Having agreed to do the charge's laundry...

[Anonymous]

... does this mean all of her laundry for the entire week or just the laundry when she is in my care? I only work for this family 34 hours a week assumed that I would be doing her laundry when she is in my care only and not come to work from a three-day weekend to a pile of dirty clothes and dirty towels.

Was I wrong?

[Anonymous]

I just do all of it. I do ask that MB stain treat any clothes that get soiled while she has my charge.
I do this because I really love working for my NF. They are flexible and kind to me, so I am to them.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like you were wrong or there was a miscommunication. If you're gone for three days I wouldn't expect them to do laundry during that time. Why would they knowing you're going to do it during the week? Especially if it doesn't make a full load.

[Anonymous]

I'm in the same position, OP and I am at 35 hours a week. So many things I wished I'd made clear at hiring. I also make all my charge's baby food and freeze over half of each batch - and my employers and their free-grandmother-help-one-day-a-week just use the food I made for the baby during my working hours.

I've totally screwed myself out of earning overtime, especially for the day when employers get free babycare - all grandma has to do is watch, feed and change the baby. No one ever cleans the baby's room or disinfects toys but me.

[Anonymous]

It means you do all of her laundry. My charge only needs her laundry washed once per week, and it would be the height of pettiness for me to seperate out the things she didn't wear on my watch. You aren't physically "washing" the clothes, so what difference does it make if it's 5 outfits or 7?

[Anonymous]

Children's laundry is a common nanny duty and I've never heard of anyone separating the clothes based on when they were worn. That would be extremely petty and more work than it is worth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in the same position, OP and I am at 35 hours a week. So many things I wished I'd made clear at hiring. I also make all my charge's baby food and freeze over half of each batch - and my employers and their free-grandmother-help-one-day-a-week just use the food I made for the baby during my working hours.

I've totally screwed myself out of earning overtime, especially for the day when employers get free babycare - all grandma has to do is watch, feed and change the baby. No one ever cleans the baby's room or disinfects toys but me.

9:24 again. You're getting paid, and Grandma isn't. Why not just make enough food for the week, instead of just enough for your hours? I am a huge advocate for nannies on this site, but come on! This is some petty BS.

[Anonymous]

What hourly rate are you charging them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in the same position, OP and I am at 35 hours a week. So many things I wished I'd made clear at hiring. I also make all my charge's baby food and freeze over half of each batch - and my employers and their free-grandmother-help-one-day-a-week just use the food I made for the baby during my working hours.

I've totally screwed myself out of earning overtime, especially for the day when employers get free babycare - all grandma has to do is watch, feed and change the baby. No one ever cleans the baby's room or disinfects toys but me.

9:24 again. You're getting paid, and Grandma isn't. Why not just make enough food for the week, instead of just enough for your hours? I am a huge advocate for nannies on this site, but come on! This is some petty BS.

Of course, I make enough food for the weekends and grandma's day - isn't that clear from my post?! My point is that grandma would be less likely to watch the baby for free if she had to do what I do in the course of a day. I have screwed myself out of any possible overtime.

[Anonymous]

OP AGAIN - I should mention that they live in an apartment and the washing machine is stacked with the dryer and is very small. Generally there are two separate loads (whites and colors) every single day. The only item of clothing not washed when I leave is the outfit the charge is wearing. On any given Monday, I could end up with five to six loads of baby clothes to wash, fold and put away.


But if that is my job, so be it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What hourly rate are you charging them?

$18

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What hourly rate are you charging them?

$18

I generally consider that on the low end of the range, so I can understand you'd feel put out. I bet if they paid you $25/hr., you'd be more than happy to do the child's weekly laundry, "and then some," right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in the same position, OP and I am at 35 hours a week. So many things I wished I'd made clear at hiring. I also make all my charge's baby food and freeze over half of each batch - and my employers and their free-grandmother-help-one-day-a-week just use the food I made for the baby during my working hours.

I've totally screwed myself out of earning overtime, especially for the day when employers get free babycare - all grandma has to do is watch, feed and change the baby. No one ever cleans the baby's room or disinfects toys but me.

9:24 again. You're getting paid, and Grandma isn't. Why not just make enough food for the week, instead of just enough for your hours? I am a huge advocate for nannies on this site, but come on! This is some petty BS.

Of course, I make enough food for the weekends and grandma's day - isn't that clear from my post?! My point is that grandma would be less likely to watch the baby for free if she had to do what I do in the course of a day. I have screwed myself out of any possible overtime.

I thought you were complaining that grandma uses the food you make, as if there isn't enough. I still don't get your beef? How did you screw yourself out of OT? You think that if you did less, they'd give you more hours? Your logic is just so off here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in the same position, OP and I am at 35 hours a week. So many things I wished I'd made clear at hiring. I also make all my charge's baby food and freeze over half of each batch - and my employers and their free-grandmother-help-one-day-a-week just use the food I made for the baby during my working hours.

I've totally screwed myself out of earning overtime, especially for the day when employers get free babycare - all grandma has to do is watch, feed and change the baby. No one ever cleans the baby's room or disinfects toys but me.

9:24 again. You're getting paid, and Grandma isn't. Why not just make enough food for the week, instead of just enough for your hours? I am a huge advocate for nannies on this site, but come on! This is some petty BS.

Of course, I make enough food for the weekends and grandma's day - isn't that clear from my post?! My point is that grandma would be less likely to watch the baby for free if she had to do what I do in the course of a day. I have screwed myself out of any possible overtime.

I thought you were complaining that grandma uses the food you make, as if there isn't enough. I still don't get your beef? How did you screw yourself out of OT? You think that if you did less, they'd give you more hours? Your logic is just so off here.

Your lack of understanding is typical. No worries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in the same position, OP and I am at 35 hours a week. So many things I wished I'd made clear at hiring. I also make all my charge's baby food and freeze over half of each batch - and my employers and their free-grandmother-help-one-day-a-week just use the food I made for the baby during my working hours.

I've totally screwed myself out of earning overtime, especially for the day when employers get free babycare - all grandma has to do is watch, feed and change the baby. No one ever cleans the baby's room or disinfects toys but me.

9:24 again. You're getting paid, and Grandma isn't. Why not just make enough food for the week, instead of just enough for your hours? I am a huge advocate for nannies on this site, but come on! This is some petty BS.

Of course, I make enough food for the weekends and grandma's day - isn't that clear from my post?! My point is that grandma would be less likely to watch the baby for free if she had to do what I do in the course of a day. I have screwed myself out of any possible overtime.

I thought you were complaining that grandma uses the food you make, as if there isn't enough. I still don't get your beef? How did you screw yourself out of OT? You think that if you did less, they'd give you more hours? Your logic is just so off here.

Grandma is always complaining about how tired she is after eight hours with the baby. Can you imagine how she would feel if she had to do everything that she is doing PLUS make his baby food, do his laundry, clean his room and bathroom, (which is what I do every day) on top of his basic childcare? My thinking is that they would not be able to keep grandma and have to hire me for the other day.