live out nanny duties

a nanny should do be happy to do ALL nursery duties, so basically anything invloving care of your children

from tidying playroom/bedroom, to doing their washing of clothes ( poss ironing of their clothes,though I HATE ironing,and dont do it, but say that at the interview)to having a balanced diet

I tidy up the mess I make, and happy to unload the dishwasher, though dont want to do it all the time.

What does annoy nannies is when you tidy up playroom, iron clothes and put away on a friday etc and come on monday and the playroom is a mess, and clothes everywhere.

I try to leave the house as I would like to find it.

I am not paid to look after parents, and I wont tidy up after them round the house (thats what cleaners are for) but it is give and take and I am happy to go to dry cleaners,go shopping, pick up parcels etc if need me to

in a contract best to put in nursery duties only and then you can can do more if you want to

There must be more to add to the list. With luck some others will post their views.

Ironing is a tricky one, expect people's views will vary on it. In my current job, I don't Iron... I have little ones crawling around who don't take long lunchtime naps and don't sit in front of the TV for hours on end.
Have used the iron though, to put temporary name-tags in school clothes! So a quick 5 mins of ironing is possible.

Good question, I have always wondered exactly what 'nursery duties' actually means. I suspect that it will mean different things for different families.

Let me see if I can start a list... to which others add:

Loading / Unloading Dishwasher - Washing up crockery used during the day (so this does not include parents things, though if using a dishwasher you would hope the parents would just put their dirty plates in the dishwasher).

Childrens Laundry - Washing, Drying, Putting Away. Ironing (perhaps, but Health and Safety needs to be considered... small children and Irons are not good combination). If you want Ironing done, I would suggest stating that clearly in the list of duties (as an appendix to the written statement).

Children's Bedding - Changing the bedding ,Washing, Drying etc.

Tidying toys played with during that session (if your children make a mess during the weekend, you clean it up, don't expect nanny to do it on Monday morning.)