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[quote=Anonymous] Nanny here and I make all of the kids food from scratch including meals for the parents as well once or twice a week. I also take out the trash as needed on my shift, unload the dishwasher daily, do grocery shopping for kids and parents and feed the cat if he needs it.

I also managed to provide excellent and attentive care to my charges (now 2 1/2-year-old twins, but I have been here since they were six months old). Even at this age, they nap for at least an hour and a half a day. I eat my lunch for half an hour, then do whatever cooking needs to be done for the day. I do grocery shopping with the kids in tow and they love  and learn a lot through that process. We also cook together. When they were too young for any of that to be a factor, they were also sleeping all day and there was plenty of time to do other things during naptime. By the time they’re old enough that they are sleeping at all during the day, they will be starting half-day  preschool a few mornings a week and I will be able to get these things done then. I find that the amount of time you have during the day is fairly consistent, you just have to break the tasks done differently depending on what kind of breaks you have. All this is to say that it is absolutely reasonable to look for a nanny who provides this as well as excellent care. The biggest thing that I look for in a family with regards to additional tasks is that they are clear on the fact that if for some reason I am not able to do anything but childcare on a specific day that I am going to prioritize the kid and things might not get done. 90 percent of the time I check off everything on my list, but sometimes things happen and I need to focus on the kids. If you can let go on the days when it’s not possible to get it all done, then it’s totally reasonable to ask nanny to use down time productively. [/quote]

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