When we hired our nanny several years ago, her duties were to care for the children, do their laundry, and prepare meals.

She has taken it upon herself to help with the whole family's laundry as she is able, wash/change the kids' bed linens, wash other bed linens/towels/bath mats as she sees fit, sweep our porch, vacuum the house, tidy up, cut fruits and veggies for the family, etc. We provide a car for her to use for driving the kids, and she even took it to the shop when she noticed the safety inspection was due (not at our request).

I am a former nanny, and I helped with the family's laundry as I could, loaded/unloaded the dishwasher, took out trash, grocery shopped for the family (with the kid in tow, she enjoyed it), etc. They were very good to me, and I was good to them in return.

EzekielGlory wrote:Loading and unloading a dishwasher is part of a nannies job. As well as kid's laundry. (Unless you are only paying minimum wage.)

I recently fired my nanny for her entitled attitude. I paid her above minimum wage and gave her an additional 15 hours every week for housecleaning when the kids were gone.

The drawing line was when she started surfing the internet/watching TV 24/7 when she was supposed to be taking care of my kids. She phoned us and screamed at us because we cut our internet during her working hours.

Did you make a contract? Before hiring a nanny, I made a contract and asked if they were okay with the duties. Also, I made the nanny sign the contract in case disagreements arose.

No one believes you.

EzekielGlory wrote:Loading and unloading a dishwasher is part of a nannies job. As well as kid's laundry. (Unless you are only paying minimum wage.)

I recently fired my nanny for her entitled attitude. I paid her above minimum wage and gave her an additional 15 hours every week for housecleaning when the kids were gone.

The drawing line was when she started surfing the internet/watching TV 24/7 when she was supposed to be taking care of my kids. She phoned us and screamed at us because we cut our internet during her working hours.

Did you make a contract? Before hiring a nanny, I made a contract and asked if they were okay with the duties. Also, I made the nanny sign the contract in case disagreements arose.

Troll. Say hello to Billygoat Gruff!

Loading and unloading a dishwasher is part of a nannies job. As well as kid's laundry. (Unless you are only paying minimum wage.)

I recently fired my nanny for her entitled attitude. I paid her above minimum wage and gave her an additional 15 hours every week for housecleaning when the kids were gone.

The drawing line was when she started surfing the internet/watching TV 24/7 when she was supposed to be taking care of my kids. She phoned us and screamed at us because we cut our internet during her working hours.

Did you make a contract? Before hiring a nanny, I made a contract and asked if they were okay with the duties. Also, I made the nanny sign the contract in case disagreements arose.

14:06, you are one smart nanny. You should write a phamplet for other nannies to teach them how to negotiate their contract and how to avoid job creep.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious what kind of cleaning and tidying most people’s nannies do? I am not at all expecting my nanny to scrub toilets, but she does the very bare minimum to clean up after my kids.

My first nanny would run the dishwasher when it was full and then put the dishes away, take the trash and recycles out when full and clean the kitchen pretty well at the end of each day since she had used it to make the kids dinner. She would also change the kids’ sheets weekly and even proactively wash their duvet covers/blankets. She also did their laundry of course, pretty much daily, and organized their drawers to pull out clothes that no longer fit or were stained. Is that going way above and beyond what should be expected?

New nanny does the kids’ laundry 1-2x per week, makes meals for them and keeps the house tidy looking. While she will put dirty dishes she uses or from the kids in the dishwasher, she never turns it on to run it so I will often come home to a pile of dishes in the sink that don’t fit. I have showed her how to do it and even mentioned for her to turn it on when full but it doesn’t happen. Or, sometimes I will run it in the morning but it doesn’t finish before I have to leave and she never unloads it and piles dirty stuff in the sink. That’s just one example... just trying to see if most nannies are doing much more.

She should be doing the dishes used for herself and the kids, not piling them in the sink. If she chooses to put them in the dishwasher and fills it, I think she could run it through.

Why should she do this? Dishwasher is not her responsibility.

Anonymous wrote:None asked, but always appreciated.

I tipped my nanny an extra $10 when she went above and beyond to re organize the linen closet and re fold everything.

