Daily Schedule for Families and Caregivers

Families’ schedules are a chaotic and crazy thing. When you hire a nanny, it can be hard for her to get used to the way things work in your house.

Fill out this daily schedule, so she knows what to do when. Include things like when you and your partner leave for work, your child’s nap time and feeding times, etc. It will help keep everything moving smoothly.

Include this schedule in your nanny contract. Don’t have one? Check out our Sample Nanny Contract

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Your Next Steps:

• Copy the text below and paste it into a Word document
• Fill out your family’s schedule
• Go over the rules with your nanny and let her ask questions
• Create a nanny contract
• Sign up for a payroll account to make handling payment and nanny taxes easier
• Make sure your new nanny has everything she needs for her first day

Daily Schedule

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Katie Bugbee is our global parenting expert and senior managing editor here at Care.com. She has written for Babble, Huffington Post, Newsday and Parenting. A busy working mother, she offers families advice on many parenting dilemmas, from appeasing picky eaters to finding the perfect babysitter.