Is This Pay Reasonable..

[Anonymous]

$20 per hour gross, 1 3-month-old. Nanny is to do family laundry once a week, clean nursery, restock supplies, masks homemade baby food, empty/load dishwasher ( bottles in it), meal prep ( chop up lunch/dinner ingredients), sweep/mop living room/kitchen once a week, sign for/put away groceries, and run small errands.

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't she be providing care for your infant?
You need a separate cleaning person for all that other stuff.

[Anonymous]

Too much housework and too little pay.

OP, listen - as an experienced mother of three and the happy employer of the same nanny (10 years), you really need a nanny who will interact with your baby - read, sing, narrate, finger play and tummy time and take her for walks outside. Any good nanny will do the baby’s laundry, make the baby’s food and keep the toys disinfected and put away. Please see what kind of day the nanny has planned for the baby before piling on housework.

This is the most expansive time for your baby’s brain. Don’t waste it by hiring a housekeeper who babysits.

[Anonymous]

No family laundry ever - doing employers laundry changes the nature of the relationship. You don’t want that OP.

And only use the dishwasher on bottles if they are glass. But all bottles generally need to be washed by hand with a brush anyway.

No to the mopping the floor, too.

You want a nanny to be involved with your baby first and foremost. You may find someone willing to do your list for $20 an hour - but Inpromise you, you will not be able to keep her.

[Anonymous]

Twenty per hour is really nothing in this area unless you sleep on someone's couch, or you have a husband to support you.

[Anonymous]

Is this a live-in situation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a live-in situation?

How does that matter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a live-in situation?

How does that matter?

Because live in nannies have their rent and food paid for and generally earn less in salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$20 per hour gross, 1 3-month-old. Nanny is to do family laundry once a week, clean nursery, restock supplies, masks homemade baby food, empty/load dishwasher ( bottles in it), meal prep ( chop up lunch/dinner ingredients), sweep/mop living room/kitchen once a week, sign for/put away groceries, and run small errands.

Too many chores and too little money. Errands are very difficult with a newborn, OP. Take your and DH’s laundry and your meal prep off the table along with mopping weekly!!

You want her to devote her time to your child and your child’s development.

[Anonymous]

MB here.

I think $20/hr is competitive and will get you good options in candidates. I think the scope of work you've outlined has too much general housekeeping responsibility to be practical or attractive. You can, perhaps, hire someone who could grow into much of what you're hoping for but it's too much to start with. And if your true goal is a nanny/housekeeper then you probably don't want a career/professional nanny - you want the kind of person who will stay with a family for a decade and become part of the family. Your best option for finding those people is direct referrals.

So if you're advertising for this position, and if your primary goal is a highly professional/trained nanny - then your housekeeping requirements will make them walk away, regardless of the hourly rate.

But I think you need to take a few of the housekeeping things off the table as it will be a turn-off to many. No family laundry - but baby's laundry (including bedding/towels, etc...) is fine. No to running errands or meal prep for you. Making homemade baby food to some extent, not all of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$20 per hour gross, 1 3-month-old. Nanny is to do family laundry once a week, clean nursery, restock supplies, masks homemade baby food, empty/load dishwasher ( bottles in it), meal prep ( chop up lunch/dinner ingredients), sweep/mop living room/kitchen once a week, sign for/put away groceries, and run small errands.

Too many chores and too little money. Errands are very difficult with a newborn, OP. Take your and DH’s laundry and your meal prep off the table along with mopping weekly!!

You want her to devote her time to your child and your child’s development.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MB here.

I think $20/hr is competitive and will get you good options in candidates. I think the scope of work you've outlined has too much general housekeeping responsibility to be practical or attractive. You can, perhaps, hire someone who could grow into much of what you're hoping for but it's too much to start with. And if your true goal is a nanny/housekeeper then you probably don't want a career/professional nanny - you want the kind of person who will stay with a family for a decade and become part of the family. Your best option for finding those people is direct referrals.

So if you're advertising for this position, and if your primary goal is a highly professional/trained nanny - then your housekeeping requirements will make them walk away, regardless of the hourly rate.

But I think you need to take a few of the housekeeping things off the table as it will be a turn-off to many. No family laundry - but baby's laundry (including bedding/towels, etc...) is fine. No to running errands or meal prep for you. Making homemade baby food to some extent, not all of it

This. $20 is fine for a nanny for a 3mo, but not if you include all of the housekeeping, which stronger candidates won't be willing to do. Include baby's laundry, neatening nursery, and food prep for baby once he starts eating. Signing for groceries is fine too. But get a housekeeper to come in once a week for everything else.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks. We just moved here ( NoVA area) from Chicago where rates are lower. We will knock off adult laundry, meal prep, and errands. I do want to clarify errands are just for if we run out of diapers/wipes/formula, and don’t have a chance to pick it up. We still would like the nanny to make homemade baby food, and ideally run a vacuum once a week in the play area ( living room area rug), because they will be spending a lot of time there.

[Anonymous]

OP, totally fine to include maintenance of baby's play and sleeping areas, baby's laundry, baby's supplies - especially if you can just order stuff online. Have the nanny alert you when something is running low and you can reorder and she can be there for delivery.

Many nannies will grow into slightly broader responsibilities over time as the child grows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$20 per hour gross, 1 3-month-old. Nanny is to do family laundry once a week, clean nursery, restock supplies, masks homemade baby food, empty/load dishwasher ( bottles in it), meal prep ( chop up lunch/dinner ingredients), sweep/mop living room/kitchen once a week, sign for/put away groceries, and run small errands.

Yes pay is fine. Also have clause for taking child to nanny/child class or library, etc. as child get so 6-9 months. Nanny will have to able to grow with the child's activities.

Put list of things to do with child. If you are including family errands here with the child, that is OK. Receiving packages or grocery deliveries and putting them away should be fine as well.

Put list of things to do while child naps 2-3 times a day. Meal prep for child and possibly family works well during nap time, as does laundry 1-2x week, vacuuming areas where child is as needed and weekly, fine. WIll still have time for 1 or 2 hours of naps on the couch, which is also fine.