Nannies and cleaning

[amyjanr]

I am a nanny and I was wondering what other people's opinions are on this topic.
I work for a family of 4, Monday to Friday. On the weekends the parents look after the children.
On the weekends the parents do absolutely no cleaning for the children and just leave it all for me to do on Monday. In some circumstances I don't mind this as I understand they have the whole home to clean, play with their children, social lives so I am more than happy to wash the children's clothes from the weekend, hang it up to dry, iron and put them away as it is a time consuming job. However, they also leave the baby's bottles and spoons etc over the weekend for me to clean on Monday, I do clean this without complaining but a part of me feel like this is a bit much as surely they can spare 5 minutes to clean up after themselves at meal time without leaving dirty bottles out for days.
What does everyone else think?

I agree with you.

They should be cleaning up after their children on the days they look after them. Leaving the baby's bottles unclean for around 60 hours is disgusting.

Tell them that you are there to clean up after the children only on the days you look after them, if they don't listen then find another job and resign.

I agree with you also. I think you need to remind them what you are there to do. They are being lazy and until you stop doing their jobs they will allow you to continue.

I agree with you as well but it’s going to be an awkward conversation for sure

No. As a nanny I clean up after the children but only the mess we’ve made together! I do do all their washing, ironing and beds but wouldn’t touch the parent’s stuff. I’ll put the dishwasher on and unload it but that’s it. I’m busy doing actual nanny care, and I am not a nanny housekeeper.

I’ve had to really set boundaries on this however as I’ve frequently come in to a kitchen full of last night’s pots and breakfast cereal bowls etc, toast on floor, dirty clothes strewn about.

It’s really amazing how quickly the parents can get complacent with stuff like this when they know someone is coming in to put it all back together again! It’s happened in every job I’ve had no matter how great my employers are.

We don’t have our nanny anymore as the kids are too big 😢

But when we did, for 4 years ending last year, I would say I kept the house cleaner as I knew someone else would see it 😂.

It was always neat and clean by Monday morning regardless of what we did over the weekend.

They need to hire a cleaner. Although your position is difficult.
Maybe mention you don't have time to clean up on Monday morning. Leave the clothes, it's not a nanny's job

Don’t they have a dishwasher

Rank leaving babies bottles standing for days

Skanky !!