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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally, I would quit. 
I am a career nanny and I have brought my daughter to work with me since she was 4 month-old. I only applied for job with children of similar age as my child and I would not accept a rate lower than $12/hour. I am now paid between $14 and $20 per hour (not in DC), working for 3 different families (in a nanny share with 2 of them). They absolutly loved the idea that I would bring my child with me and never tried to cut my rate. I treat all children at the same level, just as if they were siblings. 
Having your own child with you does make it harder to find a job but I have to say that I work for great, open-minded and thoughtful families that accepted my child as a bonus and not an obstacle or a burden. 
I think that your MB does not value you enough and does not deserve to have you as her children's nanny. But, if you do quit, find a job first. What you could do is care for children out of your home on weekends, part-time, for while. Then you can use those families as references testifying that you are able to care for your child and their child at the same time. That will make it easier down the road to find a full-time job as a nanny while bringing your child to work.

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Wow! You are so fortunate to have found those families. I think that is why my husband felt slighted by this offer. It came off as a little insulting to him that I would have to put my baby's needs second all the time and make crap pay on top of it. I would do my best to balance it all out, but I do not think that the vast difference in ages will be to my or my baby's benefit or the children's benefit that I nanny for. [/quote]

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