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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]to me light is [b]sweeping the floor after the kids ate or made a mess with projects[/b], laundry, maybe the dishwasher. I think the vacuuming is borderline not light. I worked for one family who insisted on keeping the vacuum in the unfinished basement (so no reason for it to be there) which meant I had to schlep it up and down a flight of stairs. There's nothing light about that. If you need her to vacuum, keep it someplace convenient. I wouldn't consider vacuuming stairs to be handy...main floor only. Keeping kids rooms tidy, changing sheets, organizing drawers and closets are all light. You may find a nanny who loathes the dishwasher but doesn't mind cleaning the bathroom for example, so just talk to her about her thoughts and preferences and see how they match up with your needs.[/quote]

This is not housekeeping. Nanny should always leave house as she found it (cleaning any mess the children make.) Housekeeping, however light, would be doing anything BEYOND that, leaving the house in some better condition than when she arrived, i.e. doing laundry, mopping the floors instead of just sweeping the kids crumbs, wet wiping all the counters instead of just brushing away the crumbs you made, making beds, and so on.[/quote]

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