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Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny of a 2yo and a 6 month old. During afternoon nap I straighten the kitchen, wipe down counters, do them kids laundry, sweep and vacuum the areas the kids are in, etc. That is just part of being a nanny in my opinion. that is our job.

What do you think a nanny is?

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Anonymous wrote:As ridiculous as it is that a 9 month old thread is being dredge up, I can't help but chime in. This b.s. that nannies who do housework must be doingit at the expense of the children (or their break time) is simply ridiculous. If you can not appropriately multi-task, then perhaps you are not truly cut out for this business. On an average day I
-clean up from breakfast
-make a full, balanced lunch
- do all dishes that this entails
-load and unload the dishwasher (mb/db's dishes too)
-do a load two of laundry
- wash the cloth diapers
-keep the house tidied up
-vacuum/sweep/mop when necessary
-keep playroom and children's rooms organized
-if I'm feeling ambitious organize the fridge/freezer/pantry/kids dishes etc.

None of this takes more than 5 minutes at a time and my charges (1 & 3) are more than capable of playing independently at these times. Nannies need to stop with the excuses for laziness, it makes us all look bad.

You claim to be a nanny, but you certainly sound just like the mom. I hope they pay you accordingly, lol! And nobody but you can make you look bad, so please stop with your tired nonsense.

What do they pay you for being mom?

It's really none of your business. It certainly isn't $25/hr or even $20 as many of the ridiculous nannies on here would claim to demand. I feel we'll compensated, I have a great deal of autonomy in my down time (I usually get most of my graduate coursework done during naps), I can and am encouraged to take the kids on outings and play dates with my nieces and nephews, and holiday and PTO are not even an issue. My employers clearly respect and value me, and as such, igo above and beyond the requirements of my contact. I have no illusions that I am these children's mother either.

You are a mb, not a nanny. Nice try though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny of a 2yo and a 6 month old. During afternoon nap I straighten the kitchen, wipe down counters, do them kids laundry, sweep and vacuum the areas the kids are in, etc. That is just part of being a nanny in my opinion. that is our job.

What do you think a nanny is?

What?? As a nanny it is our job to provide a loving, enriching, educational, safe environment for little one while taking care of tasks related to the children and making the lives of our employer a bit easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny of a 2yo and a 6 month old. During afternoon nap I straighten the kitchen, wipe down counters, do them kids laundry, sweep and vacuum the areas the kids are in, etc. That is just part of being a nanny in my opinion. that is our job.

What do you think a nanny is?

What?? As a nanny it is our job to provide a loving, enriching, educational, safe environment for little one while taking care of tasks related to the children and making the lives of our employer a bit easier.

I guess it depends on what you mean by making the parents' lives easier. For some that might mean a sparkling house. Others may prefer coming home to a healthy 4 year old child who has had a full day with the perfect mix of activities, happy to see her parents, yet ready to dose off at her 7pm bedtime. The parents are glad to relax and have some quiet time to themselves.

I'm not saying nannies can't "be helpful", but I am saying that it's short-sighted to put required daily tasks (unrelated to the child) into the nanny's contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I am a nanny of a 2yo and a 6 month old. During afternoon nap I straighten the kitchen, wipe down counters, do them kids laundry, sweep and vacuum the areas the kids are in, etc. That is just part of being a nanny in my opinion. that is our job.

What do you think a nanny is?


What?? As a nanny it is our job to provide a loving, enriching, educational, safe environment for little one while taking care of tasks related to the children and making the lives of our employer a bit easier.

Yes. This is what truly professional nannies do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
I am a nanny of a 2yo and a 6 month old. During afternoon nap I straighten the kitchen, wipe down counters, do them kids laundry, sweep and vacuum the areas the kids are in, etc. That is just part of being a nanny in my opinion. that is our job.

What do you think a nanny is?


What?? As a nanny it is our job to provide a loving, enriching, educational, safe environment for little one while taking care of tasks related to the children and making the lives of our employer a bit easier.

Yes. This is what truly professional nannies do.

Let's talk about what you mean by making their lives easier.....

[Anonymous]

Nannies care for and teach children. Period. As a nanny with a masters in Early Childhood Education, I do all things related to the CHILD and the child alone. I do the child's laundry, clean his room, wash his bottles, clean his toys, etc. When the child is awake, my focus 100% is on him = playing, teaching, going for walks, reading, singing...

I will NOT unload your dishwasher if we have not used any dishes in it, nor will I make the parents bed, vacuum any room we do not play in or use, do parents laundry, make parents dinner, etc. I care for, teach and protect your most beloved person in the world, Parents! Unload your own fricking dishwasher!

