Nanny raise for second child

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I couldn't tell if "$45/week for a newborn. Yah that sounds amazing!!" was sarcastic or not. I would think caring for a newborn is easier than a toddler. They sleep a lot more, and you don't have to run around & chase after them, or struggle too much with having to always keep them busy.

You should actually try it, and report back (after 60 days) how "easy" it is.
I think she'll have a better offer and ditch you.

I'm not OP but I have 3 children so I've done the newborn thing 3 times. Aside from the sleepless nights that the nanny doesn't have, a newborn is MUCH easier than a toddler. Ask any parent with more than 1 child and they will tell you they have no idea why they thought a newborn was hard the first time around. Now, if you have twins or 2 toddlers that is a different story but presumably the nanny would continue to get a raise each year as well as a second child raise. A newborn is NOT hard and any nanny who claims a newborn is SO much work has no business taking care of a newborn. Granted if the baby is colicky or has other problems NOT typical that is a different story and you would want to compensate the nanny accordingly but otherwise $1/hr is perfectly acceptable.

You STILL have no clue.

No, she's right. You have no clue. $1 per hour raise is very typical. And to the poster who characterized $17 per hour for one child and $18 for two as low rates and "cheap childcare," get a grip. $17 is on the high end for one child in DC and $18 is very typical for two kids from one family.

Based on what? Nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We did $1/hour raise.

Cheap childcare has got to be the best bargain in America. No wonder you can't afford to parent your own kids.

Contrast your dollar an hour to what you'd have to pay for a crappy daycare center. Amazing.

[Anonymous]

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OP here. I couldn't tell if "$45/week for a newborn. Yah that sounds amazing!!" was sarcastic or not. I would think caring for a newborn is easier than a toddler. They sleep a lot more, and you don't have to run around & chase after them, or struggle too much with having to always keep them busy.

You should actually try it, and report back (after 60 days) how "easy" it is.
I think she'll have a better offer and ditch you.


I'm not OP but I have 3 children so I've done the newborn thing 3 times. Aside from the sleepless nights that the nanny doesn't have, a newborn is MUCH easier than a toddler. Ask any parent with more than 1 child and they will tell you they have no idea why they thought a newborn was hard the first time around. Now, if you have twins or 2 toddlers that is a different story but presumably the nanny would continue to get a raise each year as well as a second child raise. A newborn is NOT hard and any nanny who claims a newborn is SO much work has no business taking care of a newborn. Granted if the baby is colicky or has other problems NOT typical that is a different story and you would want to compensate the nanny accordingly but otherwise $1/hr is perfectly acceptable.

You STILL have no clue.


No, she's right. You have no clue. $1 per hour raise is very typical. And to the poster who characterized $17 per hour for one child and $18 for two as low rates and "cheap childcare," get a grip. $17 is on the high end for one child in DC and $18 is very typical for two kids from one family.

This exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I couldn't tell if "$45/week for a newborn. Yah that sounds amazing!!" was sarcastic or not. I would think caring for a newborn is easier than a toddler. They sleep a lot more, and you don't have to run around & chase after them, or struggle too much with having to always keep them busy.

You should actually try it, and report back (after 60 days) how "easy" it is.
I think she'll have a better offer and ditch you.

I'm not OP but I have 3 children so I've done the newborn thing 3 times. Aside from the sleepless nights that the nanny doesn't have, a newborn is MUCH easier than a toddler. Ask any parent with more than 1 child and they will tell you they have no idea why they thought a newborn was hard the first time around. Now, if you have twins or 2 toddlers that is a different story but presumably the nanny would continue to get a raise each year as well as a second child raise. A newborn is NOT hard and any nanny who claims a newborn is SO much work has no business taking care of a newborn. Granted if the baby is colicky or has other problems NOT typical that is a different story and you would want to compensate the nanny accordingly but otherwise $1/hr is perfectly acceptable.

You STILL have no clue.

No, she's right. You have no clue. $1 per hour raise is very typical. And to the poster who characterized $17 per hour for one child and $18 for two as low rates and "cheap childcare," get a grip. $17 is on the high end for one child in DC and $18 is very typical for two kids from one family.

Based on what? Nothing.

Still. Nothing.

[Anonymous]

$23/hr per 2 children.