Nanny share with second mom as the nanny?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of bad information here. Watching one unrelated child in your home does not make you a daycare, any more than any other nanny share. Most MBs here will turn their nose up at this, but most of them have money to burn and are selfish.

Make sure your CPR and first aid certifications are up to date, gather some references that you can use, and present yourself professionally. You will not have a hard time finding a family that may be looking for a nanny but can't afford it. They will be thrilled to hire a professional nanny at a reduced rate even if it means dropping off at your home if you're close by. You'll want the kids to be close in age, and expect to provide much of the equipment (double stroller, extra high chair, pack N play). I did this for 3 years while my daughter was young. It was a proveledge to share that time with her, and the share child and family are close friends now and the kids remain close.

Anytime a child is watched in a home not their own, it's a home or center daycare. If it's a relative, there's no licensing required.

This is simply not true. A single unrelated child doesn't make you a daycare. More than 1, where the care is in neither child's home, likely does but it depends on your location. It is best not to speak on things which you do not know.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't call this a nanny share. I would call it a nanny who brings her kid with her and charges less.

If it is in your home then you are a babysitter who has their child with them and you would need to charge even less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of bad information here. Watching one unrelated child in your home does not make you a daycare, any more than any other nanny share. Most MBs here will turn their nose up at this, but most of them have money to burn and are selfish.

Make sure your CPR and first aid certifications are up to date, gather some references that you can use, and present yourself professionally. You will not have a hard time finding a family that may be looking for a nanny but can't afford it. They will be thrilled to hire a professional nanny at a reduced rate even if it means dropping off at your home if you're close by. You'll want the kids to be close in age, and expect to provide much of the equipment (double stroller, extra high chair, pack N play). I did this for 3 years while my daughter was young. It was a proveledge to share that time with her, and the share child and family are close friends now and the kids remain close.

Anytime a child is watched in a home not their own, it's a home or center daycare. If it's a relative, there's no licensing required.

This is simply not true. A single unrelated child doesn't make you a daycare. More than 1, where the care is in neither child's home, likely does but it depends on your location. It is best not to speak on things which you do not know.

+1 I am so tired of hearing this! NOT true!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of bad information here. Watching one unrelated child in your home does not make you a daycare, any more than any other nanny share. Most MBs here will turn their nose up at this, but most of them have money to burn and are selfish.

Make sure your CPR and first aid certifications are up to date, gather some references that you can use, and present yourself professionally. You will not have a hard time finding a family that may be looking for a nanny but can't afford it. They will be thrilled to hire a professional nanny at a reduced rate even if it means dropping off at your home if you're close by. You'll want the kids to be close in age, and expect to provide much of the equipment (double stroller, extra high chair, pack N play). I did this for 3 years while my daughter was young. It was a proveledge to share that time with her, and the share child and family are close friends now and the kids remain close.

Anytime a child is watched in a home not their own, it's a home or center daycare. If it's a relative, there's no licensing required.

This is simply not true. A single unrelated child doesn't make you a daycare. More than 1, where the care is in neither child's home, likely does but it depends on your location. It is best not to speak on things which you do not know.

+1 I am so tired of hearing this! NOT true!

I have talked to people in the offices in Alexandria and Fairfax. According to them, if the child is cared for in a residence other than their own, it's a home daycare. It doesn't have to be licensed unless there are more kids, but even 1 child being watched in soeone else's home is a home daycare. Please feel free to call and verify for yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of bad information here. Watching one unrelated child in your home does not make you a daycare, any more than any other nanny share. Most MBs here will turn their nose up at this, but most of them have money to burn and are selfish.

Make sure your CPR and first aid certifications are up to date, gather some references that you can use, and present yourself professionally. You will not have a hard time finding a family that may be looking for a nanny but can't afford it. They will be thrilled to hire a professional nanny at a reduced rate even if it means dropping off at your home if you're close by. You'll want the kids to be close in age, and expect to provide much of the equipment (double stroller, extra high chair, pack N play). I did this for 3 years while my daughter was young. It was a proveledge to share that time with her, and the share child and family are close friends now and the kids remain close.

Anytime a child is watched in a home not their own, it's a home or center daycare. If it's a relative, there's no licensing required.

This is simply not true. A single unrelated child doesn't make you a daycare. More than 1, where the care is in neither child's home, likely does but it depends on your location. It is best not to speak on things which you do not know.

+1 I am so tired of hearing this! NOT true!

I have talked to people in the offices in Alexandria and Fairfax. According to them, if the child is cared for in a residence other than their own, it's a home daycare. It doesn't have to be licensed unless there are more kids, but even 1 child being watched in soeone else's home is a home daycare. Please feel free to call and verify for yourself.

we don't believe you. You talked to "people" in "offices" ? sure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of bad information here. Watching one unrelated child in your home does not make you a daycare, any more than any other nanny share. Most MBs here will turn their nose up at this, but most of them have money to burn and are selfish.

Make sure your CPR and first aid certifications are up to date, gather some references that you can use, and present yourself professionally. You will not have a hard time finding a family that may be looking for a nanny but can't afford it. They will be thrilled to hire a professional nanny at a reduced rate even if it means dropping off at your home if you're close by. You'll want the kids to be close in age, and expect to provide much of the equipment (double stroller, extra high chair, pack N play). I did this for 3 years while my daughter was young. It was a proveledge to share that time with her, and the share child and family are close friends now and the kids remain close.

