What to pay experienced Nanny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$15-18 an hour is plenty. This isn't a skilled position that demands more.

Some parents actually want a skilled person, while others may prefer to provide the training.

[Anonymous]

st4nton wrote:Hyattsville area. New to this, but we won't need nanny to cook, clean, etc... Just be there for our baby, take walks, read, feed her, etc...

We would probably do paid holidays and some sick leave. Are there other benefits we should be considering?

Find out what her needs are, and work from there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$15-18 an hour is plenty. This isn't a skilled position that demands more.

Some parents actually want a skilled person, while others may prefer to provide the training.

Taking care of children is not a skilled position. It requires no education or special training.

[Anonymous]

OP, you are getting good advice on rates here. I'll add another view, which may be unpopular. In my opinion, the nanny's formal education begins to count more when babies cross the 1- to 2-year threshold and begin to develop more rapidly. At that point you need someone more sophisticated. Before that time, all babies need is someone who is warm, affectionate, somewhat entertaining and most importantly, skilled at meeting their physical needs - food, fresh air, effective routine, SLEEP. It doesn't take a master's degree to read to the baby or sing a few songs to them. They don't need much beyond that.

My mother is a professional educator who is great with kids. All her grandchildren read at age 4. She asked me if I'd like her to take care of my son when he was born. I told her to stay home and relax until he turned one, because before that time, a nanny worked just as well. She took over from the nanny when he was a year old and he took off amazingly. But at 3 months, these skills would have been a waste. So make sure you understand that a good infant nanny is not the same as a good toddler/preschooler nanny, and make informed choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are getting good advice on rates here. I'll add another view, which may be unpopular. In my opinion, the nanny's formal education begins to count more when babies cross the 1- to 2-year threshold and begin to develop more rapidly. At that point you need someone more sophisticated. Before that time, all babies need is someone who is warm, affectionate, somewhat entertaining and most importantly, skilled at meeting their physical needs - food, fresh air, effective routine, SLEEP. It doesn't take a master's degree to read to the baby or sing a few songs to them. They don't need much beyond that.

My mother is a professional educator who is great with kids. All her grandchildren read at age 4. She asked me if I'd like her to take care of my son when he was born. I told her to stay home and relax until he turned one, because before that time, a nanny worked just as well. She took over from the nanny when he was a year old and he took off amazingly. But at 3 months, these skills would have been a waste. So make sure you understand that a good infant nanny is not the same as a good toddler/preschooler nanny, and make informed choices.

The critical need of stability of the primary caregiver is irrelevant?

[Anonymous]

Qualifications of each caregiver for a particular stage in a child's life and their fit with the family and child needs are more important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are getting good advice on rates here. I'll add another view, which may be unpopular. In my opinion, the nanny's formal education begins to count more when babies cross the 1- to 2-year threshold and begin to develop more rapidly. At that point you need someone more sophisticated. Before that time, all babies need is someone who is warm, affectionate, somewhat entertaining and most importantly, skilled at meeting their physical needs - food, fresh air, effective routine, SLEEP. It doesn't take a master's degree to read to the baby or sing a few songs to them. They don't need much beyond that.

My mother is a professional educator who is great with kids. All her grandchildren read at age 4. She asked me if I'd like her to take care of my son when he was born. I told her to stay home and relax until he turned one, because before that time, a nanny worked just as well. She took over from the nanny when he was a year old and he took off amazingly. But at 3 months, these skills would have been a waste. So make sure you understand that a good infant nanny is not the same as a good toddler/preschooler nanny, and make informed choices.

MB here and there's a lot I agree with about this. While I don't expect our nanny to provide educational support for our kids, the value of a nanny who CAN do that definitely increases as the child(ren) grow up.

That role, of course, can also be played by the parents. But it certainly could influence your hiring decisions.

[Anonymous]

What's the rate for Dc? Newborn Full.time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the rate for Dc? Newborn Full.time?

Do you want a warm body or an experienced professional? It depends on endless factors. That's why you look for someone you want, and ask them.

[Anonymous]

I am asking the going weekly rate.Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Truly OP your best bet is to place an add, pick out who you like and see what rate they require.

You can get a wonderful experienced nanny with a degree willing to make a long term commitment for $15 an hour.

You can have a terrible nanny with years of experience and a degree for $25 an hour who will flake on you after 2 months.

And everything in between.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truly OP your best bet is to place an add, pick out who you like and see what rate they require.

You can get a wonderful experienced nanny with a degree willing to make a long term commitment for $15 an hour.

You can have a terrible nanny with years of experience and a degree for $25 an hour who will flake on you after 2 months.

And everything in between.

I agree. Ask whoever you would hope to hire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am asking the going weekly rate.Thank you.

You need to understand, there's no "going weekly rate." You must pay hourly rates.

[Anonymous]

In Dc, 15 a hour yeah right. That's a Nanny with know experience.

[Anonymous]

I try to pay around $300 a week and just get as many hours out of my nanny as I can. I stay at work as late as possible unless she tells me she really needs to leave on time. But I only use her for about 40 hours a week.