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[quote=Anonymous]To those saying that this is NBD because your nanny does it without being asked, you are missing the point.  I am a part-time nanny who regulary prepares food for meals and days when I am not on duty, without being asked and without extra pay.  BUT, I do so because it is convenient for me, and because I enjoy cooking.  I also sometimes fold a load of the parents' laundry when I have time and can see that they are behind.  I do not particularly enjoy that, but I do it occasionally ro be nice.  If my boss came to me with an attitude like OP's and said that she "doesn't have time" to fold her own laundry and can't I just do all the laundry since I am already washing the kids' stuff, I would be very annoyed.

This is a 4-day-per-week nanny, and OP wants her to make meals for the entire week, very close to doubling the amount of work.  Also, as others have pointed out, there are many solutions.  The obvious one being get your shit together ao that you have a spare 15 minutes on a Friday to steam some vegetables.  But even if OP is truly as busy as she claims (working 5 jobs?  Suffering from a debilitatin illness?  Leading a double life as a superhero?) she could order via peapod a bag of "steam in bag" mixed veggies and some commercially packaged purees and greek yogurt.  Or she could be respectful of the fact that this is NOT the nanny's job and offer a small increase in wages to symbolize that the nanny is being asked to do more than she is obligated to. [/quote]

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