$10.00! Your generosity is underway.

Anonymous wrote:Just curious what kind of cleaning and tidying most people’s nannies do? I am not at all expecting my nanny to scrub toilets, but she does the very bare minimum to clean up after my kids.

My first nanny would run the dishwasher when it was full and then put the dishes away, take the trash and recycles out when full and clean the kitchen pretty well at the end of each day since she had used it to make the kids dinner. She would also change the kids’ sheets weekly and even proactively wash their duvet covers/blankets. She also did their laundry of course, pretty much daily, and organized their drawers to pull out clothes that no longer fit or were stained. Is that going way above and beyond what should be expected?

New nanny does the kids’ laundry 1-2x per week, makes meals for them and keeps the house tidy looking. While she will put dirty dishes she uses or from the kids in the dishwasher, she never turns it on to run it so I will often come home to a pile of dishes in the sink that don’t fit. I have showed her how to do it and even mentioned for her to turn it on when full but it doesn’t happen. Or, sometimes I will run it in the morning but it doesn’t finish before I have to leave and she never unloads it and piles dirty stuff in the sink. That’s just one example... just trying to see if most nannies are doing much more.

She should be doing the dishes used for herself and the kids, not piling them in the sink. If she chooses to put them in the dishwasher and fills it, I think she could run it through.

The illegal immigrant babysitters are fools for working for your slave wages. And... illegal. So there's that.

PP --are you a nanny (degreed childcare giver) or a babysitter (no degree, low skills)? There is a difference, you know.

Childcare is not house-care. Cleaning someone else's house when you say you are a nanny makes you a housekeeper, not a "nanny."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never, ever housekeeping What fools these desperate (immigrant?) women are.

Professional nannies (like me) take care of and educate children. Cleaning is parents' job or housekeeper's job.

Housekeeping duties? Add $10/hr to your rate.

You are hateful. Undocumented women working as nannies are NOT fools - they are exploited and just trying to provide for their families. I know two undocumented nannies who are wonderful nannies and deeply love their charges. You are horrible for saying they are fools when they actually have no recourse or choice.


And frankly, your grammar is too juvenile to be considered a professional nanny tasked with educating children.

They ARE fools and you upper/middle class women area horrible for exploiting them. Pay them $25+/hr for childcare and $20/hr for housekeeping. Divvy up the day and figure out what hours are used for which task. Such hypocritical Hillary-loving women. Women for women? Yeah right.

Nothing wrong with that poster's grammar . The respondent just wanted an excuse to insult and then hire illegal workers.

“You upper/middle class women”? I am a nanny. You have reading comprehension issues (along with your childish grammar).

Those nannies are not fools, you entitled child. They have no options - and, as I stated clearly, are exploited by employers with no legal recourse.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never, ever housekeeping What fools these desperate (immigrant?) women are.

Professional nannies (like me) take care of and educate children. Cleaning is parents' job or housekeeper's job.

Housekeeping duties? Add $10/hr to your rate.

You are hateful. Undocumented women working as nannies are NOT fools - they are exploited and just trying to provide for their families. I know two undocumented nannies who are wonderful nannies and deeply love their charges. You are horrible for saying they are fools when they actually have no recourse or choice.


And frankly, your grammar is too juvenile to be considered a professional nanny tasked with educating children.

They ARE fools and you upper/middle class women area horrible for exploiting them. Pay them $25+/hr for childcare and $20/hr for housekeeping. Divvy up the day and figure out what hours are used for which task. Such hypocritical Hillary-loving women. Women for women? Yeah right.

Nothing wrong with that poster's grammar . The respondent just wanted an excuse to insult and then hire illegal workers.

Agree. I’ve met these woman and while they can be lovely they are fools. They usually work for $18/hr and think that’s a good amount. It’s not. Taking care of someone’s child should not be some deal a family is trying to get.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never, ever housekeeping What fools these desperate (immigrant?) women are.

Professional nannies (like me) take care of and educate children. Cleaning is parents' job or housekeeper's job.

Housekeeping duties? Add $10/hr to your rate.

