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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't have an extra car for the nanny to drive so I would never hire a nanny who wouldn't drive the children in her own car. We do, however, reimburse IRS rates for mileage AND we got an extra set of car seats for the nannies car. [/quote]

That's great.  As it should be.  One more thing - to all who has nanny use her own car - please get her a car wash, including internal car cleaning, at a car wash place every 3-6 months (depending on how dirty your kids are, and how much they are in the car).  Even if she keeps the kids from doing much in the car, it still gets much more dirty with kids, and it is hard to keep them from having food/drink when they are in the car a lot (and when kids are young).  I used to use my car, had car seats to stay in my car, reimbursed appropriately, but realized every 3 months I spent *hours* cleaning/detailing my car just to keep it how it would be if I didn't use it for the kids.  Seems like the fair thing would have been for them to pick up the tab for a car wash place to do that for me, since I wouldn't need to be doing it if it were just me using the car. [/quote]

It's very easy to keep kids from having food and drink in the car. If you don't give it to them you avoid some of the mess. I very rarely allow kids to eat in the car. They are allowed to have water to drink. On the rare occasions I allow a snack in the car (usually only if we are driving home and I need to keep the kids awake and we'll be in the car for at least 45 minutes) I try to make sure it is as non-messy as possible. A quick dustbuster job takes care of the rare and random crumbs, dirt, sand, etc...

Never once have I spent hours detailing my car b/c of a mess the kids made. The kids know they have to clean the back of the front seats with a rag if they put their feet up (and they've been doing that since they were 2). The kids are also responsible for cleaning up any snacks they mights have dropped on the rare occasions they eat in the car. They also remove their personal items from the car upon arriving home. Sand gets dumped out of shoes before the kids get in the car. Mud is scraped off in the grass before the enter the car. Messes are easily contained and dealt with if you go about it the right way. [/quote]

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