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What does your nanny do for you ?

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AngelaD · 13/04/2006 18:02

Mine at the moment takes the baby to tumble tots, makes her lunch, takes her out in the afternoon and then picks the older up from school and takes them to tennis or swimming two days, the other days reads to them or watches them play.
I was speaking to another lady who's nanny does the childrens washing, makes the packed lunches and dinner.
Is she asking too much or has mine got an easy job ?
TIA

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 13/04/2006 19:08

mine does same stuff as yours, plus keeps their room tidy and helps with the washing (we don't seperate it into the kids stuff and our stuff, plus I'm very fussy about washing, so I sort it and put it on, she tends to hand it out to dry and put stuff away). She does also do cleaning and ironing for us, but that is either seperate and she is paid extra, or she does a bit on the day when she has to come at 8 and take dds to school and so has a couple of huors to kill(normally she starts at 11.30, when dd2 finishes school)

collision · 13/04/2006 18:41

She should be doing the childrens rooms and their washing as part of her daily duties.

If you want her to clean the whole house and do everyones washing then she should be paid more.

And paid for shopping and babysitting too.

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AngelaD · 13/04/2006 18:33

She's going to be 4 days a week and I was going to pay her seperately for cleaning and baby sitting - does that sound right ??
Who would do the menu planning etc for the meals and shopping ?
Sorry to go on I just need to get the best value possible.

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soapbox · 13/04/2006 18:09

The children's washing and ironing, changing the children's beds and keeping them tidy and clean, plus cooking for the children are all part of a 'normal' nannt job spec and would be included in any standard contract supplied by an agency.

However, it very much depends on how many hours they are employed for each week. I would only expect all of the above to be done if the nanny is full time.

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