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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I run a very orderly home. With four children, you have to, in order for things to run smoothly.  DH's mother used to watch the children during the day but it got to be too much for her so we hired a nanny last month.

We explained how we prefer our house to be kept and she agreed that's how she keeps her home too. We stressed that she is to have the kids clean up after themselves with her help. We stressed this to them as well - that they are not to take advantage or leave any messes for her. I've noticed though, that she allows them to do things DH and I do not. We do not jump on furniture. We do not take all pillows and cushions off the couches, bring all other pillows in the house to the living room, overturn chairs, throw clean sheets over everything, etc. When they color, they take out a crayon, use it, and then put it back before choosing another. Not only did the nanny not encourage the children to maintain this, but today I found all the crayons in a heap in a box with fat and thin markers, colored pencils, erasers, etc. We agreed the nanny would do one load of laundry each day, and she was told if she folds and puts the piles of clean, folded clothes on the beds of the children, they will put everything away properly. I found clothes unfolded just shoved in drawers.

DH feels this is completely unacceptable, as do I. He wants to handle this by hiring someone else and firing her. I want to handle it by going over the way things are done here again and asking her to fix the messes over her next two work-days. DH does not think this will be productive. Obviously we will be having a big talk with the children this weekend about following our family rules whether or not there's someone there to enforce them. Which one of us is more reasonable? [/quote]

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