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[quote=Anonymous]The whole "she doesn't cook so can't do meal prep" thing baffles me. If she is fully capable of doing chores like laundry and caring for your children, she can steam some veggies, cut up fruit for fruit salad, etc. I'm a nanny and although I do draw the line somewhere (I only do children's laundry, dishes, sweep, clean up after the kids and myself), I am totally happy to help prepare meals. Having said that, I've been very explicit that as a pescetarian I will not handle raw meat, but my families have been very pleased with my spinach cheese enchiladas, tuna veggie casseroles, and so forth. They are very basic, easy recipes. Her being unable or unwilling to cook just does not fit in with her role as a nanny, especially now that your needs are starting to change (kids in school, etc). (And for the record I do serve my charges meat, but it is all precooked.)

I would have a discussion with her, and offer her options for what to do with that time. I'm hesitant to suggest giving an ultimatum, but since there aren't really that many other things for her to do, you can offer her the choice of doing adult laundry, and other atypical (non child related) nanny chores, OR considering helping with cooking and meal prep. I imagine she might be more open to trying to cook if those are her options. [/quote]

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