Raise for second child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you out to children in day care, you would be given a discount for 2nd child, generally 50% ergo nanny should be paid accordingly.

Nonsense. In daycare you are paying for the physical space the child is in - not true in their own home.

There is what I wish were true and what is true - what is true is generally a $2 an hour raise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you out to children in day care, you would be given a discount for 2nd child, generally 50% ergo nanny should be paid accordingly.

Try a 10-15% discount. If daycares offered huge second kid discounts they would go out of business. ?

[Anonymous]

Nanny employer here, and a $1/hour raise is ridiculous. You're talking about taking care of a baby for an extra $40 per week? Not appropriate.

A $2-$4/hour raise is more in line with what we have seen.

[Anonymous]

7-10% increase for newborn

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I'm trained and experienced with infant care. I would charge a $5 increase.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you out to children in day care, you would be given a discount for 2nd child, generally 50% ergo nanny should be paid accordingly.

Try a 10-15% discount. If daycares offered huge second kid discounts they would go out of business. ?

Some daycares provide a sliding scale (10% off 2nd, 20% off 3rd), but even then the discounts make it prohibitive. Daycare is cheaper for one, usually close for two, and in home care is usually cheaper by three, certainly four. With that said, a nanny doesn't have to have a rate increase, but that's a good way to have your nanny quit.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the age of the kids and if the nanny will be taking care of both full time. If the older is 4 and will be in school until 3:30 every day then $1 is plenty. If you have a baby and a two year old who are home all day then $2 might be more appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:It depends on the age of the kids and if the nanny will be taking care of both full time. If the older is 4 and will be in school until 3:30 every day then $1 is plenty. If you have a baby and a two year old who are home all day then $2 might be more appropriate.

This is exactly what would instantly drive me to my next job.

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Anonymous wrote:It depends on the age of the kids and if the nanny will be taking care of both full time. If the older is 4 and will be in school until 3:30 every day then $1 is plenty. If you have a baby and a two year old who are home all day then $2 might be more appropriate.

This is exactly what would instantly drive me to my next job.

Same!

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks. FWIW, I think a $2 raise puts us at an hourly rate at the upper end of the spectrum for our area based on surveys I've seen for 2 kids, so glad that seems reasonable.

Please report back after you have actual documentation, as in pay stubs. They can delete the social security number. Parents are known to downplay what it really costs to find a decent nanny. They want to pretend they're getting the "best" bargain nanny.

Actually, nannies on this board inflate their pay. After I hired a couple of nannies, I realized all of my friends were paying less.

A couple of nannies? I am always leery of advice from anyone who has had a "couple of nannies".

Yes, you can always find someone for any job that will ask for less - just depends on what you want for your child. Less education, less experience, undocumented and paid illegally, poor English, foreign and unable to run a background check on her, etc. will always get you someone less expensive.

Did you read what I wrote? I was paying more than my friends for the same quality of nanny. All were legal, all were paid legally. Some had degrees, some did not.

And not that it's any of your business, but I hired my first nanny for part time, then switched to full time with the second child. Nanny #1 couldn't do full time. Nanny #2 left when she had her second child to be a SAHM. We had nanny #3 until we left the state, and nanny #4 is starting her 4th year with us. My oldest will be 8 soon.

This is happening to us now. We hired our first nanny for our infant at the top of our and her range. It’s what she was making before for 2 kids. Now we realize we overpaid by about $3 per hour and I’m expecting #2. I do not want to raise her salary.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks. FWIW, I think a $2 raise puts us at an hourly rate at the upper end of the spectrum for our area based on surveys I've seen for 2 kids, so glad that seems reasonable.

Please report back after you have actual documentation, as in pay stubs. They can delete the social security number. Parents are known to downplay what it really costs to find a decent nanny. They want to pretend they're getting the "best" bargain nanny.

Actually, nannies on this board inflate their pay. After I hired a couple of nannies, I realized all of my friends were paying less.

A couple of nannies? I am always leery of advice from anyone who has had a "couple of nannies".

Yes, you can always find someone for any job that will ask for less - just depends on what you want for your child. Less education, less experience, undocumented and paid illegally, poor English, foreign and unable to run a background check on her, etc. will always get you someone less expensive.

Did you read what I wrote? I was paying more than my friends for the same quality of nanny. All were legal, all were paid legally. Some had degrees, some did not.

And not that it's any of your business, but I hired my first nanny for part time, then switched to full time with the second child. Nanny #1 couldn't do full time. Nanny #2 left when she had her second child to be a SAHM. We had nanny #3 until we left the state, and nanny #4 is starting her 4th year with us. My oldest will be 8 soon.

This is happening to us now. We hired our first nanny for our infant at the top of our and her range. It’s what she was making before for 2 kids. Now we realize we overpaid by about $3 per hour and I’m expecting #2. I do not want to raise her salary.

Just tell her. Nannies generally have the sense to notice if you're financially strapped. Maybe she'll agree to forgo a raise if you give her a long range plan.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here- I go by age and how many is how I charge because different ages of children make the world of difference in childcare.