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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have been normally very good about boundaries for responsibility. Nanny only does things related to the kids and we are meticulous about dishes so she never encounters our dishes when trying to make lunch or clean up. We do a night time straightening so that rooms are presentable if between nanny leaving and morning the kids make a mess (if.. haha they always do!) Nanny does a sweep with the kids about 30 min before she leaves and has the kids help put things in order.

Between a parent work issue, a medical issue, and. Two late school events, the past two days the playroom has been a mess when nanny has come to work. Lots of play clothes out, food from the play kitchen scattered about, Lego sets out, just lots of sections of mess.

We have apologized and she knows this is not the norm, but would people suggest
1. Telling her to leave the mess and only clean up what they play
2. Since kids "help" although they are 18 months, 4 and 8, still the adult ends up doing some, it's ok to ask her to have it back in normal order at the end of the day
3. Tell her to leave it and play elsewhere until we can get it back in order[/quote]

This is one of a nanny's pet peeves! One rule for the parents and one for the nanny.
I understand this isn't the norm but if the nanny cleans up on her shift the same should be done on yours. Also you are teaching your kids that they can get away with cleaning up with you and make it harder for her to get them to do it.
My old charges got really smart and would say to their parents that it was a game they wanted to continue playing, so it was left. Then no kid wants to come into a messy room to have articulate play, so it never got cleaned up and I left it. Then the Dad would ask me to clean up the playroom and I would get the kids to do it and direct them until one day I blew up and said NO! If you don't want to be the 'bad guys' with your kids and leave that to me that is not fair!
Get the kids to clean up or they do coloring until they do. 
Nanny's are not housekeepers![/quote]

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