Anonymous wrote:Infant nanny here and while I don't do the majority of MB or DBS laundry, if there's something in the mixed baskets in the laundry room I'll toss it in. It's mostly DBS things that end up in there, but on occasion MBs as well. It's such a non issue. I have several chunks of free time during the day (charges are infants) and it's literally 5 extra minutes of my time. Same with unloading the dishwasher or tossing some pasta on to boil or chopping vegetables. It's not rocket science (to me) and I'm of the same mind as the PPs former nanny. Anything *I* can do to ease up the evenings for MB and DB, well why not. I go home to a quiet house and an older child. They come home to a noisy house with 2 babies, after working all day. So I pitch in extra. I'm paid neither above market nor below. Middle of the road pay for above average nanny care.

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The one family I'm working for this summer has me do the laundry for the whole family. It gets on my nerves because I'm there two days a week, and I'm literally the only one doing their laundry. If my shift ends on my last day of the week before a load is done in the dryer it stays there until I come back five days later. Once I had to take the kids to swim lessons for two weeks, and we stayed at the pool for the rest of the day after that, and there was two weeks' worth of laundry waiting for me upon return!

I do find it incredibly odd to be folding MB and DB's laundry, especially their underwear. It's definitely not something that I would feel comfortable having someone else do for me.

Right. They leave two weeks laundry in the dryer for you. Sure.

Anonymous wrote:The manny only does the kids laundry, including their sheets and towels. Sometimes we leave stuff in one of the machines and he'll move it along to the next step, but I'm really careful to never make him touch underwear.

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Anonymous wrote:MB here - our previous nanny INSISTED on doing our laundry - I said no initially, but it was SUCH a huge help. She was of the mindset - the more I can help, the more time you can spend with your kids. Our current nanny doesn't do our laundry, and while that is okay, as a busy working parent I miss that help.

There are services specifically designed to do your laundry if you truly find yourself too busy to find a few hours a week to wash your own dirty clothes. Your previous nanny was way too nice and kind of creepy IMO, who really wants to fold their boss' underwear?
This isn't one of those tasks that falls under making your life easier so you can "spend time" with your kids.

Anonymous wrote:Infant nanny here and while I don't do the majority of MB or DBS laundry, if there's something in the mixed baskets in the laundry room I'll toss it in. It's mostly DBS things that end up in there, but on occasion MBs as well. It's such a non issue. I have several chunks of free time during the day (charges are infants) and it's literally 5 extra minutes of my time. Same with unloading the dishwasher or tossing some pasta on to boil or chopping vegetables. It's not rocket science (to me) and I'm of the same mind as the PPs former nanny. Anything *I* can do to ease up the evenings for MB and DB, well why not. I go home to a quiet house and an older child. They come home to a noisy house with 2 babies, after working all day. So I pitch in extra. I'm paid neither above market nor below. Middle of the road pay for above average nanny care.

The one family I'm working for this summer has me do the laundry for the whole family. It gets on my nerves because I'm there two days a week, and I'm literally the only one doing their laundry. If my shift ends on my last day of the week before a load is done in the dryer it stays there until I come back five days later. Once I had to take the kids to swim lessons for two weeks, and we stayed at the pool for the rest of the day after that, and there was two weeks' worth of laundry waiting for me upon return!

I do find it incredibly odd to be folding MB and DB's laundry, especially their underwear. It's definitely not something that I would feel comfortable having someone else do for me.

Anonymous wrote:MB here - our previous nanny INSISTED on doing our laundry - I said no initially, but it was SUCH a huge help. She was of the mindset - the more I can help, the more time you can spend with your kids. Our current nanny doesn't do our laundry, and while that is okay, as a busy working parent I miss that help.