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[quote=Anonymous]OP, does she currently help around the house?

Your thinking is correct in that you should expect her to pick up some additional duties. While it will only be for 9 hours per week at first, the number of weekly hours of downtime will continue to increase if you hope to keep her long-term.

Does your nanny currently pick up any duties aside from childcare? I like the PP's suggestion of having a conversation with your nanny and getting her input, adding your input, and coming up with a final list.

Now, it's quite possible that she may only want to do childcare, which is fine. The duties of your position are changing, and she is free to adjust, or not. There are lots of great nannies out there with the work ethic and flexibility to accommodate changing needs in order to stay with a good employer long-term.

In our case, our nanny voluntarily took on extra duties from the get-go that we never requested during nap times and other down times. She helps with laundry for the whole family, washes towels and bath mats, cuts up whole melons/other fruits and vegetables, is happy to start some rice other meal prep if I request it. She vacuums, sweeps, organizes, empties the small waste baskets.

Once our youngest started a morning preschool program, I didn't request anything of her very frequently because I already knew she was the type to keep busy and find ways to be helpful. A couple of times, I did ask for her help in organizing/sorting upcoming sizes of kids clothes/hand-me-downs.

At the same time, we made it clear that she should feel free to use the time for doctor's appointments and things that need to be scheduled during the day. She always went out of her way to try to schedule her appointments so they would be the least disruptive to our schedules, so we wanted her to have more flexibility there.[/quote]

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