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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous]OP do not feel bad about the pP trying to make you feel cheap for the reasonable question about 1 vs 2 kids. The answer throughl is [/quote]

I was asking a legitimate question, with no intention of making anyone "feel cheap". I may be missing something, but the math isn't adding up. Here's the quote:

[quote]because of this, we decided to keep #1 in daycare ($300 week) and will get a nanny share (or nanny for a short time until we get into a share or daycare) for when #2 comes (2.25 years difference between the 2). I did the math and because I wanted #1 to have SOME sort of preschool, it was going to be more expensive for having a nanny for 2 AND the cost of #1's preschool ($200/week in our area, N arlington)[/quote]

Let's say this poster wants 50 hours a week of care.

So, kid #1 costs $300/week for 50 hours at daycare. If kid #1 just goes to preschool, it will cost $200/week for, say, 12 hours of preschool. That means PP needs 50 hours of care for kid #2, and 38 hours of care for kid #1. $10/hour is the amount PP expects to pay a nanny of her own, $8/hour is what she expects to pay in a share. She's willing to up those rates by $1 if nanny also has kid #1. (And those are REMARKABLY, nay, RIDICULOUSLY low rates.)

#1 in daycare and #2 with a nanny, no share, 50 hours a week at $10/hour - $300 + $550 = $850

#1 in preschool and PP hires a nanny, no share, 50 hours a week at $11/hour - $200 + $605 = $805. If PP deducts the $12/week for the time her child is in preschool, $793 for 36 weeks of the year or so.

#1 in daycare and PP hires a shared nanny for #2, 50 hours a week at $8/hour - $300 + $440 = $740

#1 in preschool and PP hires a shared nanny, 50 hours a week at $9/hour - $200 + $495 = $695, minus $12/week 36 weeks a year

My point here, and where my confusion lies, is in the PP's concern about cost. The basic difference between her options (and yes, this is for a "nanny" who keeps the kids alive, not a good, professional nanny) is $155 a week. $8060 per year. If that's a whole lot of money to the PP, it's entirely possible her situation doesn't allow for the luxury of a nanny.

And before anyone snarks at me, think about this - if PP hires a nanny solo, the MOST that nanny would earn a year at the above rates is $28,600. Is that the sort of wage you would want YOUR childcare provider to earn?
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