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[quote=Anonymous]Ok, so I started out 7 years ago at a home that didn't pay well but gave me tons of experience, raises up to 12 an hour, and the family is wonderful and has become like family to me and my DH and kids. When I had my kids, one in 2009 and one last year, they let me bring them to work. They never paid on the books and I had no idea it was a big deal until I came to this board. They are a medically fragile foster home, I helped them raise three sets of kids from birth until adoption at age 2-3, with maybe 30-40 newborns in addition. I really value the experience I gained but I had no idea it was unusual, or an asset, to have so much infant experience.

FF to now, I decided to put an ad on care.com due to finances with DH, and my baby being almost a year now. i interviewed with a family in an affluent neighborhood/home this past week, newborn twins. I told them 12-13 to start, and that I had an interview the next day and was offering the same rates to them. They called me back twenty mins later after calling references to offer me at 13 an hour.

I start next week and I did call after reading this board and ask if it was on the books. MB said yes, of course, she is using her FSA...? I am new to all of this and don't want to appear inexperienced to them, in case they take advantage of my lack of knowledge. Do I go in with a contract? I am training next week and MB has to go OOT for work, so she said we'd deal with all of the pay stuff when she gets back from her business trip. They also have at least one other person coming in for night shifts, which I declined (I have a 10 mth old that nurses 1-2 times a night). She contacted me on care.com, and said they need PT work. So does that mean I shouldn't ask for PTO, since its part time? These are new parents and I don't know what all they know about nannies, etc.

Thanks for letting me pick your brains about this.[/quote]

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