one kid. I appreciate what you nannies do too! That sh*t is hard work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you do what you're asking?

That is, can you provide quality childcare (and continue to seek out new activities and reading up on childhood development), singing and reading and make believe and dancing, while also cleaning your house? How good are the meals you are able to prepare while doing that?

Look, some nannies will do light housework. I'll wipe down the kitchen and load/unload dishes, I do the kids' laundry and keep their rooms vacuumed and the changing table clean and tidy. I also make simple meals for the kids, but that's not time consuming because I'm not really cooking.

You can probably find a housekeeper-slash-cook no problem, but your nanny is a nanny - or should be! If you're paying so much for childcare she really shouldn't be focused on whether or not she cleaned the third floor bathroom or not. Your son will be the one who gets neglected for the crazy amount of duties you're talking about.

Op here. Yes! I can do all this. I do as a SAHM! And actually I do read a bit about child development. I'm no expert of course, but I have a little Montessori set up for DS, I'm very into many RIE principles, and even some Walforf stuff. I read a lot about brain development, no tv in my house until at least 2 yrs old etc. For me being a SAHM is a ton of work, and I totally appreciate that it would be really hard to hire someone to "do it all" and if they do it all, they should be well paid! Thank you for affirming that it is A LOT OF WORK to SAH, even with just one kid. I appreciate what you nannies do too! That sh*t is hard work.

+1,000,000
Thank you, 7:04. Kudos to you for doing the hardest, but most important work. Few people can love your child the way you do.