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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP raise your pay scale to $25-30 and see what you get. Also part time day care might be the perfect answer. [/quote]

OP here. My husband doesn’t want to pay full-time salary to a part-time nanny. We also don’t expect much of the nanny besides care for our son and cleaning up after the day. We will still do his laundry, bottles go in the dishwasher for us to run at night, and I will be making homemade baby food once he starts solids. He’s also a very easy baby. He’s already sleep trained and on a schedule. [/quote]

Sounds like you will have to do daycare. Plus it doesn’t matter if your baby is easy or fussy, salary shouldn’t be dependent on that. Not only would the nanny have to be there regardless, but babies go through phases and go from easy to difficult dependent on age. It doesn’t sound like you can afford a nanny (not a knock on you- I can’t either), so take the daycare spot before they move on. [/quote]

OP here. I know babies go through phases and salary is not dependent on that. We can afford a nanny. We have a HHI of $300k. We just don't want to pay a nanny $50k a year when they will be working less than 20 hours a week. [/quote]

Ok, ok! Chill... I am not clear why you mentioned how easy and sleep trained your baby is if you didn’t think salaries depended on that. That’s the only reason I brought it up. And I get it, you’re rich!  I’m being real with you here. You want a part-time nanny for only 20 hours a week but A lot of us are telling you that you’re gonna have a very hard time finding that, so daycare looks like it’s going to be your option. Or, you can employ a full-time nanny and only use her for your part-time hours. I guarantee you there will be days when you will be happy that you have this person available to you full-time. 
Or, if you really think it’s only going to be 20 hours then put your baby in the daycare, which I’m sure is a great option for you. [/quote]

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