[Anonymous]

Well said, 17:31. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nannies care for and teach children. Period. As a nanny with a masters in Early Childhood Education, I do all things related to the CHILD and the child alone. I do the child's laundry, clean his room, wash his bottles, clean his toys, etc. When the child is awake, my focus 100% is on him = playing, teaching, going for walks, reading, singing...

I will NOT unload your dishwasher if we have not used any dishes in it, nor will I make the parents bed, vacuum any room we do not play in or use, do parents laundry, make parents dinner, etc. I care for, teach and protect your most beloved person in the world, Parents! Unload your own fricking dishwasher!

Don't you have anything better to do than dredging up ancient posts when your own lame attempts to stir things up fail?

Adding an arbitrary qualifier to your job (I ONLY do things related to the CHILD...guess what, scrub the damn floor then since the child is walking on it) does not somehow make you more of a nanny than someone who is willing to do the things you aren't. We get it, your "Masters in Early Childhood Education" makes you better than all other nannies and parents should be kissing your ass rather than asking you to unload a dishwasher. Seems to me though, if you were as intelligent and valuable as you seem to think you are, you would be working in a real profession, with some stability and upward growth, rather than changing positions every two years and bitching about your bosses on an anonymous internet forum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nannies care for and teach children. Period. As a nanny with a masters in Early Childhood Education, I do all things related to the CHILD and the child alone. I do the child's laundry, clean his room, wash his bottles, clean his toys, etc. When the child is awake, my focus 100% is on him = playing, teaching, going for walks, reading, singing...

I will NOT unload your dishwasher if we have not used any dishes in it, nor will I make the parents bed, vacuum any room we do not play in or use, do parents laundry, make parents dinner, etc. I care for, teach and protect your most beloved person in the world, Parents! Unload your own fricking dishwasher!

Don't you have anything better to do than dredging up ancient posts when your own lame attempts to stir things up fail?

Adding an arbitrary qualifier to your job (I ONLY do things related to the CHILD...guess what, scrub the damn floor then since the child is walking on it) does not somehow make you more of a nanny than someone who is willing to do the things you aren't. We get it, your "Masters in Early Childhood Education" makes you better than all other nannies and parents should be kissing your ass rather than asking you to unload a dishwasher. Seems to me though, if you were as intelligent and valuable as you seem to think you are, you would be working in a real profession, with some stability and upward growth, rather than changing positions every two years and bitching about your bosses on an anonymous internet forum.

+1

[Anonymous]

+2.

Troll elsewhere, Entitled Nanny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny of a 2yo and a 6 month old. During afternoon nap I straighten the kitchen, wipe down counters, do them kids laundry, sweep and vacuum the areas the kids are in, etc. That is just part of being a nanny in my opinion. that is our job.

What do you think a nanny is?

What?? As a nanny it is our job to provide a loving, enriching, educational, safe environment for little one while taking care of tasks related to the children and making the lives of our employer a bit easier.

I guess it depends on what you mean by making the parents' lives easier. For some that might mean a sparkling house. Others may prefer coming home to a healthy 4 year old child who has had a full day with the perfect mix of activities, happy to see her parents, yet ready to dose off at her 7pm bedtime. The parents are glad to relax and have some quiet time to themselves.

I'm not saying nannies can't "be helpful", but I am saying that it's short-sighted to put required daily tasks (unrelated to the child) into the nanny's contract.

Interesting perspective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a nanny of a 2yo and a 6 month old. During afternoon nap I straighten the kitchen, wipe down counters, do them kids laundry, sweep and vacuum the areas the kids are in, etc. That is just part of being a nanny in my opinion. that is our job.

What do you think a nanny is?

What?? As a nanny it is our job to provide a loving, enriching, educational, safe environment for little one while taking care of tasks related to the children and making the lives of our employer a bit easier.

I guess it depends on what you mean by making the parents' lives easier. For some that might mean a sparkling house. Others may prefer coming home to a healthy 4 year old child who has had a full day with the perfect mix of activities, happy to see her parents, yet ready to dose off at her 7pm bedtime. The parents are glad to relax and have some quiet time to themselves.

I'm not saying nannies can't "be helpful", but I am saying that it's short-sighted to put required daily tasks (unrelated to the child) into the nanny's contract.

Interesting perspective.

Troll nanny resurrecting a FOUR YEAR OLD thread. YAWN

[Anonymous]

Who is digging up all these old threads and why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not allow parents to bully you into doing everything. Some of them love to say that the nanny needs to do everything. Tell them nannies do children. Housekeepers clean your bathroom. Personal chefs do your cooking. If you want to do all 3 jobs, that adds up to a VERY fat paycheck.

This is very important for nannies to know.