Anonymous
11/12/2013 20:25
Subject: Re:What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
She could:
Run errands
Prepare meals
Do laundry
General housekeeping
Volunteer at the school(s)
Learn a new skill that is valuable to you and teach it to your children (foreign language, cooking, knitting, etc.)
Bolded are good ideas. I can't imagine it's a good idea to pay someone to volunteer or to learn a new skill. This is the kind of thing they should do for themselves to show what excellent potential employees they are.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 19:13
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:8 hours of free time a day? every day? that's a whole other full time job.
I agree.
Why do you have to pay her for at all? If the kids are going to be in school then why do you need to keep her on?
You can ask her to switch her job title to perhaps household manager, housekeeper, laundress, etc?
But I wouldn't pay someone for eight hours a day of doing nothing.
Read the whole thread next time. Its not even a whole page yet.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 19:06
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
Anonymous wrote:8 hours of free time a day? every day? that's a whole other full time job.
I agree.
Why do you have to pay her for at all? If the kids are going to be in school then why do you need to keep her on?
You can ask her to switch her job title to perhaps household manager, housekeeper, laundress, etc?
But I wouldn't pay someone for eight hours a day of doing nothing.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 16:04
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She could:
Run errands
Prepare meals
Do laundry
General housekeeping
Volunteer at the school(s)
Learn a new skill that is valuable to you and teach it to your children (foreign language, cooking, knitting, etc.)
You are kidding right?
She is a nanny, not a maid/housekeeper!!!!!
No. Are you? I gave a list of possibilities. Of course in the end OP will have to find what works for her and her nanny. If her nanny has your attitude, maybe she's not worth the hassle or continued expense of employing her full time. If you expect to stay on full time as kids get older and go to school full time, you'll have to find other ways of being useful. This is coming from a nanny by the way, who has stayed with families from the birth of their children all the way through elementary school. Nannies either adapt to changing environments, or you find yourself out of a job every 2 years.
agreed - we have had a nanny 7 years and would not want to replace her with a mix of part time help because she has always naturally adapted to the needs of our family based on what we needed more - help with kids or help with the household. She has an amazing deep relationship with my children that is akin to another aunt and they love her deeply and would be devestated if they did not have their time with her after school each day. We are lucky but I do not think our situation is that unusual.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:52
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:She could:
Run errands
Prepare meals
Do laundry
General housekeeping
Volunteer at the school(s)
Learn a new skill that is valuable to you and teach it to your children (foreign language, cooking, knitting, etc.)
You are kidding right?
She is a nanny, not a maid/housekeeper!!!!!
No. Are you? I gave a list of possibilities. Of course in the end OP will have to find what works for her and her nanny. If her nanny has your attitude, maybe she's not worth the hassle or continued expense of employing her full time. If you expect to stay on full time as kids get older and go to school full time, you'll have to find other ways of being useful. This is coming from a nanny by the way, who has stayed with families from the birth of their children all the way through elementary school. Nannies either adapt to changing environments, or you find yourself out of a job every 2 years.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:50
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
Anonymous wrote:6-8 new free hours per week possibly more, not per day. sorry for any confusion. I did not say per day.
Ah, got it. I think because you had said the school and sports schedule was changing and I assumed that was for each day. That obviously changes the answer tremendously. Does she already do kids laundry and basic tidying? You could ask her what she would like to do for those hours - she may volunteer herself for some tasks. You want to be careful, particularly if you hired her as a straight nanny then she may bristle at being asked to do housekeeping.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:45
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
Anonymous wrote:She could:
Run errands
Prepare meals
Do laundry
General housekeeping
Volunteer at the school(s)
Learn a new skill that is valuable to you and teach it to your children (foreign language, cooking, knitting, etc.)
You are kidding right?
She is a nanny, not a maid/housekeeper!!!!!
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:43
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
6-8 new free hours per week possibly more, not per day. sorry for any confusion. I did not say per day.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:12
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
Would you consider sharing with another family? With 6-8 hours to fill each day, you may find a family that needs a few hours in the morning each day, and then she comes to work for you in the afternoon/evening? The reason I say a share instead of her simply getting a second position, is because a share would still allow you coverage for those random school closings here and there.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:07
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
WOW. 6-8 hours a day? That is an amazing amount of time to fill. You seriously would rather pay someone a full rate for 30-40 hours in which they are not needed than just come up with a new arrangement?
I think 15:03 has a good list, but even that wouldn't seem to fill 30-40 hours.
I think 15:03 has a good list, but even that wouldn't seem to fill 30-40 hours.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:03
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
She could:
Run errands
Prepare meals
Do laundry
General housekeeping
Volunteer at the school(s)
Learn a new skill that is valuable to you and teach it to your children (foreign language, cooking, knitting, etc.)
Run errands
Prepare meals
Do laundry
General housekeeping
Volunteer at the school(s)
Learn a new skill that is valuable to you and teach it to your children (foreign language, cooking, knitting, etc.)
Anonymous
11/12/2013 15:01
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
8 hours of free time a day? every day? that's a whole other full time job.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 14:48
Subject: What does your nanny do while kids are in school?
My kids school & sports schedule is changing in January. My nanny will have 6-8 newly child free hours at that time. Rather than rethink the entire childcare relationship and hire someone new for fewer hours (if that is possible) what sorts of activities do MBs ask their nannies to do or do the nannies generally do. Assuming the general child care clean ups were already being handled during the already existing child free time in the current schedule. I am looking for ideas to discuss with my nanny so we both can assess how to deal with it.
Thanks.
Thanks.