Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here: I already have this person. She’s amazing and does both. I’m expecting #3 and planning a raise and wondering what the market is

She does all 4 of our laundry, vacuums, mops, tidies, cleans out my suv, puts away toys, cleans playroom, changes beds etc.

We have a professional cleaning lady every 2 weeks but in between she does all that

The 3 year old naps and so she does a lot during her 2 hour downtime every day

You have a housekeeper, OP, and not a real nanny. She cleans out your "suv"?!

Anonymous wrote:Op here: I already have this person. She’s amazing and does both. I’m expecting #3 and planning a raise and wondering what the market is

She does all 4 of our laundry, vacuums, mops, tidies, cleans out my suv, puts away toys, cleans playroom, changes beds etc.

We have a professional cleaning lady every 2 weeks but in between she does all that

The 3 year old naps and so she does a lot during her 2 hour downtime every day

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here: I already have this person. She’s amazing and does both. I’m expecting #3 and planning a raise and wondering what the market is

She does all 4 of our laundry, vacuums, mops, tidies, cleans out my suv, puts away toys, cleans playroom, changes beds etc.

We have a professional cleaning lady every 2 weeks but in between she does all that

The 3 year old naps and so she does a lot during her 2 hour downtime every day

Sounds like Wonder Women. I'd discuss the increase with her. Btw, is she expected to keep doing all that housework?

Yes she’s going to continue the housework bc she will have downtime bc newborns sleep a lot ... and I’m having her more hours even when 2 big kids in school

So trying to figure out raise in light of upcoming changes

Another persons laundry etc...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here: I already have this person. She’s amazing and does both. I’m expecting #3 and planning a raise and wondering what the market is

She does all 4 of our laundry, vacuums, mops, tidies, cleans out my suv, puts away toys, cleans playroom, changes beds etc.

We have a professional cleaning lady every 2 weeks but in between she does all that

The 3 year old naps and so she does a lot during her 2 hour downtime every day

Sounds like Wonder Women. I'd discuss the increase with her. Btw, is she expected to keep doing all that housework?

Anonymous wrote:Op here: I already have this person. She’s amazing and does both. I’m expecting #3 and planning a raise and wondering what the market is

She does all 4 of our laundry, vacuums, mops, tidies, cleans out my suv, puts away toys, cleans playroom, changes beds etc.

We have a professional cleaning lady every 2 weeks but in between she does all that

The 3 year old naps and so she does a lot during her 2 hour downtime every day

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would hire two separate people for "part time childcare" and "extensive light cleaning and family laundry." Otherwise you are going to be paying top dollar for someone who can do both well.

Full-time nanny for 3 and 6, and make sure you are unavailable to them. Care for the newborn yourself when the 6 year old is home, otherwise newborn is with nanny, brought to you when hungry (if you are breastfeeding at will), or just with nanny while it's just the two of them. While infant naps and 3 year old is in part-time preschool (mornings) and while both sleep in the afternoon, nanny/housekeeper can do laundry/"extensive" housekeeping for however long.

I've done full housekeeping, but the only reason I agreed was because the older kids and I split it upso that they learned how to balance their time and the younger kids did small things with me.

For the 3 year old:
Empty trash and into kitchen trash
Fold washcloths and hand towels
Stack each person's underwear
Sort socks for each person, match easily identifiable pairs
Hold dustpan for nanny while sweeping, empty in trash can
Put away silverware
Clean bedroom/playroom with help
Cut mushrooms, peeled kiwi, etc. with butter knife
Start learning how to crack eggs

6 year old:
Vacuum (if light-weight vacuum), learning how to overlap lines
Put away pans (no glass lids), cutting boards
Put away plastic dishes (if within reach or with a step stool)
Put away own laundry
Fold/hang pants
Hang shirts, start folding shirts
Match less-identifiable socks
Clean bedroom/playroom without help, one item at a time (Karla, please go pick up the dolls, now clean up the blocks: minimizes overwhelmed feeling)
Change out towels/washcloth in bathroom
Peel veggies/fruit with veggie peeler
Peel boiled eggs
Cut boiled eggs, peeled cucumbers with butter knife
Start learning to distinguish tsp/Tbl/c and learn how to measure wet/dry

It's a lot more work to teach kids to how to appropriately help, but that's the only way that most nannies will take on "extensive" light cleaning with children ranging from newborn to 6. For what it's worth, nannies can make it fun for little kids to learn how to do necessary chores, and they are more likely to be willing to keep doing them (and add other things) as they get older.

Anonymous wrote:I would hire two separate people for "part time childcare" and "extensive light cleaning and family laundry." Otherwise you are going to be paying top dollar for someone who can do both well.

Anonymous wrote:I would hire two separate people for "part time childcare" and "extensive light cleaning and family laundry." Otherwise you are going to be paying top dollar for someone who can do both well.