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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nannies, does it bother you to clean up breakfast or dinner dishes if your MB preps a meal and gets the kids started eating before you got there?  Lately, I have been noticing our date night babysitter is not cleaning up the dinner dishes, and I am wondering if it bothers our regular nanny as well that she has to clean up after the breakfast that I made.  
It's not like I am expecting anyone to scrub pots and pans.  It's typically spaghetti or pizza for dinner and cereal or yogurt and fruit for breakfast.  [/quote]

This is a child-related task so the nanny should have no problem cleaning up. Exceptions to this rule are big messes or meals that are not for the kids. On the other hand, it would be obnoxious to me if a mess was left and I was told not to worry about it. I'm going to clean it up if it's in my workspace because it will get in my way all day and my standard as a nanny is cleanliness. However, beware of this becoming a norm. A minor, child-related, occasional mess is okay but lots of nannies fear and hate the reality of things snowballing, so cleaning dishes one day might lead to it becoming what is expected, and then she starts being expected to do more without a pay bump. [/quote]

I wouldn't want to leave our supper dishes to leave for the nanny to clean the next day, at all!  If it's expected of the date night sitter then make that clear.  If she doesn't do them I would.  dI would also find a new date night sitter.

Breakfast dishes?  Yogurt and fruit are easy enough to clean up after, especially if the kids are still eating when the nanny arrives.[/quote]

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