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[quote=danaw]I'm having a 3rd child in a few months and I pay my nanny $18.75 an hour for 40 hour weeks (M-Thurs) to watch my 6 year old (in kindergarten from 8:30 - 3) and a 2 year old.  She gets every Federal holiday, 2 weeks vacation, 1 week sick, etc.  We pay legally.

I was planning on increasing $1.25 per hour when the baby is here, bringing her to almost $20 an hour.  She wants $2.50 an hour ($400 more a month!), which would bring her salary to nearly $21.50.  I hired her 2.5 years ago at $16.50 -- and that turned out to not work for her so we negotiated at the year mark and I bumped her a lot because she is so good and been a nanny nearly 15 years.  We didn't want to lose her.

As much as we love our nanny, we are beyond stretched and I simply can't go over the $1.25 increase.

My questions are:  1)  Is this a reasonable increase (the $1.25)?  2)  is her overall new salary, for 3 kids, at $20 gross in-line, too low, too high or just right?  3)  am I wrong to think the add'l $2.50 is just an unreasonable request?

Thank you so much for any advise you can spare![/quote]

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