Anonymous wrote:This sounds like the typical hours of a SAHM.

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Anonymous wrote:If you finish your degree in Early Childhood Education, you could be getting $30 an hour base with your experience. Please think about it, OP. You could do a lot of it online.

You sound like a natural nanny! You just need the paper to really get ahead.

Are you a teacher?

No, I’m a nanny. I had my degree in liberal arts and worked in another field. When I decided to become a nanny, I took the ECD classes. I’m earning $35 an hour now for two little children with no household chores and a retirement contribution as well as full healthcare insurance and a car.

Anonymous wrote:Hiya OP.

I’ve worked both 24/5 and 24/7, in addition to grueling 70-90 hour positions that didn’t involve overnights. I’m also someone who happened into nannying and found my calling.

1. What do you enjoy most in your current position? Is it something you can look for when interviewing for your next position or something that just will have to happen organically?

It’s always a special bond when you are there right from the beginning. I also love working with twins. And I value how much freedom I have in this position to structure our days and plan outings.

2. Do you like living with the family? Is it something you will look for or accept in the future?

I am sort of neutral on live-in vs live-out. I have done both and there are pros and cons to each.

3. Do you take any time to do networking at nanny conferences or NNTD events? Have you done any training or education dealing with early childhood education, ncs, discipline, special needs?

I was a certified NCS under the previous system so I completed all the training, testing and hourly requirements for that. I have been to INA and Nannypalooza and NAEYC conferences. I do a lot of reading about positive discipline and take a course every 2 years or so to keep me centered, usually online.

4. Did you enjoy switching from nanny to nanny/household manager? Is that something you will do in the future, or will you look to move on when the family transitions the children to full time care/school outside the home?

I have always been a household manager-type nanny. Even when the boys were infants I did the majority of what I do now.

5. Did you negotiate legal pay and a contract or just accept what the family offered? $20/hour for a live-in isn’t bad, especially if you started at $15-16 with the family, but it’s not high enough for an ncs. Did you have a separate contract for ncs prior to three months?

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Anonymous wrote:If you finish your degree in Early Childhood Education, you could be getting $30 an hour base with your experience. Please think about it, OP. You could do a lot of it online.

You sound like a natural nanny! You just need the paper to really get ahead.

Are you a teacher?

Anonymous wrote:Are you being filmed while working?

Such as are the parents using NannyCams in the home??

Anonymous wrote:What is your living situation like? Are your quarters nice? Lots of light, space? Do you have your own kitchen?

Also, who got up with the kids in the night when they were babies?

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP, fellow Nanny here:

A.)How do you find your Nanny job(s?)
Do you go through an agency or do you use childcare websites such as Care.com or Sittercity.com??
Have you ever found a nice family using Craigslist?

I have done agency, word-of-mouth and online. I don’t use Care.com on principle. I haven’t personally found a job on craigslist but I would post there if I were looking

B.)Are you responsible for doing your charge’s laundry?
Do you have any household duties to perform or are you strictly childcare.
I am responsible for basically every aspect of the children, so I do their shopping, make all their food from scratch, manage all their laundry, all their appointments, school paperwork, etc. I also volunteer often at their school.

C.)Working such long days - do you ever nap when the children do?
Because no one could blame you if you did.

Anonymous wrote:Are you the same ethnicity as the parents?

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP, fellow nanny here. That's quite a few hours there. So you're a live in and make $20/hour, work between 70-75 hours total a week, so around $1800-$1900 a week, correct?

Does the family pay for your health insurance? Your car insurance (as you mentioned you drive the boys frequently, hence asking)?

Do you get PTO beyond the 3 weeks vacation, holidays? Meaning, whether or not they need you, are you paid 52 weeks a year without a reduction in pay if it goes beyond the 5 weeks that are agreed upon?

Do you have family in the area or that you are close with? How often can you see them if so?

If you're ever not available to work for whatever reason, or just need a day during the week to reset, is back up care available?

I couldn't imagine working this type of schedule. If I work more than 50 I feel burned out but I'm sure you get used to it after a bit. I wish you the best and hope you're happy with this position.