Anytime a child is watched in a home not their own, it's a home or center daycare. If it's a relative, there's no licensing required.

This is simply not true. A single unrelated child doesn't make you a daycare. More than 1, where the care is in neither child's home, likely does but it depends on your location. It is best not to speak on things which you do not know.

+1 I am so tired of hearing this! NOT true!

I have talked to people in the offices in Alexandria and Fairfax. According to them, if the child is cared for in a residence other than their own, it's a home daycare. It doesn't have to be licensed unless there are more kids, but even 1 child being watched in soeone else's home is a home daycare. Please feel free to call and verify for yourself.

we don't believe you. You talked to "people" in "offices" ? sure

Yes, I did. You are welcome to believe me or not. I spoke to someone when the three family, four child live-in nanny share was proposed a while ago. No, I don't remember the woman's name. Nor do I remember the names of the other people I talked to in the Virginia and Maryland state offices or the local offices. I called around to get information, and I would think any parent or nanny would do the same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of bad information here. Watching one unrelated child in your home does not make you a daycare, any more than any other nanny share. Most MBs here will turn their nose up at this, but most of them have money to burn and are selfish.

Make sure your CPR and first aid certifications are up to date, gather some references that you can use, and present yourself professionally. You will not have a hard time finding a family that may be looking for a nanny but can't afford it. They will be thrilled to hire a professional nanny at a reduced rate even if it means dropping off at your home if you're close by. You'll want the kids to be close in age, and expect to provide much of the equipment (double stroller, extra high chair, pack N play). I did this for 3 years while my daughter was young. It was a proveledge to share that time with her, and the share child and family are close friends now and the kids remain close.

Anytime a child is watched in a home not their own, it's a home or center daycare. If it's a relative, there's no licensing required.

This is simply not true. A single unrelated child doesn't make you a daycare. More than 1, where the care is in neither child's home, likely does but it depends on your location. It is best not to speak on things which you do not know.

+1 I am so tired of hearing this! NOT true!

I have talked to people in the offices in Alexandria and Fairfax. According to them, if the child is cared for in a residence other than their own, it's a home daycare. It doesn't have to be licensed unless there are more kids, but even 1 child being watched in soeone else's home is a home daycare. Please feel free to call and verify for yourself.

we don't believe you. You talked to "people" in "offices" ? sure

Yes, I did. You are welcome to believe me or not. I spoke to someone when the three family, four child live-in nanny share was proposed a while ago. No, I don't remember the woman's name. Nor do I remember the names of the other people I talked to in the Virginia and Maryland state offices or the local offices. I called around to get information, and I would think any parent or nanny would do the same.

This is simply NOT true in Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just a hypothetical as I think about starting our family... I would love to stay home with our (not yet conceived) baby and was thinking about how to manage the logistics of going down to one income. So I'm really just trying to gauge a parents openness to the idea of a nanny share with the host mom as the nanny. I was a nanny for 5 years during and after college with extensive twin experience from newborn to 4 years. I now work as a social worker fostering positive parenting in overburdened families. Not interested in snark, just generally looking for a consensus from parents.

Nannied for 1 child during college = extensive experience now. Charge $35/hr.

[Anonymous]

Please stay home with your baby and cut back and live on 1 income. You used to nanny and are constantly asking about it to try to make a way to stay home with your child. Not too many paying parents interested in paying you to pretty much give their child 10% attention and keep their child alive while you rock your own baby. You'll make maybe about 8$ an hour realistically if someone decides to take you up on your offer. If you must nanny, then please put you child in daycare or find a sitter like other parents do, and stop trying to bring him/her along, and show up to work at the family's home without your baby in tow ready to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please stay home with your baby and cut back and live on 1 income. You used to nanny and are constantly asking about it to try to make a way to stay home with your child. Not too many paying parents interested in paying you to pretty much give their child 10% attention and keep their child alive while you rock your own baby. You'll make maybe about 8$ an hour realistically if someone decides to take you up on your offer. If you must nanny, then please put you child in daycare or find a sitter like other parents do, and stop trying to bring him/her along, and show up to work at the family's home without your baby in tow ready to work.

How ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where you do you live, Op?
Also, search: nanny shares illegal.

OP?

[Anonymous]

$10/hr or so to work from home with no child care bills doesn't sound bad, actually. I think she could charge more depending on how she structures it, particularly if it was always only one other family (vs. a home daycare taking in more children).

You won't earn a fortune, but you do have experience and you know what the job entails. I would sit down and consider what you're willing to offer in terms of schedule and how you would set up your home, and then advertise.

You will make the most money if you do think of this as a real daycare/nanny job, though, which means you will lose a lot of the flexibility SAHPs have. You'll have another child's schedule to consider, and you won't be able to take vacations whenever.

[Anonymous]

I would totally do this. My mother found two similar arrangements for my sisters and me growing up - two local mothers that wanted to stay home and raise their own children but needed additional income. It worked out wonderfully for everyone. My sister has since done something similar since she had such a great experience when we were little.

With daycare being so expensive around here, there are definitely going to be parents that would be open to this sort of arrangement.

[Anonymous]

I'm stay at home mom with a son and I also babysit one baby at my place - I do not need the license it been confirmed by the Childcare service office. I live in California.

[Anonymous]

oh and I charge $10 an hour because :-

1. At my place no driving needed
2. I can look after my son at the same time.