You are hateful. Undocumented women working as nannies are NOT fools - they are exploited and just trying to provide for their families. I know two undocumented nannies who are wonderful nannies and deeply love their charges. You are horrible for saying they are fools when they actually have no recourse or choice.


And frankly, your grammar is too juvenile to be considered a professional nanny tasked with educating children.

They ARE fools and you upper/middle class women area horrible for exploiting them. Pay them $25+/hr for childcare and $20/hr for housekeeping. Divvy up the day and figure out what hours are used for which task. Such hypocritical Hillary-loving women. Women for women? Yeah right.

Nothing wrong with that poster's grammar . The respondent just wanted an excuse to insult and then hire illegal workers.

None asked, but always appreciated.

I tipped my nanny an extra $10 when she went above and beyond to re organize the linen closet and re fold everything.

Anonymous wrote:I agree that your former Nanny went above + beyond in her Nanny duties.
But that certainly doesn’t mean your current Nanny should do the same just because your previous one did.

I am a Nanny & I will wash any dishes used during my shift, bottles included.
I also will pick up any and all toys/books/games/puzzles, etc. that are played with during my stay.

I do not operate the dishwasher, do any laundry or get rid of any clothing in the children’s dressers/closets.

I am an excellent, meticulous organizer and if I have a lot of downtime (such as if child takes a 3+ hour nap, etc.), then I may organize toy bins, bookshelves, etc.

I find that when I do a little “extra” while on duty - the parents tend to expect me to do it as part of my regular duties and they tend not to appreciate it as much.

I’m willing to clean up to the level the room was before we entered. If your kitchen is filthy and I can’t tell what part of the mess was created by the kids while I was with them, I don’t clean. OTOH, if the floor was pristine, and I can clearly see crumbs and liquid spills, I sweep and/or spot mop.

I do laundry for kids. I’m willing to do adult clothes, provided that the clothes can be dumped straight from the basket into the hamper. Since I already do kids’ sheets and towels, each run on sanitize, I don’t have a problem throwing household/adult towels or adults sheets in, provided that there’s enough room in the load. I don’t iron, and while I sort kids’ clothes to hang dry vs go in the dryer, adult clothes go straight in the dryer. I don’t fold or hang adult clothes, and I don’t iron anything. I don’t check adult clothes, sheets or towels for stains, holes, missing buttons. Because I check kids’ clothes for stains (and treat) before washing, I can get most things out. I check for wear, holes, buttons, zippers as I fold kids’ clothes,and anything that is getting small is placed on top, so that it can be pulled as soon as it’s outgrown. Depending in the family depends on whether I pull and store in a closet to go to their family or for me to take to donation. I have a spreadsheet with sizes, preferred colors/styles, and certain items I’m watching (usually because it’s a favorite I’ll need to pull when kids are not around). Of course, since I buy as needed and am responsible for reminding parents/grandparents of the correct sizes/favorites for gifts, I have to have the information accessible.

I do pet care as long as my employers bothered to train the pets or allow me to do it and I’m compensated for it.

If I’m compensated, I wash dishes that are there at the beginning of my shift, run and/or empty the dishwasher, and scrub pans. These are NOT normal nanny duties, so they’re negotiated as separate tasks to be done as needed in whatever time the day allows.

I will NOT agree to full housekeeping unless I’m paid a housekeeper rate for those hours on a separate day from nanny duties. Minimum for me is $150 for 4 hours (usually 6-9 hours required for actually cleaning), guaranteed hours just like my nanny hours, and I choose the supplies (allergies/preference for green cleaning).

Like most professional nannies, my commitment is to my charges’ safety and wellbeing before everything else. Second tier is their education, nutrition, hygiene, emotional/physical growth, etc. Anything else comes after. I will NEVER understand why parents contact me and want me to do 30+ hours of cleaning while providing exceptional care of their children and offering numerous educational/fun outings.

Our nanny does the kids clothes and bedding, and cleans up after them (or makes them do it and helps them). Nanny cooks for them and cleans up.

OP, we run the dishwasher each night after dinner, and DH or I empty it in the morning before we leave for work.