Increase for second baby

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Anonymous wrote:OP, MB here. If you're in the DC area I think a $2/hr raise is appropriate. An hourly rate of $19 is very competitive and still leaves you room for increases/raises etc...

Discuss it with your nanny of course, but I think $2/hr is fair. Got to 3 if you can afford it and she's really fantastic.

Would you double your workload for such a minuscule increase in compensation?

The workload will not double. There is still only one nanny to go around. The nanny won't spend twice as many hours there. What will happen is the same thing that happens in families - each child will get less one-on-one attention and care. That's why adding a second child doesn't double the nanny's salary - because with two children, the amount of care PER CHILD goes down. This assumes both children are home full-time.

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Anonymous wrote:It's common to wait until after you're done with maternity leave before giving a raise.

Will your rising two-year-old be in part-time preschool next year? If so, that's a factor in how much you give.

Or you might consider a $1 raise when baby is born, and another $2 when you go back to work.

I think that's crazy ---if you hope to keep that nanny. Please explain your reasoning.

Assuming MB takes care of the baby during maternity leave, why should the nanny get a raise when the baby is born?

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Anonymous wrote:When I had another baby I didn't give the nanny a raise, she was already making a fair market rate.

And she was thrilled, no doubt.

I know I would be!! Extra work and no compensation! Sign me up!!

What is the extra work? Clearly you aren't a mother because 2 is honestly easier than one. Plus either way there's really nothing more to do, you just spend 50% less time with the first child and give that to the new one.

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$1/hr more is the standard raise for a new baby.

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Anonymous wrote:$1/hr more is the standard raise for a new baby.

In your dreams.

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Anonymous wrote:When I had another baby I didn't give the nanny a raise, she was already making a fair market rate.

And she was thrilled, no doubt.

I know I would be!! Extra work and no compensation! Sign me up!!

What is the extra work? Clearly you aren't a mother because 2 is honestly easier than one. Plus either way there's really nothing more to do, you just spend 50% less time with the first child and give that to the new one.

Well, I AM a mother, and yes, two are double the labor. For me anyways. I'm not giving less to our first born. So you may speak for yourself.

You should talk to a mom of triplets!

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Op here, Thanks for the advice. The 1&1/2 year old will be at home too.

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Whaaaa. You mean ill have to watch a second child while the older one naps from 1-4pm? Whaaaaa. And the second child takes three naps a day.. whaaaa. Omg, how does any nanny or person manage 2 or 3 kids? Whaaaa.

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What is the extra work? Clearly you aren't a mother because 2 is honestly easier than one. Plus either way there's really nothing more to do, you just spend 50% less time with the first child and give that to the new one.

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read.

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What is the extra work? Clearly you aren't a mother because 2 is honestly easier than one. Plus either way there's really nothing more to do, you just spend 50% less time with the first child and give that to the new one.

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read.

I agree. She clearly hasn't done much parenting of two children.

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Anonymous wrote:When I had another baby I didn't give the nanny a raise, she was already making a fair market rate.

And she was thrilled, no doubt.

I know I would be!! Extra work and no compensation! Sign me up!!

What is the extra work? Clearly you aren't a mother because 2 is honestly easier than one. Plus either way there's really nothing more to do, you just spend 50% less time with the first child and give that to the new one.

Well, I AM a mother, and yes, two are double the labor. For me anyways. I'm not giving less to our first born. So you may speak for yourself.

You should talk to a mom of triplets!

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MB here w/ 2 kids. We gave our nanny $2.50 more as soon as I came home from the hospital. I spent a lot of time w/ the older one while the younger one was napping. Also gave her a week's extra pay as a bonus for helping out during this time and having me there all the time.

Looking after 2 can be hard but the infant slept quite a bit during the first few months. He was often sleeping 4 or more hours during the day. Now at almost 10 months he'll sleep almost 3.5 hrs (2 naps) while the nanny is here. The older one started preschool this fall and she's gone about 13 or so hours out of the 40. Plus she also naps about 4 to 6 hours of the 40. So I would say that the nanny has our oldest child about 20 hours a week. Obviously, the nanny is still on duty while our kids are sleeping but it's not as difficult as having both there full time with no naps.

Next year our oldest will be going to PT preschool 5 days a week and our infant will be about 18 months, so I think it'll get a lot easier for our nanny.

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We increased $1 an hour when I brought the second baby home from the hospital in May (DS #1 was three and in half-day preschool) BUT we also give our nanny and annual $1 an hour increase every January.

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Anonymous wrote:A $5.00-$7.00 increase is ridiculous. You
need to talk with her, but I would say $2.00
an hour increase is fine.

I'd politely smile, and then get myself a new job.

And your MB would be better for it.

Because 2. an hour is all your infant care is worth. And you wonder why kids are failing and special needs are skyrocketing. Ok.

Nannies must be doing a pretty shitty job (or just be very incompetent) if the prospect of caring for more than one child, without a %30-40 pay raise, is causing children to somehow develop "special needs". Educate yourself, PP, before you post such nonsense.

Indeed. Lots of your sitters are doing a poor job, for obvious reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:A $5.00-$7.00 increase is ridiculous. You
need to talk with her, but I would say $2.00
an hour increase is fine.

Two bucks an hour for twice the work? You are insane. Two kids. $25.00/hr.