Where to draw the line regarding laundry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely include all kids bedding and towels in what I consider laundry for the kids.

I scrupulously avoid having the nanny do any of my or my husband's laundry.

If our nanny balked at tossing in the handtowels from the kitchen or common bathrooms occasionally I'd be pretty displeased.

Pick your battles OP. Is this a hill to die on or is it petty in the bigger picture? Only you can answer that.

I am a nanny and I agree. I used to wash all the kids animal stuffing, beddings, towels and clothing on Friday and only their clothes on Monday or Tuesday. I never complained about a few hand towels from the kitchen or common bathroom. I would sometimes pick them up and add them to the dirty laundry. Please think carefully and pick your battle, OP. Some fights are not worth it.

[Anonymous]

Seriously? I see a bunch of self-entitled nannies on this post. I'm sure you all have great jobs where you don't have to do any laundry or cleaning at all, but still get paid the big bucks... oh wait, where are you finding time to be posting here??

And really... this is a person's home. Cloth hand towels for kitchen and bathrooms as well as cloth napkins are perfectly normal. Do you really use paper towels for drying your hands at home all the time? The waste!

Be aware that you've been doing it already and haven't complained yet. Your family is likely going to look at you funny when this issue is mentioned and wonder why you have such a problem with it. They will also wonder what other issues you have that you're being passive and asking around about too...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? I see a bunch of self-entitled nannies on this post. I'm sure you all have great jobs where you don't have to do any laundry or cleaning at all, but still get paid the big bucks... oh wait, where are you finding time to be posting here??

And really... this is a person's home. Cloth hand towels for kitchen and bathrooms as well as cloth napkins are perfectly normal. Do you really use paper towels for drying your hands at home all the time? The waste!

Be aware that you've been doing it already and haven't complained yet. Your family is likely going to look at you funny when this issue is mentioned and wonder why you have such a problem with it. They will also wonder what other issues you have that you're being passive and asking around about too...

Stop. Seriously. You are just embarrassing yourself, PP.

[Anonymous]

How lazy are you? We are talking about 20 minutes of extra work per week. You could easily spend 20 minutes less on your cell phone and get that done.

Do you know why I get big bonuses at work and a raise every year? It's not for doing the bare minimum and complaining of something is slightly outside of my job description.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? I see a bunch of self-entitled nannies on this post. I'm sure you all have great jobs where you don't have to do any laundry or cleaning at all, but still get paid the big bucks... oh wait, where are you finding time to be posting here??

And really... this is a person's home. Cloth hand towels for kitchen and bathrooms as well as cloth napkins are perfectly normal. Do you really use paper towels for drying your hands at home all the time? The waste!

Be aware that you've been doing it already and haven't complained yet. Your family is likely going to look at you funny when this issue is mentioned and wonder why you have such a problem with it. They will also wonder what other issues you have that you're being passive and asking around about too...

Stop. Seriously. You are just embarrassing yourself, PP.

Care to explain how? You are seriously embarrassing yourself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously? I see a bunch of self-entitled nannies on this post. I'm sure you all have great jobs where you don't have to do any laundry or cleaning at all, but still get paid the big bucks... oh wait, where are you finding time to be posting here??

And really... this is a person's home. Cloth hand towels for kitchen and bathrooms as well as cloth napkins are perfectly normal. Do you really use paper towels for drying your hands at home all the time? The waste!

Be aware that you've been doing it already and haven't complained yet. Your family is likely going to look at you funny when this issue is mentioned and wonder why you have such a problem with it. They will also wonder what other issues you have that you're being passive and asking around about too...

Is "self-entitled" different than "entitled"? And I posted previously that OP should address this with her employers - that it was not okay - and I am an MB so neither "self-entitled" or a nanny. And I do not think for one instant that bringing up one job-creep situation brings distrust!

Nannies do children's laundry - not parents laundry - OP has this in her contract. I honestly don't see why that is so difficult for you to understand or why this upsets you so much. You are embarrassing yourself, PP.

[Anonymous]

I am a career nanny. I do all child related laundry as well as throw in our (yes, I use towels too) kitchen towels and napkins. We don't use a fresh napkin every meal, or daily even, but when I do a load of clothing I go around and grab he dirty linens that we all use. I don't wash the parents bath towels, but did do that for my last family when the children were in school, but not over the summer. Being a nanny is being an active participant in the household, very different than being a babysitter.

[Anonymous]

I think children's laundry usually includes their towels and bed linens, as well as cleaning their toys. Kitchen towels usually are handled separately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How lazy are you? We are talking about 20 minutes of extra work per week. You could easily spend 20 minutes less on your cell phone and get that done.

Do you know why I get big bonuses at work and a raise every year? It's not for doing the bare minimum and complaining of something is slightly outside of my job description.

That is 5 hours and twenty minutes of OT that she is NOt being paid for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How lazy are you? We are talking about 20 minutes of extra work per week. You could easily spend 20 minutes less on your cell phone and get that done.

Do you know why I get big bonuses at work and a raise every year? It's not for doing the bare minimum and complaining of something is slightly outside of my job description.

That is 5 hours and twenty minutes of OT that she is NOt being paid for.

Did OP say she was coming early or staying late to do this? Missed that.

[Anonymous]

Our nanny does the linens and bath towels for Dd and the kitchen towel used to dry dds hands after washing and a couple cloth napkins she reuses throughout the week. She never does our sheets or towels but on Fridays she mops the floors and deep cleans the kitchen and washes the rest of the kitchen towels. I never asked. She just started on that schedule. I surely appreciate it and pay accordingly with generous bonuses. And of course my 18 month old now starts scrubbing the floor when given a piece of paper towel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How lazy are you? We are talking about 20 minutes of extra work per week. You could easily spend 20 minutes less on your cell phone and get that done.

Do you know why I get big bonuses at work and a raise every year? It's not for doing the bare minimum and complaining of something is slightly outside of my job description.

That is 5 hours and twenty minutes of OT that she is NOt being paid for.

Not only are you nannies lazy, you can't do math.
Open washer, put laundry in: 1 minute
Move laundry to dryer: 1 minute
Fold basket of towels: 5 minutes

Multiply by 2 and that's 14 minutes of time per week. Nanny can do that while the child is napping, or while the child plays. Cutting into your phone time doesn't require overtime pay.

[Anonymous]

I would just do it

[Anonymous]

Our nanny does so while the kids are at school or sports. cooking and household laundry three times a week.

You should go over your job role each year with your employer as kids and the family's needs constantly change. You can then either stay and grow with that family or keep hopping to baby-only jobs every couple years. Whichever you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a career nanny. I do all child related laundry as well as throw in our (yes, I use towels too) kitchen towels and napkins. We don't use a fresh napkin every meal, or daily even, but when I do a load of clothing I go around and grab he dirty linens that we all use. I don't wash the parents bath towels, but did do that for my last family when the children were in school, but not over the summer. Being a nanny is being an active participant in the household, very different than being a babysitter.

amen. proactive and valuable nanny above.