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dmartin726dmartin726 member
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Ok, so DH and I were discussing the whole nanny, housekeeper, live-in, live out, help type of thing.   I was telling DH that I don't really need live in type of help. But I did tell him what I would need in a "housekeeper".  What do you think the going rate would be for this type of job...(I'll start saving..)
5 days a week.
7:30-1pm.
The person would have a house key, let themselves in, start coffee, etc.  Help get the kids breakfast and dressed for the day.  Start whatever it is scheduled for that day...either laundry, housekeeping, clean fridge, organize something etc.  Work on whatever additional tasks I have created/asked of them.  Help get dinner started/play with kids while I get dinner started.  Run quick errands (dry cleaners, grocery for an item or 2)...etc.. Get lunch ready, and cleaned up...Leave at 1.

I think I am daydreaming of this person to be like a right hand person.  Between DD and soon to be DS, working full time from home, my boutique, cooking, housekeeping, etc...I always feel like I wish I was an octopus.  I don't have enough hands to do everything!  I would love to have someone who can basically work with me, and be sort of interchangeable.  

DH told me I am looking for an assistant haha.  I'm just busy daydreaming about how nice it would be to make lunch and not have to clean up...or have the laundry started already...

Does this job exist?  What the heck do you call it?  Am I completely losing it in my last month of pregnancy....lol. 
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    First off, can you do all that in the space of 5 hours? If not, why do you expect somebody else to do it. Second, a housekeeper cleans your house and sometimes will make food or watch your children. No one person can do it all and do it well...that's why SAHMs usually suck at one of those things. 
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  • LoriLee14LoriLee14 member

    It sounds like two different jobs here.

    I did work at a person's house where I got the kids up, feed breakfast and got them ready for school. I took them all and then brought the baby back and he usually took a nap. I would have been able and up for a project during then. (something light though so I could stop if the baby got up. Then I picked the kids up at 1 from preschool and brought them home to their mom.

    But I was considered her nanny with the kids the priority and she had a housecleaner that came by that did the actual cleaning and laundry

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  • dmartin726dmartin726 member
    KateMW said:
    First off, can you do all that in the space of 5 hours? If not, why do you expect somebody else to do it. Second, a housekeeper cleans your house and sometimes will make food or watch your children. No one person can do it all and do it well...that's why SAHMs usually suck at one of those things. 
    I would expect someone else to do it if they were being paid to do it.  That is why DH said I needed an assistant.  He said not one type of job encompasses everything I am looking for.  I did say I was making this position up...it likely doesn't exist...lol
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  • MomIn2013MomIn2013 member
    I agree it sounds like two jobs, but you never know, you might be able to find someone that would do both for the right price.

    I once interviewed for something similar, it was for a "mother's helper" and involved helping her out with the baby, preparing light meals and running errands/grocery shopping. They ended up being real snobs, though, and I basically walked out halfway through the interview so I never got to talk about what the pay would be. There was no mention of housekeeping, though - if there had been, I probably wouldn't have gone for the interview because I wasn't interested in cleaning other people's houses.
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    amy052006 said:
    First off, can you do all that in the space of 5 hours? If not, why do you expect somebody else to do it. Second, a housekeeper cleans your house and sometimes will make food or watch your children. No one person can do it all and do it well...that's why SAHMs usually suck at one of those things. 
    I don't get it.  If you work full time, you need full time childcare.  What am I missing?
    You're not missing anything really.  DH doesn't work a regular 9-5 so he is home during the day a bit to take DD and help with her.  I work odd hours, and can spend 3 hours at night working after DD goes to bed.  So the situation currently works for me as is.   The idea is that I would rather have someone come help me in the house and relieve me from duties like cleaning and laundry that I hate, so I can utilize my free-time with DD doing activities that are more fun that sock sorting, as opposed to putting her in full time child care.  
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  • pitterpatter129pitterpatter129 member
    I agree. Sounds like you need a nanny for one job and a housekeeper for the other and some of that would fall more under personal assistant, but if you had a nanny and a housekeeper, you'd probably have more time for some of the clerical/errand kind of stuff. I think if I had to work full time from home, I'd look into daycare or maybe a preschool a few days a week. Maybe a MDO kind of program would help you out.
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    Kimbus22 said:
    You're looking for someone to be a nanny, a housekeeper and a personal assistant and to get it all done in 5 hours a day. I don't think that exists.
    Except maybe Rosie on the Jetsons.
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  • dmartin726dmartin726 member
    Kimbus22 said:
    You're looking for someone to be a nanny, a housekeeper and a personal assistant and to get it all done in 5 hours a day. I don't think that exists.
    I'm dreaming, I know.  I think I just need to clone myself..like 5 times.
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    KateMW said:
    Kimbus22 said:
    You're looking for someone to be a nanny, a housekeeper and a personal assistant and to get it all done in 5 hours a day. I don't think that exists.
    Except maybe Rosie on the Jetsons.
    Ha!  I was literally just thinking about her...or what was her name from the Brady Bunch...Alice??  
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  • rosesandpetalsrosesandpetals member
    Why not just extend the hours? I don't start dinner by 1pm anyway. She could probably get a lot done if she stayed until 4 or 5.
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    Hav=Fath said:
    I read it as she'd be there to lend a hand with the kids, not be solely responsible for them? I thought you meant get breakfast and lunch ready and help with that, play with kids... and do house cleaning and such? I think if she'd be responsible for kids and housework totally in 5 hours, that's crazy.
    You read it right.  It would be more like lending a hand for all duties.  I am home.  It would be more like a helper...in all categories...not even really fully responsible for any one thing.  More like just help my day move along smoothly.  
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    I don't think you're being unreasonable, but I don't think you're looking for one person either. How about hiring a housekeeper once a week to come clean and do laundry like towels and bedding? Then hire a nanny to come keep DD busy a few other days? The nanny would be in charge of DDs meals, laundry and playtime while she's there so that would lighten the load for you. I agree with others though that it might just be easier to put DD in daycare and hire a housekeeper. However, you're hiring so you never know what you might find if you put the job description out there.
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    dizzykates said:
    I don't think you're being unreasonable, but I don't think you're looking for one person either. How about hiring a housekeeper once a week to come clean and do laundry like towels and bedding? Then hire a nanny to come keep DD busy a few other days? The nanny would be in charge of DDs meals, laundry and playtime while she's there so that would lighten the load for you. I agree with others though that it might just be easier to put DD in daycare and hire a housekeeper. However, you're hiring so you never know what you might find if you put the job description out there.
    This is the way I would approach it!
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