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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi. We’re thinking about hiring nanny/house manager for 4yo and 18month old toddler. 4yo kid has school in the mornings. I wonder what responsibilities would be okay to ask a nanny to do since our toddler will be home with her all the time. We were thinking meal prep, grocery shopping, running errands, keeping house neat and clean (no deep cleaning but sweep under table after meals etc). DH thinks it may be too much to ask a nanny who is responsible for 18mo all day. We are open to live in position as well.

Can some experience nannies or even families help us figure out pay and maybe adjust responsibilities? This would be our first nanny and we’re very new to this however we would really like to hire this “hybrid” position. Thank yoy[/quote]

If you need full time hours and your toddler naps, you could have this person do kid laundry, kitchen surface cleaning and make kids' meals/make lunch for your 4yo to take the next day to school, but your 4yo will be either napping or having quiet time in their room the whole time your toddler naps.  Personally, I would prefer to be 1-1 with the 4yo and doing some fun activities/learning that would be harder to do when the toddler is awake. 
 Grocery shopping and errands are house manager duties, not nanny, so you have a choice.  Do you want this person to take your kids along?  Or do you want to build in more hours and have them do these quickly and efficiently?  Meal prep and cooking are easy to do, but again, either your children will be involved, or they will be parked somewhere safe.

If you want someone to live in, it's easy to build in an extra hour or two per day to do those extra tasks.  If not, most nannies aren't going to be interested until both children are in school everyday.

I'm not touching pay, because you haven't decided what you want yet, and the pay will vary with duties and experience.[/quote]

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