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[quote=Anonymous]Daily schedule:
8-8.45: pack 4 year old's lunch, get infant and 4 year old ready to go, walk infant and 4 year old to preK
8.45: 4 year old drop off
8.45-12 walk back to the house, feed/change/play with infant, infant nap (possibly nanny lunch?), get infant ready to go, make 2 year old lunch, walk infant to preK
12: 2 year old pick up
12-3.15: walk back to the house, feed/change/play with infant, infant nap (possibly nanny lunch if it overlaps with 2 year old nap?), feed 2 year old lunch, 2 year old nap (does she still nap?), play with/supervise 2 year old playing or doing a craft, prep 2 and 4 year old snack, clean up after 2 year old, get infant and 2 year old ready to go, walk infant and 2 year old to preK
3.15: pick up 4 year old
3.15-5.30: walk back to the house, feed/change/play with infant, infant nap (depends on how young infant is), feed 2 and 4 year old snack, play with/supervise 2 and 4 year olds playing or doing a craft, make sure that everything is tidy before a parent gets back

You have 3 kids, there will be times when she has 2 or 3 kids all day.  As it is, she has (estimate) .75 hours with 2, 3.25 hours with 1, 3.25 hours with 2 and 2.25 hours with 3.  That adds up to 3.25 hours with 1, 4 hours with 2, 2.25 hours with 3.  Given that the kids will get sick and there will be school closures, be prepared to pay for care for all three children all day, not just one or two.

Unless the preK is 5 minutes away (toddler speed or 2 year old rides in the stroller), your nanny is going to spend a lot of time getting kids bundled up, walking, waiting, walking and unbundling if she's walking back and forth to preK all winter.  If you have a double stroller, is it side by side or one behind?  I highly recommend a double stroller (preference for side by side, that way the 2 year old doesn't kick the infant's seat), that way the 2 year old can't dawdle or slip and fall.

Is she responsible for feeding breakfast to the 2 or 4 year old?  Is she responsible for cleaning bottles, washing dishes that she and the kids use, (un)loading the dishwasher?  Is she warming up food, doing easy prep (10 minutes or less) for snack and lunch or spending longer cooking?  Is she responsible for washing the kids' clothes?  Is the 2 year old potty trained or can she do it asap before the infant is scooting/crawling/walking everywhere?  Is she cooking dinner for the kids or the family?  Is she going to make baby food?

The way you have this structured, during the winter there may not be time for the nanny to pack the 4 year old's lunch if the walk to preK takes 20+ minutes.  Depending on how much the infant naps and how long it takes to feed the infant, there may be time to do several tasks between dropping off the 4 year old and picking up the 2 year old.  If your 2 year old naps on a schedule and can be counted on to do it reliably (and the infant's nap overlaps), she may have time to do several things during that time.  Please keep in mind that it will be easier for her to take a breath and eat her own lunch while it's quiet and kids don't need her (naptime), so don't plan on too many tasks.[/quote]

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