How much do you pay for your London live-out nanny?

However, Squeaver, did make a good point about nanny being on call during pre school hours. If you want her to deal with any hiccups at the nursery you will need to include those hours in her normal working hours. For example, if DD is sick, do you want nanny to be available to look after DD since whe won't be able to attend preschool?

Hmm I just read that post back and I do sound a bit narky, don't I?

Sorry mellow, hope you find someone good.

Settle down, Squeaver. Mellow is just asking questions in an effort to find what is fair. Also, perhaps she just got the job?

Incidentally, Mellow, DS is now in nursery (attached to the same primary which DD attends and where he will be in reception next year) every afternoon. So we have a similar arrangement. I don't deduct the hours from wages. But all this free time and the accompanying gym membership are part of the package on offer when we negotiated the salary. So, I would suggest you market this as a perk of the job rather than taking these hours out of the equation.

mellow have you managed to find a nanny? I have one I can recommend if not.

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You will not get a nanny to be paid less just because your dd is at school - and, tbh, why should she? She'll need to be "on-call" if your dd is ill at nursery or off sick and what about school holidays? She'll presumably have to be there all day then.

Btw if you're starting a new job next week aren't you leaving it a bit late to find a nanny?

Depends I think on whether it is negotiated before the job. If it wasn't, then I wouldn't ask anyone to chop my carrots. However, if it is negotiated before nanny accepts the job as something she would be willing to do then I think it is. And a nanny job with one 3 year old who goes to preschool in the mornings is actually going to leave the nanny with quite a lot of free time.

Hi Athene - do you remember the thread we had a while ago with the Mum wanting the nanny to do a bit of meal prep (for the adults) whilst the children slept? The general consensus from that was that chopping a few carrots/potatoes would be okay but definitely nothing more.

Any child related arrands would be fair game. For example my DD takes dance classes, tennis, likes to go swimming, and takes Kumon. Any errand related to any of these activities is fair game. Last week I sent them off to Kingston to go bathing suit shopping. I also have nanny pick up new school clothes when we need them. Oh that reminds me DS will need a uniform soon -- sob sob but he was a baby only yesterday I swear .

DD laundry
cook and freeze meals for DD
organise birthday presents (and wrap them!)
clean out closets and drawers of clothes that are now too small for DD
Arrange play dates and other social activities for DD

She might also be willing to do cooking for you in this time so you can just come home and pop something in the microwave and not have to cook after work. This is technically not normally a nanny dutie but she might be happy to do this in exchange for the 3 hours or so she has free every day.

While your dd is at pre school she could;

do dd's wahing/ironing
clean/tidy/hoover dd's bedroom/playroom
batch cook
prepare activities ready for the afternoon
put her feet up for half an hour with a cuppa and a book

Hi Mellow. Do you mean nanny would start later (i.e. when she picks up DD from pre-school) or would she show up and do the pre-school run and then go back to get her. If the latter, I think you might be hard pressed to find someone to show up first thing in the morning but then not be paid for a full day... but of course you could try.

If those morning hours are paid hours then of course you could direct nanny to other duties (child related) whil DD is at preschool.