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Anonymous wrote:That's an insane amount of money for 3 days in her home, which is easy for her. Hard no if she's not willing to become licensed. For that amount she should be licensed.

Where do you live? We do a nanny share in our home and on our own we are paying $600 a week for about 40 hours.

There are cheaper options, there always are but is it worth it?

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Anonymous wrote:Hierarchy of Childcare Options by Pay:

- Nanny
- High End Daycare Center
- Nanny Share
- Daycare Center
- Home Daycare
- Grandma & Grandpa

It’s hard to place where OPs childcare situation. I’d say between Nanny Share & High End Daycare.

Nanny share and day care can be equal but I'd put this at the very bottom as the woman is not licensed.

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Anonymous wrote:$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.

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

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.

But this isn't a nanny. She is a SAHM home with her own kid and you are bringing your kid over just three days per week. I would not pay much more than what she is offering.

It’s still the cheapest option we’ve received.

There was a home daycare that was $500 a week but it was really not great. Lots of old broken plastic toys and snot nosed kids.

This house looks like a PB Kids catalogue

Anonymous wrote:That's an insane amount of money for 3 days in her home, which is easy for her. Hard no if she's not willing to become licensed. For that amount she should be licensed.

Anonymous wrote:Hierarchy of Childcare Options by Pay:

- Nanny
- High End Daycare Center
- Nanny Share
- Daycare Center
- Home Daycare
- Grandma & Grandpa

It’s hard to place where OPs childcare situation. I’d say between Nanny Share & High End Daycare.

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Anonymous wrote:$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.

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

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.

But this isn't a nanny. She is a SAHM home with her own kid and you are bringing your kid over just three days per week. I would not pay much more than what she is offering.

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Anonymous wrote:$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.

A week. Most daycares for toddlers around here run about $800 a week. Granted they offer more hours but I really don’t need more than 30.

I’ve called three references but she offered a long list. She was a professional nanny for 15 years.

Yes, honestly my biggest concern is her deciding it’s not worth it but I guess that could happen with any nanny, even one in our home.

I actually think that is a very appropriate weekly price. She is watching her own kid, too. She isn't a licensed daycare.

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Anonymous wrote:$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.

A week. Most daycares for toddlers around here run about $800 a week. Granted they offer more hours but I really don’t need more than 30.

I’ve called three references but she offered a long list. She was a professional nanny for 15 years.

Yes, honestly my biggest concern is her deciding it’s not worth it but I guess that could happen with any nanny, even one in our home.

I actually think that is a very appropriate weekly price. She is watching her own kid, too. She isn't a licensed daycare.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$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.

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

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.

But this isn't a nanny. She is a SAHM home with her own kid and you are bringing your kid over just three days per week. I would not pay much more than what she is offering.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$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.

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

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.

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Anonymous wrote:$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.

A week. Most daycares for toddlers around here run about $800 a week. Granted they offer more hours but I really don’t need more than 30.

I’ve called three references but she offered a long list. She was a professional nanny for 15 years.

Yes, honestly my biggest concern is her deciding it’s not worth it but I guess that could happen with any nanny, even one in our home.