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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here: my nanny does some non-baby related tasks like unloading dishwasher, receiving packages (including Blue Apron deliveries which is kind of like your groceries example), letting in service people, and taking out kitchen trash. We don't ask for more time-intensive stuff like general cooking because we want her to focus on the baby, but 5 minutes of unloading a dishwasher doesn't really hinder that. She still spends all our baby's waking time singing, narrating, playing, going to the park/library/gymboree/music class, etc.

What you listed here sounds very reasonable and some of the pushback seems to be from nannies who are opposed to general house chores on a matter of principle or something... maybe unloading the dishwasher is something they wouldn't do even with $100/hour and 10 weeks of paid vacation a year. That's okay--to each their own. Your pay and benefits are quite good, so you should be able to find plenty of other applicants who will be happy to take on these tasks.[/quote]

While I agree that OP's requests are reasonable, I would rather have a nanny whose major emphasis is on teaching my child than doing my dishes.  Yes, our nanny does unload the dishwasher and manage the house (deliveries, ordering, grocery shopping now that DD can happily go with her, cleaning playroom, DD's laundry, keeping track of her class fees, paying cleaning and repair people), I am more impressed by her teaching abilities.  In interviewing nannies, I asked about teaching experience and education rather than if she was willing to unload the dishwasher.  [/quote]

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