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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP you’ve left out important details

How old are your children or child? 
What’s in your contract between you and the nanny? 
Was she hired with the intent that she was a nanny/housekeeper? [/quote]

Yes, she has left out important details. It’s not even about the ages of the kids and al that, but about the agreement they had from the beginning.

The fact that she hasn’t come back to clarify  since the day she  posted (a week now) tells me she read the comments and realized she was in the wrong. Something is telling me the nanny was being nice and started even doing things that are not part of her job. It has personally happened to me. I would do things for my some of families and then they got so used to it that they  took it for granted to a point they actually believed that it was part of my job. Just to give you an example, one day I had a hectic day with one kid sick and more needy so I didn’t unload their dishwasher. That was the very first time I didn’t do it, and they had the audacity to say the next morning that the things in the dishwasher were clean. Meaning,  you didn’t do it last time and we had to do it, so today you better do it. Guess what, I didn’t do it and never help with loading and unloading, and doing extra things around since that day.

However, that  didn’t keep me from helping my families after that one. I do not mind helping out when possible  and won’t assume that every family will take certain things for granted. I will help out until I see that you are doing the most. I am currently helping my family with laundry of the kids and parents and even the dishes of everybody. I do not expect anything from the parents in return except  for respect and that you do not fuss when one day I do do that thing I do for free.

This is the reason I understand why some nannies have strict boundaries when it comes to extra help. Because sometimes, when you start doing an extra chore your employers might expect that it is permanent and mandatory at that point. 
 
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