Rate question - one 2.5 year old in falls church

[Anonymous]

Nannies tend to be fed up to. That's why your kids get so many nannies!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the OP. I do occasionally WFH in our current situation, and while the first few times weren't perfect, we've been successful in setting boundaries -- I'm in my office, my daughter knows our nanny is taking care of her, etc. I know maternity leave is a different issue and that nannying for a full-time SAHM probably isn't a walk in the park, but I'm hopeful that with the right situation, we can make it work.

Don't worry, OP. You sound like a thoughtful, reasonable person - hire an experienced, emotionally mature nanny and everything will be fine. I've worked for families where both parents WAH (in home offices) and my current MB is about to begin her maternity leave with #2 - I'm not concerned at all. I'm sure we will have a few wrinkles to figure out as we go, but in a relationship of mutual respect this is hardly an insurmountable obstacle. Please don't be put off by the nannies who are sharing their bad experiences; it isn't/doesn't have to be that way for everyone!

[Anonymous]

So sorry you are "fed up" with the responses on this forum, MB. How awful it must be for you to be fed up! Nannies, please agree to lie and say that working for SAHMs is lovely and like a walk in the park on a spring morning so that this MB doesn't get "fed up" ever again!!! After all, Nannies, this MB knows everything and knows how every mother and child in the entire country relate to each other and their nanny - we nannies haven't got a clue!

You are exactly the kind of nasty nanny that makes this forum so terrible. If you have no intelligent response, just keep your mean retorts to yourself. You are not clever and you are not helpful and you are absolutely not helping the perceptions of your profession.

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OP, The rate range of $15-20/hr is a little wide. I think $16-18/hr is more reasonable for what you need and where you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So sorry you are "fed up" with the responses on this forum, MB. How awful it must be for you to be fed up! Nannies, please agree to lie and say that working for SAHMs is lovely and like a walk in the park on a spring morning so that this MB doesn't get "fed up" ever again!!! After all, Nannies, this MB knows everything and knows how every mother and child in the entire country relate to each other and their nanny - we nannies haven't got a clue!

You are exactly the kind of nasty nanny that makes this forum so terrible. If you have no intelligent response, just keep your mean retorts to yourself. You are not clever and you are not helpful and you are absolutely not helping the perceptions of your profession.

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OP, The rate range of $15-20/hr is a little wide. I think $16-18/hr is more reasonable for what you need and where you are.

Thanks, O Great One. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So sorry you are "fed up" with the responses on this forum, MB. How awful it must be for you to be fed up! Nannies, please agree to lie and say that working for SAHMs is lovely and like a walk in the park on a spring morning so that this MB doesn't get "fed up" ever again!!! After all, Nannies, this MB knows everything and knows how every mother and child in the entire country relate to each other and their nanny - we nannies haven't got a clue!

You are exactly the kind of nasty nanny that makes this forum so terrible. If you have no intelligent response, just keep your mean retorts to yourself. You are not clever and you are not helpful and you are absolutely not helping the perceptions of your profession.

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OP, The rate range of $15-20/hr is a little wide. I think $16-18/hr is more reasonable for what you need and where you are.

LOL - Are you "fed up", too?! So many who can dish it out but cannot take it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So sorry you are "fed up" with the responses on this forum, MB. How awful it must be for you to be fed up! Nannies, please agree to lie and say that working for SAHMs is lovely and like a walk in the park on a spring morning so that this MB doesn't get "fed up" ever again!!! After all, Nannies, this MB knows everything and knows how every mother and child in the entire country relate to each other and their nanny - we nannies haven't got a clue!

You are exactly the kind of nasty nanny that makes this forum so terrible. If you have no intelligent response, just keep your mean retorts to yourself. You are not clever and you are not helpful and you are absolutely not helping the perceptions of your profession.

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OP, The rate range of $15-20/hr is a little wide. I think $16-18/hr is more reasonable for what you need and where you are.

Oh, get a life, Angel - that post was FUNNY!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the OP. I do occasionally WFH in our current situation, and while the first few times weren't perfect, we've been successful in setting boundaries -- I'm in my office, my daughter knows our nanny is taking care of her, etc. I know maternity leave is a different issue and that nannying for a full-time SAHM probably isn't a walk in the park, but I'm hopeful that with the right situation, we can make it work.

You sound like a responsible employer and a thoughtful woman, OP. My advice would be to keep the lines of communication open with your nanny and make expectations clear from day one. You'll need to set firm boundaries with your little girl - for your sake, the new baby's sake, your daughter's sake and the nanny's sake. It is far more healthful for you daughter to know and understand "the rules" of the work day and be expected to live by them (and rewarded for it). Just be prepared her jealousy of the new baby which will complicate her emotions as well as your own. Kids are smart - don't let your daughter play you against the nanny or the nanny against you. Back up your nanny (just like you do with your husband) in regard to your daughter. Present a united front.

You and your new nanny can make it work. It helps that you already know it won't be easy - I'm fairly sure your new nanny (if she has experience) knows it will be difficult as well.

[Anonymous]

So sorry you are "fed up" with the responses on this forum, MB. How awful it must be for you to be fed up! Nannies, please agree to lie and say that working for SAHMs is lovely and like a walk in the park on a spring morning so that this MB doesn't get "fed up" ever again!!! After all, Nannies, this MB knows everything and knows how every mother and child in the entire country relate to each other and their nanny - we nannies haven't got a clue!


You are exactly the kind of nasty nanny that makes this forum so terrible. If you have no intelligent response, just keep your mean retorts to yourself. You are not clever and you are not helpful and you are absolutely not helping the perceptions of your profession.

~

OP, The rate range of $15-20/hr is a little wide. I think $16-18/hr is more reasonable for what you need and where you are.



LOL - Are you "fed up", too?! So many who can dish it out but cannot take it.

Not at all. A poster on another thread suggested that it was MBs who were so mean here.

I'm only showing, by highlighting your posts, that the problem is the nannies and the trolls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So sorry you are "fed up" with the responses on this forum, MB. How awful it must be for you to be fed up! Nannies, please agree to lie and say that working for SAHMs is lovely and like a walk in the park on a spring morning so that this MB doesn't get "fed up" ever again!!! After all, Nannies, this MB knows everything and knows how every mother and child in the entire country relate to each other and their nanny - we nannies haven't got a clue!


You are exactly the kind of nasty nanny that makes this forum so terrible. If you have no intelligent response, just keep your mean retorts to yourself. You are not clever and you are not helpful and you are absolutely not helping the perceptions of your profession.

~

OP, The rate range of $15-20/hr is a little wide. I think $16-18/hr is more reasonable for what you need and where you are.



LOL - Are you "fed up", too?! So many who can dish it out but cannot take it.

Not at all. A poster on another thread suggested that it was MBs who were so mean here.

I'm only showing, by highlighting your posts, that the problem is the nannies and the trolls.

No. The problem is you. Again.