Sample
Student nanny daily schedule
Live-out student 8am – 6pm
Feeding:
Breakfast
o Penny 2x weetbix (or nutrigrain ½ cup) + yoghurt + milk + drink
of milk
o John porridge or nutrigrain + yoghurt + formula (with probiotic
powder added – read on bottle in fridge)
Lunch ideas (both have same)
o Sandwiches (marmite, nuttella, cheese, sliced meat), yoghurt,
bananas, crackers, pasta, eggs, toast, raisins, cheese, other
fruit – cut into pieces)
o Dinner – prepare for family (parents eat later – where
appropriate leave some in a dish and we will reheat (e.g.
casserole), nanny can eat with children if you’d like.
Pasta
Mild curry
Pies
Roast
Sausages and mashed potato
Casserole
Laundry
Change children’s sheets (once a week, unless wet)
Every day:
o Split white and coloured clothes
o Put clothes in machine first, add 1 capful of liquid, then set to go
o Hang out on line, under carport, or in laundry (if very rainy). End
of day – put through drier to air, or put on clothes rack inside if
still wet. Ben – don’t put his work clothes in with anything else –
leave in the basket in laundry – when enough for a load, do
separately. Penny - pink & white dress she loves - need to hand
wash.
o Fold and put piles in rooms. Put children’s clothes away in
drawers & wardrobe.
o Ironing – spend up to an hour on this each week (trade-off for
not having to vacuum)
Toileting
Take Penny to toilet. Ask often, but also take charge if needed. Always
take to toilet before going out to bed for a sleep. Knickers – use for
afternoon sleep & nappies at night.
John – nappies. Check often (5x a day). Use wipes, and make sure
bottom is dry. Use zinc cream after changing nappy. Keep eye out for
rashes – let me know. Keep portable nappy mat fully stocked (spares in
wardrobe in John’s room above clothes)
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Bathing
Both together after dinner. Never leave unattended – not even for 5
seconds. Wash hair every couple of days or so (unless it needs it more
often). John needs eczema creams after bath.
Housework
Keep floors in living room and kitchen cleans and dry
Dishwasher – fill and empty after breakfast, and again after the
children’s tea
Surfaces in kitchen – spray & wipe every day
Toilet & bathroom – clean basins (2x downstairs) every second day. Dry
floor after baths. Clean downstairs toilet on Friday.
Tidy up messes – all toys tidied away before dinner.
Wash toys (plastic and soft) every now and then
Tidy children’s rooms (books, toys & clothes) every day
Approx schedule
Breakfast
Dishwasher empty, repack & put on
Toilet & dress children
Laundry on (including sheets once a week)
Tidy kitchen
Pack bag to go out – nappies, wipes, drink, snacks, spare clothes, hats,
money, keys, bus or cable-car ticket
Laundry on line
Out for morning / John sleep (he will sleep in buggy if out) / play at home
Lunch
Penny sleep (John may have another, if not much in morning). Make
sure Penny in bed by 1.30 at the latest. If John up – play / read / let him
play while you do dinner prep or housework
3.30 – wake Penny up if she hasn’t woken. John may have nap – if he
seems tired, put him down.
Play / read. TV – only if everything is ‘going to pieces’ and you don’t
have dinner prepared.
Tidy up
Dinner 4.30 / 5
Bath – into pyjamas & brush teeth
Don’t
Have TV on. OK to watch video/DVD for half an hour max, late
afternoon, while you’re cooking dinner. Not every day. Radio / music is
great.
Txt or talk on mobile phone while you’re working. Do keep phone on –
for me to call you (especially if you’re out)
Leave children in bath unattended
Leave the house in a mess at the end of the day
Swear, or use slang – Penny is copying everything we say
Smack – use positives – following what college teaches
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Keep anything a secret from us – tell us everything. We don’t expect you
to be perfect – accident happens, and we want to know.
Leave small things lying around – John will eat them
Let John in the toilet or computer room – keep the door shut to
computers. Toilet door needs to be open for Penny – but watch John.
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