Nanny duties?

[CPHB2021]

Following from another post, I am now curious as to what duties are expected / carried out by your nanny / yourself if you are a nanny.
I want to pre face my post with the fact that I adore the family I work for but I wonder am I maybe a house keeper too?!

Day to day looks like-
Dishwasher empty and load parents dinner things / kids breakfast.
Make beds, dress kids, big one school drop off.
Park or play group.
Home, lunch, washing on and fold / put away dry washing.
Household chores ( today was sorting out Dads clothing )can be sorting clothes that fit, post office runs, organise household areas.
School run.
Play time, make tea, last whip round downstairs.
Bath children, into pjs
Soft lighting, and light a candle for mum and dad to get back so the house looks calm and smells nice.

I do this most days, in the holidays we went out for most of the day but I still did 90% of the above.

Is this the norm? I have always been like this as a nanny, yes, even the candle. It's my trademark 🤣🤣

Ah I did cringe at the candle but it’s a nice touch I guess.

I don’t nanny the adults, and their room is an absolute shit show, I’ll not go near it and neither will the cleaner.

I do everything relating to the children but I have no issue pitching in and unloading the dishwasher when I come in or anything, and I batch cook and the parents happily eat what I make the children if there’s enough. Other than that it’s kid duties only, there’s enough of those.

It started off as a bit of a joke but now I just do it every day 😂😂

I really enjoy helping them and running the household to a good standard, it aids me the next day if I do it well the night before too but I am now realising maybe I do more than is the norm.

Not complaining at all as I love my family and they are so wonderful to me so there's no issue of feeling I am doing 'too much', just curious! 😊

The thing is, I’ve been burned in the past by going over and above for the adults and they have got too comfortable and entitled and now I much prefer to keep my boundaries!

I think emptying the dishwasher and loading the parents dinner things into it and sorting through the dad's clothes should not really be in your remit as a nanny, but everything else sounds ok for the role.

Nanny duties are generally things that relate specifically to the children, what and how much will depend on the specific job (number and ages of children etc).

Anything outside of that and the job is moving towards housekeeper, although in reality most well treated nannies will be happy to empty the dishwasher and run the occasional errand.

Do you feel you are paid enough? That is the only question presuming you don’t mind doing these extra tasks?

today was sorting out Dads clothing

That would be a no from me.

The candle thing is sweet.

Dishwasher is normal. It can be part of moving along the children’s dishes.

dad’s clothing is unusual. I would say that kind of job is more appropriate of the children have started school. A nanny being on-call is important, but it can leave many child-free hours available. Taking on more of a household manager role at that stage is an obvious solution.

Yep @CPHB2021 you are a hk !!

speaking as a nanny of over 20yrs exp and now a mn

I did childcare stuff

their washing. Changing their beds. Some batch cooking for after school clubs /weekends

didnt bother me cooking it and parents using it

unlike many nannies on a popular Fb site 😂😂😂

family paid for food and tec my time to cook it etx

they can use it 😂

often I didn’t hoover kids bedrooms as had a cleaner and they did it

I kept playroom /kitchen tidy

and would unpack dw as used if previous day and parents would put on it evening

but I wouldn’t wash up their stuff

yes I didn’t mind doing odd errand like pick up dry cleaning or take car to garage etx (always had a work car)

but I didn’t do parent stuff if that makes sense

candle def a bit cringy. Sorry

When we had a nanny she did nursery duties - ie stuff related to the kids so their laundry and rooms etc

I may have asked her to post a letter or grab something from a supermarket but I didn’t expect her to do our laundry, cooking etc

I guess it boils down to if you’re happy or you feel you’re being taken advantage of. Were your tasks made clear before you started ?

the candle thing is nice BTW!

Nursery duties only, so I would not be folding the parents laundry on a regular basis, maybe once or twice if it was left on the line/drier. Basically tidy up the mess the children made.

Hi, nanny here :-)

Been here before & it's a pickle! I'd say if you don't mind doing the jobs, your thanked and of course you are paid reasonably I'd say carry on lighting the candles! 😁 haha.