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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This might be a silly question but I was raised with a nanny and this is my first child.  We expected to have a nanny, but between COVID and a really unlikely spot opening up in our first choice subsidized daycare, we haven’t hired one.  We hired a college student to come in for a few hours a day this summer to provide extra play for the baby while we WFH.

Baby will probably sleep at least 1.5 hours while she’s here.  I was thinking of assigning one basic baby task— either washing baby’s lunch dishes and bottles or folding a load of baby laundry— after which I’m happy for her to do whatever she’d like, but I don’t know what is par for the course.  Our nanny when I was growing up made family meals and did light housework but I don’t think that’s appropriate for a summer sitter.  Can I ask her to go to Starbucks for everyone, for example? I have no idea what is “normal”[/quote]

No, I don’t think running to get you coffee is appropriate.  I suppose child related chores are fine while the baby is asleep but babysitters aren’t nannies so I wouldn’t push.  If you lose your sitter you may not be able to find another for the summer.  [/quote]

I thought about this again.  You f you are having her run to Starbucks for EVERYONE, including her, and you’re paying for EVERYONE, including her, then that should be ok.  But you’d need to find out if she even drinks Starbucks first; if she doesn’t, don’t ask.[/quote]

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