Why why why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people mix their loads. I do. I'm 43 and unless I have something new that hasn't been washed a couple of th
Es yet, everything goes in together. Generally, I don't have enough to do two separate loads and I don't own enough to go two weeks without doing laundry. It silly to me not to mix them. I mix the kids laundry too and have never once had a parent complain or tell me I'm doing it wrong.

When you are paid to do a job you do it the way your employer wants it not your way. Some things are just common sense or lack of

not when they're nitpicking over every little thing. At some point you have to realize the boss is on the crazy train and get on with your day.

And you wonder how comes you don't get bonuses?

[Anonymous]

Then instead of complaining to us here, do your own laundry and have your Nanny do what she is there to do.

Care for your child.

If you really do not have the time or inclination to wash your own children's clothes either hire a laundress or drop their clothes off at your local "Fluff & Fold."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Then instead of complaining to us here, do your own laundry and have your Nanny do what she is there to do.

Care for your child.

If you really do not have the time or inclination to wash your own children's clothes either hire a laundress or drop their clothes off at your local "Fluff & Fold."

If it was agreed upon on the contract for the nanny to do laundry, then I see no problem. If the nanny doesn't want to do the laundry, for one reason or another or she is having trouble finishing tasks, then she need to communicate with the employer or to renegotiate the contract.

[Anonymous]

I mix it too unless the white clothes are new. What's the problem???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mix it too unless the white clothes are new. What's the problem???

We bleach whites (mostly shirts and towels) and we run them in hot water. I hate the look of tinted and stained white clothing. That doesn't bother you pp? We wash colored in warm water and rinse with cold.

[Anonymous]

^^wasg everything in cold. Doesn't ruin the clothes, generally no need to bleach, and better for the environment as well as your electric/gas bill. Use Clorox 2 if you must.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mix it too unless the white clothes are new. What's the problem???

We bleach whites (mostly shirts and towels) and we run them in hot water. I hate the look of tinted and stained white clothing. That doesn't bother you pp? We wash colored in warm water and rinse with cold.

. I use oxyclean for stains, but it has truly never occurred to me to be that concernwd about the whiteness of my whites. I also don't wear much white and can't imagine a child's wardrobe with a lot of white clothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Her mother never taught her how to do laundry correctly. My nanny did the same until I went over it with her. She doesn't have any kitchen skills either. Had a single bipolar mother.

Perhaps her father should have stepped up to the plate and taught her how to do laundry correctly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mix it too unless the white clothes are new. What's the problem???

We bleach whites (mostly shirts and towels) and we run them in hot water. I hate the look of tinted and stained white clothing. That doesn't bother you pp? We wash colored in warm water and rinse with cold.

. I use oxyclean for stains, but it has truly never occurred to me to be that concernwd about the whiteness of my whites. I also don't wear much white and can't imagine a child's wardrobe with a lot of white clothing.

This. Maybe I'll care when I have an older toddler that gets messier. I've mixed all mine for years and cold only except the sheets and towels (those are separate). Yes sometimes the white towels get a little faded. But they're towels and we replace them eventually and save the old ones for extra or messy things. I oxyclean stains too. Clothes come out clean from the cold wash. They have much better detergents now specifically made for cold water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mix it too unless the white clothes are new. What's the problem???

We bleach whites (mostly shirts and towels) and we run them in hot water. I hate the look of tinted and stained white clothing. That doesn't bother you pp? We wash colored in warm water and rinse with cold.

. I use oxyclean for stains, but it has truly never occurred to me to be that concernwd about the whiteness of my whites. I also don't wear much white and can't imagine a child's wardrobe with a lot of white clothing.

This. Maybe I'll care when I have an older toddler that gets messier. I've mixed all mine for years and cold only except the sheets and towels (those are separate). Yes sometimes the white towels get a little faded. But they're towels and we replace them eventually and save the old ones for extra or messy things. I oxyclean stains too. Clothes come out clean from the cold wash. They have much better detergents now specifically made for cold water.

Every Folkes different Strokes! Whites (esp towels) get washed in hot water and bleach. I don't care how you wash them in your house. The nanny is not doing me a favor by doing laundry because it's part of HER job description.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her mother never taught her how to do laundry correctly. My nanny did the same until I went over it with her. She doesn't have any kitchen skills either. Had a single bipolar mother.

Perhaps her father should have stepped up to the plate and taught her how to do laundry correctly?

Sadly, he was a Vietnam vet who committed suicide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mix it too unless the white clothes are new. What's the problem???

We bleach whites (mostly shirts and towels) and we run them in hot water. I hate the look of tinted and stained white clothing. That doesn't bother you pp? We wash colored in warm water and rinse with cold.

. I use oxyclean for stains, but it has truly never occurred to me to be that concernwd about the whiteness of my whites. I also don't wear much white and can't imagine a child's wardrobe with a lot of white clothing.

This. Maybe I'll care when I have an older toddler that gets messier. I've mixed all mine for years and cold only except the sheets and towels (those are separate). Yes sometimes the white towels get a little faded. But they're towels and we replace them eventually and save the old ones for extra or messy things. I oxyclean stains too. Clothes come out clean from the cold wash. They have much better detergents now specifically made for cold water.

Every Folkes different Strokes! Whites (esp towels) get washed in hot water and bleach. I don't care how you wash them in your house. The nanny is not doing me a favor by doing laundry because it's part of HER job description.

Okay, but the title of you post is "Why? Why? Why?" It would appear that the answer is that many, many people wash clothes just as your nanny was doing. So why not just explain that you have a very soecific way you want clothes done and ask her to comply rather than theowing a tantrum on the internet?