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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're looking to hire an after school nanny to care for our two kids, ages 5 and 7. In addition to that, we'd also like this person to do some household related work, including:

Meal prep / make dinner for the family ~3 nights per week
Run errands (dry cleaning, groceries, post office) 2-3 times per week
Tidy up the house daily (wiping down counters, spot clean floors with hand vac, load/empty dishwasher, etc)
Handle the deep cleaning of the house on an as needed basis (we currently have a weekly cleaner but would like the new person to take this over, to give more flexibility in when things are done). This includes kids laundry and all bedding for the house, but not adult clothing laundry.

How many hours per week would make sense for this work? About ten hours per week will be time with the kids where the nanny couldn't do anything else, at other times, when at home with the kids, nanny could do some of the household work, although obviously not as efficiently as when the kids are in school.

We're generally pretty clean and I'm happy to be flexible about when most things are done, but I also want to be realistic about how much time this is likely to involve. [/quote]

I have this type of housekeeper, but definitly NOT the deep cleaning. She does the following:

Grocery shopping, laundry, basic meal prep (like chopping and marinades), errands, and basic tidying. This is all before the kids get off the bus at 345.

We have a separate deep cleaning service that takes 4 people 2 hours to complete.  Can't imagine off loading that type of work to a nanny for 8 solid hours.

Our nanny/housekeeper works 30hrs a week for $21/hr. Suburbs outside the beltway. She paid 52 weeks a year. Gets all days off that we are home/traveling. Plus she gets 2 weeks off a yesr of her choice. I remimburse at the federal rste for all mileage. I supply her with a credit car for all expenses related to thr house.

Do not expect a "great " nanny for this either. Our nanny/housekeeper is more of a housekeeper than nanny, but our kids are older and this is what we really need right now in out lives. Whrn my kids were little, we strictly had a professional nanny. Now we jusy need someone to keep an eye on them.[/quote]

I would fold in the deep cleaning if the person wants to do it, and bump it to 40 hours a week. Then you have someone for school closings, too.

Right now I have two people: a part time housekeeper (25 hours/week), and a full time nanny. I have 4 kids, two in school. Once all four are in school, I plan to switch to a housekeeper/nanny. Older kids don't need as much creative play planning; they need a kind person who can drive, answer the occasional homework question, keep them safe, and maybe be willing to play a board game or two with them if she's hanging out with them for a whole day. So, I plan to prioritize the housekeeping part.

My 25-hour/wk housekeeper does not do deep cleaning. She stays very busy, though. The kids eat up the first hour she's here (I'm here, too, but then I take the older ones to school, and she's with the younger ones until the nanny arrives). She cleans up from breakfast, makes lunchboxes, does all of our laundry, does meal prep (we do Blue Apron), grocery shops, runs errands, does general cleaning and organizing. Just due to her personal skill set she also mends torn items, replaces patches on my husband's uniforms, sometimes cooks. Lately she's been packing away all of my breakable knick-knacks because the kids have come close to breaking a few of them. There's always something for her to do.[/quote]

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