Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Professional nannies are insulted if asked to launder the parents' dirty underware or bed sheets. I used to have to listen to one housekeeper tell me how many used condoms she picked off the sheets every week. Definately TMI! Lol.

What goes on between the parents' sheets, really need to be kept private from the nanny. I can't imagine any respectable nanny feeling right about getting involved with the parents' dirty laundry.
Pardon the pun.
I wouldn't want to see MB's birth control or personal prescriptions in her private bathroom, either. I really don't want to be privy to your every personal detail. Eventually, it becomes to much for the nanny. Healthy boundaries are good thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP one of the biggest mistakes that first time MBs make is to not include light housekeeping. We originally hired a nanny who was childcare only and she was just lazy. We let her go and hired someone who was fine with light housekeeping. Our new nanny is 100% more engaged with our kids, and does more things with them than our previous "professional nanny". Its complete bullshit that these so called "professionals" are using the downtime to be better nannies. A bad work ethic is a bad work ethic. It will come out in other ways too. They are simply bad employees trying to get away with whatever they can.

Our new nanny still gets at least a one hour break but she does laundry, grocery shopping and some light housekeeping. This makes a huge difference in the amount of time that we can spend with the kids in the evenings and on weekends.

If you are being completely honest here with us, and yourself, please tell us how many times a day, you serve your boss coffee or tea, so that your sense of having a fine work, is properly demonstrated.