Considering a short term nanny...thoughts?

[Anonymous]

It looks like our child care plan for our 4 month old is falling through, and our back-up plan may not be ready for a couple more months. I haven't had good experience with home day cares, so I am looking into what we would need to do about getting a short-term nanny. I don't know for how long it would be for at this point, but hopefully our back-up plan will be ready by September. Should we guarantee a minimum of say 2 or 3 months? Just hire someone without specifying how long it will be? How long notice should we give? I'd be interested in a share, but I don't think those are ideal for a short-term setup.

One child, as our oldest is currently in full day care. We will be needing 4 days a week and are on a bus route. We will need care at the beginning of July or sooner. I welcome advice on how to approach this as we had no intention of hiring a nanny and are kind of scrambling to get care in place before DH returns to work.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I'd use an agency. There are a few but the one I've used is MetroParentRelief.

Give them a call and talk through your needs.

[Anonymous]

Summer is a perfect time to get a college student as they would be open to just a summer gig.

[Anonymous]

I would advertise on here or on care.com
I took a party time short term job when one job ended and I couldnt decide whether to stay in nannying or do something else. It was 3 days a week for 12 weeks, Worked out great for me at the time.

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for a temporary position OP and could possibly help depending on your location. I can be reached at [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

I think you could find a summer nanny.

A good bet would be a college student out for the summer season.

It may be a bit tricky finding someone that young who has solid infant experience however but you can always try.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you could find a summer nanny.

A good bet would be a college student out for the summer season.

It may be a bit tricky finding someone that young who has solid infant experience however but you can always try.

Good luck.

Yup, they are educated but mostly had experience of 1 yrs or 2 yrs and older, not infant care experience. Those that had the relevant experience wanted $16-18 for 50 hours. The cost adds up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you could find a summer nanny.

A good bet would be a college student out for the summer season.

It may be a bit tricky finding someone that young who has solid infant experience however but you can always try.

Good luck.

Yup, they are educated but mostly had experience of 1 yrs or 2 yrs and older, not infant care experience. Those that had the relevant experience wanted $16-18 for 50 hours. The cost adds up.

For a temp gig, that's not a bad rate, even for a newbie. It's short term. I'd pick someone and go with it.

[Anonymous]

You could find someone for $10-12 an hour. Theres lots of people out there looking for work. Just don't stress over experience and references for someone whos only going to be around for 2 months. If you can't "find someone" its on you.

[Anonymous]

Verify that the caregiver has experience with infants, but don't require a certain number of years. If you make it clear that it's short term without a clear end date at this time, and x weeks pay on the last day for staying through the end date, you should be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could find someone for $10-12 an hour. Theres lots of people out there looking for work. Just don't stress over experience and references for someone whos only going to be around for 2 months. If you can't "find someone" its on you.

Don't ever leave an infant with a caregiver without checking that person out thoroughly. An infant can't tell you if something goes wrong!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You could find someone for $10-12 an hour. Theres lots of people out there looking for work. Just don't stress over experience and references for someone whos only going to be around for 2 months. If you can't "find someone" its on you.

Don't ever leave an infant with a caregiver without checking that person out thoroughly. An infant can't tell you if something goes wrong!

Agree! A lot can go wrong in one day, in less than 30 min, with a bad judgment call when it comes to infants.

[Anonymous]

Had success posting on our neighborhood listserv for this a few years ago. A stay at home mom with older teen kids responded, and we hired her. She had experience raising her own kids, lived in our community, and liked having a way to earn some extra money short-term. We paid an above average hourly rate ($24/hr) but didn't offer health insurance since it was a short term job. We were also only able to give an estimated end date, and she was fine with that since she was not looking to move onto another job.

[Anonymous]

Could you let us know what neighborhood you're in? We may be looking for a short-term share with our child, with the hopes that the family we found for the fall might be interested if you were taking a couple months of the time between!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could you let us know what neighborhood you're in? We may be looking for a short-term share with our child, with the hopes that the family we found for the fall might be interested if you were taking a couple months of the time between!

I'm in 22304 and work near the Pentagon.