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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think $25 per hour for 9 month old twins is reasonable. [b]We pay $24 per hour for a nanny share ($12 per family) that started when the kids were 5 months and 10 months old. How is this that different? Easier probably, only have to deal with one set of parents. And we’re in DC proper. [/b]We were in another nanny share before that that was also $24 per hour (fell apart due to covid).

Now I agree that if you’re having trouble finding someone, sweetening your offer is always the way to go, whether that’s a pay increase, more vacation, making it clear that when the kindergartener is there, payment would increase, etc, or some combination of factors. But I think it’s ridiculous that people are jumping down your neck like you’re trying to pay poverty wages. I honestly think there are some (smart!) nannies who jump on all these types of threads to provide high numbers and thus push wages up in the city.

Also, I think the OP made it clear that she specifically didn’t want a DAYCARE that NEITHER had cameras NOR would let her step a toe in the building. Also, not an absurd request, though of course one she may need to reconsider if the nanny market is especially tight right now and she gets priced out. But jeez, there’s no evidence that she’s some high maintenance dilettante that’s gonna make her nanny agree to having cameras everywhere.

One other suggestion, OP - as I understand it, the nanny market softens a bit in mid-late August as kids start pre-K/kindergarten and some people decide they no longer need a nanny. So if you can hold off a bit, you may have more luck.

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There's no way I'd take a FT 40-hour a week nanny job in D.C. for two infants for under $2,000/mo. Are you paying healthcare? Is one of the families providing housing?[/quote]

PP here.

Your math is off. $24 per hour, full time, is over $4k a month. [/quote]

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