Rate for mother's helper?
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Anonymous
| What's the going rate for a mother's helper for infant twins. Only requirement is to help with them (literally hold them) if I am not able to get to both of them at the same time. No other requirements. |
Anonymous
| Are you looking for a teenager to work after school, or a person over 18? Are you looking to hire someone who wants to gain experience or someone who you’d trust alone with the babies? |
Anonymous
In addition to this, are you flexible with schedule (to work around a young high schoolers schedule) or do you need a professional with own transportation who will consistently show up as scheduled? |
Anonymous
| OMG, find someone you think you’d like to hire, and ASK them!!!! |
Anonymous
Sorry, OP, you’re a busy mom with twin babies. Please forgive my frustration here. |
Anonymous
Yeah I have three kids 2 and under  I did ask and thought what she asked ($20+ in cash/hr) was outrageous. I don't want a teenager. I want someone like a SAHM whose kids are at school in the am or a responsible college student. This is the schedule that works and would be guaranteed 20hrs/week. Hence need a ballpark idea. Again, will never be left alone, live near metro. Only requirement to literally help me when I need to pump or both are screaming.
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Anonymous
I highly doubt that those are the only things she will end up doing. List everything she MIGHT do in the contract, including having both kids while you take ten minutes to shower! And yes, $20/hour is reasonable for an adult working part-time as a secretary me paid or hands. Pay a child $12-16 if you want. |
Anonymous
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I understand that from your perspective, it's a very easy job, but it's still a job, and you're going to have to pay the rate competitive with other jobs, or it doesn't make sense for someone to take.
High school and college kids these days don't work. When I was a college student I nannied for $10 (or maybe less) an hour. Before I got an au pair I offered $18/hr to college students and they just do not to work. SAHMs also don't want your job--why would they? So that leaves you with people who would take any nanny type job and expect to be paid like it's a nanny job, whether you're home or not. In fact for a lot of people, the fact you're also home makes it a crappy job. |
Anonymous
*do not want to work |
Anonymous
Hmm on other threads there is a going rate of $18/hr for a nanny share! |
Anonymous
Sure. There is a floor, though, for what any responsible, reliable person is going to accept, no matter if that's in a nanny in a share or as a "mother's helper" (which is just a nanny with the mother in her way if you think about it). |
Anonymous
| I also doubt the job will only require holding one twin. Might as well advertise for a part time nanny. |
Anonymous
Going rate is what cheap ppl use to justify being cheap. Op found someone, but was appalled that they wanted actual compensation. $20/hr for a 20 hour position where the mom is hovering, hormonal and neurotic isn’t anyone’s dream position. It’s a filler position or crossover position until their actual job begins. This means you have to pay handsomely if you want to keep someone longer than a month who is reliable. This is also a super luxury position. Meaning this is a position wealthy families offer nannies bc they can pay them well even if it’s just 20 hrs a week. Look for a college student and hope for the best. |
Anonymous
| I worked at several positions like this and started at $25/hr. |
Anonymous
My going rate for just one child is $30/hr. It’s doesn’t matter if you’re home the whole time or if you live next to a bus stop or metro. If you want a HS kid without a car who needs constant supervision, you can definitely go a lot cheaper. |