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[quote=Anonymous]I have an afterschool nanny for my kindergartner and first grader.  In many ways, she is great.  She is great about being on top of homework and music practice. She really engages with the kids and has been great with working with my younger daughter on reading, which has been a struggle this year.

The issue that I am having is that the nanny doesn't seem to be able to multitask.  My previous nanny as well as my husband and I all really strongly encourage the kids to be independent.  They have been able to shower on their own since they were about four with only minimal hair washing help.  They have always been great about playing independently or together and working out problems along the way between the two of them.  They even enjoy things like cooking dinner for the family with supervision but not hands on help from an adult.

This nanny really engages with them, but she also seems to do nothing but engage with them--by that I mean that she seems to just sit around playing with them talking to them etc. and doesn't get anything else done.  While I don't expect her to be scrubbing floors, she also doesn't really seem to be on top of picking up after their games and activities.  It was also in her contract that she would help keep up with their laundry and help make dinner each night.  The laundry basically just doesn't get done. The most she will do is rotate things from the washer to dryer or throw in a load, but never seems to fold or put anything away.  I am not expecting her to do all of their laundry, just to get one load or maybe two done during the week so that I don't have to do all of it evenings and weekends.  With dinner, I will leave her extremely simple instructions, but she always manages to forget, get confused, or burn the meals that I have prepared 90% of the way.   For example, just last week, I made homemade soup and asked her to heated up for the children. Rather than scooping out enough for my two kids and feeding it to them in a bowl, she put the whole pot on the stove and then forgot to stir it and the entire pot burned and was ruined.

Our previous nanny was very organized and on top of things and She basically took over 75% of the nitty-gritty kid tasks.   She handled all of their laundry not just washing drying folding and putting away, but also rotating in and out of new seasons, shopping for things as needed, taking the kids to the shoe store to be measured, etc. She also shopped for and prepared family dinners five nights a week with little to no guidance from me.  She was also always on top of things like their dentist appointments, doctors check ups, school paperwork, and anything else going on with the kids.  I definitely know that I was spoiled.  I am trying to figure out whether the issues with our new nanny are a reflection on my having expectations that are out of line with what I can expect from a $15 per hour after school nanny, or whether I can and should be able to find someone who can do this job at a higher level, or somewhere in between.  Any advice is appreciated![/quote]

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