Honest compensation question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Sorry, was taking care of the baby.

No I haven't posted before and I don't know what bells and whistles come with nanny care - no driving required means no picking up or taking my kid anywhere. Everything near me is walkable. that's why we live here. Story times, museums, parks are all a few blocks away so there is no need to drive to an activity.

I don't know what credentials there are - there is no nanny credentialing department that I know about (maybe there is?).

I interviewed someone with no infant experience today so we will see if she is interested.

Yes many people do less with less. I don't care if my child wins a Nobel or goes to Harvard. I just need him to be safe and happy. Ie well cared for. He doesn't need 20 classes a week and a nanny who only speaks to him in a foreign language for him to be happy and healthy.

Hopefully I'll find someone. I don't want to fail because I have to work like so many other moms.

Why don't you consider caring for your infant as "work"? Are you above "that" kind of work? And we wonder why "The Hell of American Daycare". If a parent is providing the childcare, it's not "work", but if it's some poor immigrant woman off the street, it's suddenly supposed to become "work". Parents are in a crazed fantasy.

[Anonymous]

There is no such thing as the "Hell of American Daycare".

You are the one in a crazed fantasy.

[Anonymous]

Raising a child is work but unfortunately it won't keep a roof over heads. Even our modest one.

Thanks for the links - I'll look them over and share with our candidate if she is interested. Very little infant experience worries me but I guess it's better than none!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anyone else note the correlation between posters who think $15 an hour is at the high end of nanny pay and at the same time think nannies have it easy and spend most of their time on the phone?

No, because this is an anonymous forum so you can't find any correlation when you have no idea who is responding.

You must be new around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have ten years of experience and a BA in Education - my rate is 20 an hour and will go up when I look for a new job when this one ends. I know nannies who are making 25 an hour now.
Keep trying for daycare, OP. Chances are your child will have a better learning experience with daycare than a 16 dollar an hour nanny.

DAYCARE IsFOR POORFAMILY.

[Anonymous]

OP, you will probably find someone with infant experience, just not as a nanny. Think daycares, her own children or nieces/nephews, occasional babysitting, etc.. For example, my own nanny is a first-timer as a full-time nanny, but her mother runs an at-home daycare, and she has two much younger siblings. She's had a lot of experience with infants, and she could answer all the questions I put to her in our interview.

I also had her take the Red Cross CPR/First Aid training her first week with us, and gave her Baby 411. I also went over the areas that worried me the most: sleeping, water (baths or pool), feeding, and carseats. She's been great.

[Anonymous]

OP, we pay $15 for a toddler. Our nanny has been fabulous. Try asking friends with nannies: our nanny was referred by a friend's nanny

[Anonymous]

We pay $16 in NW and other nannies in our neighborhood seem to earn in the $14-$18 range for 1 child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We pay $16 in NW and other nannies in our neighborhood seem to earn in the $14-$18 range for 1 child.

Have you seen their paychecks?

[Anonymous]

Self-reporters are notorious fibbers, so feel free to verify before you believe it to be factual.

[Anonymous]

We interviewed at least a dozen candidates last year for 2 kids, we now have a great nanny we like. I heard every number posted in this thread, I just wanted to post that since the original question said she is paying taxes, that is driving up the price a bit. I had at least half of the candidates I interview flat out refuse the job based on withholding taxes, the other half wanted a few dollars more per hour to compensate. So, keep that in mind when you are hearing the lower rates on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We interviewed at least a dozen candidates last year for 2 kids, we now have a great nanny we like. I heard every number posted in this thread, I just wanted to post that since the original question said she is paying taxes, that is driving up the price a bit. I had at least half of the candidates I interview flat out refuse the job based on withholding taxes, the other half wanted a few dollars more per hour to compensate. So, keep that in mind when you are hearing the lower rates on here.

Excellent point. It shows how common this problem is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Everyone I know either have up on nannies or is in day care.
I don't have $20 an hour for one child. I could see for two or more or coordinating school pick ups and potty training etc. I barely have $16. I'm in NW (downtown).

Just not sure what to do.

put in day care,oros bolas.