https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 04:41:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2556453 Wed, 25 May 2016 15:27:51 +0000 daniellemybelle 2556453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any time we have a sitter, I basically just expect them to do child related tasks. Clean up after meals. Wash bottles. Pick up toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2556431 Wed, 25 May 2016 15:07:25 +0000 winniebee 2556431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ETA mine also will do some grocery shopping/errands when asked. She's really up for anything. My kids don't need constant kid activities, sometimes errands and chores have to get done! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2556426 Wed, 25 May 2016 15:04:32 +0000 maddyz 2556426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Basically what everyone has been saying. I think it's important for kids to be around the work of the house. When I was a nanny I did light cleaning, cooking and put clothes away. I would keep myself busy for most of nap. So sometimes would do extra stuff if the kitchen clean up was easy. My current nanny is the same. It really is amazing coming home to wiped counters. It feels like part of baby care. Sometimes they do some shopping. I think having a task helps pad the day for both of them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2556055 Wed, 25 May 2016 10:02:39 +0000 winniebee 2556055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She watches DS2 30 hours a week. He naps 2-3 hours a day. She also watches DS1 one full day and two days after school from 330-545. She's responsible for cleaning up after meals, tidying up toys at the end of the day, and the kids laundry (washing, folding, put away). However, the laundry task sort of morphed into doing ALL the laundry. I tend to run it all and then she folds during nap time/ puts away. She also will run the vacuum/swiffer and even clean toilets if she thinks it needs it (and if DS2 is having a particularly long nap). She's a unicorn though. We are very lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2556051 Wed, 25 May 2016 09:57:38 +0000 Anagram 2556051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nanny takes out diaper trash when needed, does the girls' laundry (including hanging/folding and putting away) once a week, washes all bottles/straw cups and plates the girls using when they are with her. Basically what I would do as a SAHM. Those are her defined duties.</p> <p>However, she is fabulous, so she also does random stuff like reorganizes the girls' drawers, reorganizes their toys, she scrubs off the play table (older LO is always painting or drawing and getting that stuff on the table), and she has even been known to reorganize our junk drawer in the kitchen, haha. And she always has the toys picked up when we get home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2555930 Wed, 25 May 2016 06:22:16 +0000 MrsSRS 2555930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I started as a nanny with my last family my only duties were to put dishes in the sink and pick up toys. By the time I left three years later (and many raises later :silly: ) I did a load or two of dishes a day, meal prep, bottles and pump parts, 90% of the laundry and grocery shopping, picked up the house, etc. By then they had three kids and I was more a combo nanny and housekeeper. So I think any amount is fine as long as it's discussed. It wasn't hard to manage all the extra work. It was like being a SAHM mom, except way easier. BUT if a kid had a hard day or was sick or something I would let everything go and spend the day focused on just that. And their parents' response to that was always gratitude for their child's care and reassurance that housework wasn't important. So. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2555881 Tue, 24 May 2016 22:25:00 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2555881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dishes, load/unload dishwasher, tidy playroom, wipe down table, tidy living room. Sometimes sweep/vacuum if things are bad. I don't have her do laundry but I would if I needed her to. She does enough to help tremendously but not so much that she doesn't get a good break while the little one naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2555786 Tue, 24 May 2016 19:25:05 +0000 Coffee-lover 2555786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been a nanny before fir a couple of families and that was something that was always pre negotiated on while we were discussing pay, vacation, and sick time. One family had me strictly doing child care (with no cleaning duties) and I was free to work on my online classes or watch tv during nap time, and the other family requested I nanny/clean and paid me more for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2535968 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 12:13:51 +0000 psw27 2535968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For babysitters, I just expect them to watch the baby. If he goes to bed and they wash his sippy cups or the high chair tray, that's great. When I babysat, I would straighten up for them, wash dishes, load the dishwasher, etc. They always were so surprised if they came home and I had cleaned the kitchen. </p> <p>For a nanny, I would expect the same, plus toys to be put away, meal prep, maybe put away LOs laundry, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2535915 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:43:13 +0000 LindsayLou 2535915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been a nanny for years, and think light housework, especially with napping babies, is part of the job. Cleaning up after themselves and the kids, including putting toys away. Any meal prep and clean up, including washing bottles. Dishes, wipe the counters and table, sweep the kitchen. Vacuum the living room when there's time. Folding kids laundry is totally reasonable, as is switching to the dryer or starting a load that's already ready to go with your settings on the washer. Things like watering the garden, grabbing the mail, taking out diaper trash, etc, with kids in tow of course, are also reasonable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2535914 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:43:01 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2535914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm home and not working she does whatever needs to be done around the house.<br /> If I'm working she's in charge of the kids and checking up on the laundry if she can but if they're crazy she's just in charge of them not killing each other.</p> <p>I use her like a duplicate me. If the kids don't need tending then the house does. No sitting on bums. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2535906 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:38:04 +0000 thismustbetheplace 2535906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cleaned the kitchen, washed and folded baby laundry (twins so a TON! haha), and vacuumed the downstairs where the kids and I spent most of our time. I don't remember if I was asked to do it or if that just seemed appropriate to me. Most of it was done while the kiddos were sleeping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2535889 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:26:35 +0000 peaches1038 2535889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im interested in the responses. We have a nanny starting in May and I'm not sure what I can/should ask her to do. I'm thinking washing bottles and making sure everything is straightened up. Maybe laundry? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2535871 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:18:40 +0000 Boogs 2535871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like with a many anything baby related could be fair game if they have the time (say maybe during naps). So, baby laundry, washing bottles, preparing snacks? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-types-of-light-housework-do-you-ask-your-nannybabysitter-to-do#post-2535781 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:15:00 +0000 BSB 2535781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Washing baby bottles sounds like a reasonable task.</p> <p>Doing laundry? Folding laundry? </p>