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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP!

Even though your oldest will be in Elementary school most of the time, you still should pay your nanny for him if she is the one who needs to pick him up early if something should happen to him like he falls ill on the playground.

In a sense, your nanny will need to be "on-call" for the hours he is in school, so she should be compensated for that added responsibility there.

Also, caring for three kids for such a long workweek is a lot of work. So regarding the dinner prep, I think it is okay to expect her to pop a casserole in the oven for instance, [b]however I wouldn't ask her to boil any pasta.[/b]

Reason being is that using the stove would force her to take her eyes off your kids, & considering their ages and the no. # of them, they should be the only focus on your nanny. I wouldn't want any type of distraction.

Hope this helps. :)[/quote]

....this has to be a joke. Boiling pasta is hard? Get pot. Put water in pot. Put pot on stove. Turn on. You make nannies seem incompetent![/quote]

NP here and not incompetent - just careful.  I do not leave anything on a gas stove when I could (and always would be) called away by one of the kids.  It is an elementary safety issue that has nothing to do with ability.  If you do, you are taking a terrible risk.  [/quote]

OH GOOD LORD! This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read here and that is saying something. So what do you feed the children? You never cook anything for them? That is just beyond ridiculous.  I care for toddler triplets and I manage to prepare almost all of their meals including their baby food when they were younger from scratch. I do most of my cooking while they are napping simply because it's easier but I'm perfectly capable of boiling pasta or steaming vegetables for their dinner while they are awake.  My NF also has an open floor plan so it's very easy for me to be in the kitchen and them in the family room as I can see them and I'm right there.

Use your common sense and safety measures.  Baby proof the kitchen and other areas the kids are in.  When cooking have handles on pots and pans turned away to the back so little hands can't grab them.  Use the back burners so they can't reach.  Also, there is this nifty thing you can do with burners called turning them off that literally takes 2 seconds if something were to really go down that was an emergency that needed your attention.  [/quote]

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