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[quote=Anonymous]OP I'm curious if you've told her what additional tasks you'd like her to also be doing if she finishes the tasks you've listed faster than the hour you've allotted for her or if you only mentioned treating the clothes and washing dishes and are just expecting her to read your mind and know that you'd also like her to fold the laundry? I can see many possible reasons for this situation and it may be due to you not being clearer with your nanny. First, if your nanny arrives before your daughter wakes up and spends this time food prepping and that is the only task you've asked her to do in the morning, if your daughter is still napping and not being neglected during this time then why does it matter if the nanny does it as fast as you would like? What is the difference if the nanny gets the food prepped in twenty minutes and then sits around doing nothing until your daughter wakes up versus her taking her time and using the entire time? Additionally, in regards to the afternoon hour, if there are additional tasks you want the nanny to do like laundry that day, you should tell her.  If I was a new nanny, I might not take the initiative to start performing tasks my boss had not mentioned because I wouldn't know if she'd want me doing those things. So she may just be taking her time doing these tasks since those are the only ones you've mentioned to her and she has an hour to fill.  Maybe she can do them more quickly but fears that if she finishes those two tasks in thirty minutes every day, you might start rethinking paying her for that entire last hour everyday.

Summary point is that instead of expecting the nanny to read your mind, you should talk to her about it and if there are other tasks you want her to be doing tell her or make her a list or something. [/quote]

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