I am livid. Nanny watched TV all day and ignored baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You literally hired a sitter, not a nanny. A professional will cost more than $20.

You are assuming this person lives in or close-in to DC. $20/hr is perfectly reasonable/high the further out you get from DC. Many people who live in the DC area use this site. Please stop trying to inflate salaries.

And this is what you get for $20 an hour - just a warm body.

Exactly. Professionals are closer to 30.

[Anonymous]

Op here.

The nanny is gone. We are not in the DC area. Where I am, minimum wage is like 10.35/hr.

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher who *babysits* for extra money when my child is at her father's house every other weekend. I charge $20 per hour for 2 kids here in the DC area.

Were I a (full-time) nanny i would be charging far more. Employers in the DC area are cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here.

The nanny is gone. We are not in the DC area. Where I am, minimum wage is like 10.35/hr.

So the person taking care of your children should make the same as a retail or fast food worker? You get what you pay for, period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher who *babysits* for extra money when my child is at her father's house every other weekend. I charge $20 per hour for 2 kids here in the DC area.

Were I a (full-time) nanny i would be charging far more. Employers in the DC area are cheap.

They are very cheap and expect top level care.

[Anonymous]

I’m currently babysitting and the kids are watching tv. I’m making $20/hr. weekdays I’m a nanny and earn $30/hr. the kids have never watched tv with me. When I’m babysitting it’s a different standard and different pay. Op you hired a babysitter. Fire her and pay for a nanny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here.

The nanny is gone. We are not in the DC area. Where I am, minimum wage is like 10.35/hr.

Welp you get what you pay for.

[Anonymous]

A nanny *raises* your children for you, or at least that is what you expect, right parents? (Plus laundry??) Well for that you pay closer to $30 per hour. This is normally an 8-5 job.

$20 an hour gets you a TV-watching, pop-corn eating babysitter whom the kids have fun with, but who does not raise your children. This is normally Friday and Saturday nights while the parents are out on a date.

[Anonymous]

Oh brother.

I am a nanny and this thread is absurd. You get what you pay for is only true below a certain threshhold. If you are at or below minimum wage, then yes: you are almost certainly getting low-quality care because your nanny is either living in poverty or working extra jobs nights and weekends or is so young and inexperienced that she still lives at home—basically there is some reason she would accept such low pay.

But $20 and up in DC area you can certainly get more than a warm body! You might not get college educated, SN experience, NCS experience, decades of nannying under her belt, willing to drive, etc., but someone who cares about the baby and wants to do a good job? You should be able to hire that for $20 an hour. I only make $24 and I have been a nanny for a decade, use my own car and handle a fair bit of household management stuff besides!