Say something or don't?

[Anonymous]

This is not nanny job anyway...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like our nanny very much and don't want to offend her. She is great with the dcs but bad with laundry. Everything is wrinkled and put away wrong. She has plenty of time while dcs are at school. To avoid the issue, I take the nicer items out of dds' hamper and wash them myself. Should I say something to nanny? I think she'll be very annoyed if I say something. I don't really mind washing the items myself, but I work FT and have 3 dcs, one with medical problems, so I have to choose what I can get done.

Has your nanny been with you for a long time, did she start when all the kids were young? Your position sounds like more of a family assistant and less childcare, many nannies are just not skilled at some household management duties. You should sit down with your nanny and kind of go over the expectations and ask her if doing laundry is a challenge. It may be that you need a person with a better skill set, an employee's job is to help make home life easier for you. I am actually an estate manager and had to take away laundry duties from the housekeepers because they just was not good at it, I gave them a different task.

You are sweet to consider your Nannie's feelings but you do not want to reach a stress point that affects yourself and your home

[Anonymous]

She can tube feed my son and she now understands the ketogenic diet, so I don't feel I can really replace her. She stayed with us throughout his hundreds of seizures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She can tube feed my son and she now understands the ketogenic diet, so I don't feel I can really replace her. She stayed with us throughout his hundreds of seizures.

In that case, sounds like you have a specialty nanny ( hard to find ), so perhaps leave the laundry problem alone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She can tube feed my son and she now understands the ketogenic diet, so I don't feel I can really replace her. She stayed with us throughout his hundreds of seizures.

Well, if you really can't train or have any backup care guess you're stuck.

[Anonymous]

Update, OP? Did you talk to her or let it go?

[Anonymous]

Nanny have be a nanny ,taking care of the babies/ child/children,that it.

[Anonymous]

Can you get someone else to take care of the laundry?

[Anonymous]

I'm a former nanny and now an mb. Having been on both side- say something. It bothers you and it's a little fix. Tell her how you'd like that area of her work to improve. When it does, recognize it.

[Anonymous]

op: Haven't said anything. Can someone suggest wording that doesn't sound at all like criticism? She doesn't like being criticized. Thank you for the comments.