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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$550 a week or a month?  You posted both.

I'd check references really carefully.  But I would do that anyway.  It could be great, but I would worry a little that she's doing this because she thinks it's fun, or because she's focused on the benefit to her own child, and that she might quit abruptly if she realizes it isn't that fun to have 2, or that she might prioritize her daughter over your child.  [/quote]

I imagine its a month because $18/hr for someone to watch your kid and theirs doesn't sound so low that people would be telling OP its too good to be true[/quote]

No, a week.  Which believe it or not is several hundred dollars cheaper than most decent daycares locally (that don’t have openings anyways).

We didn’t speak to a single nanny offering less than $20-25 an hour and I know many see the perks of having the child in your home but it has not worked for me.  I have friends with nannies paying four figured a week easily. [/quote]

This is closer to a nanny share than a nanny.  $18 per hour per child (so $36 total) would be a good salary in that situation.  If she was being paid for both kids it's equivalent to a $72,000 salary if she chose to work full time with no overtime.  $550 a week is also more than 3 days at centers that have a 3 day option.

I am the one who wrote what's above about it being just for fun.  Now that I see it's per week, and that she has a lot of experience, I would worry less about that.  I mean, of course she could still quit, but she knows what nannying entails, and she's asking for an appropriate rate.  [/quote]

OP also said the woman was prepping and providing homemade meals (2X) and snacks for her daughter.  I assume that’s the extra $50 per week.

OP, I’m very curious where you live?  
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