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[quote=Anonymous]I keep typing up a response and then encountering difficulties submitting (possible website server issue??).

Anyway, I kept wanting to discuss the pay issue with her, but it felt odd: " congratulations! Now pay me more!" ??? She definitely knows I charge more for caring for more children; she had a neighbor that was having nanny issues back in late winter early spring and I watched her neighbors toddler along with her own, for $3 extra per hour (it was just for a few hours per week, over the course of a couple months).

When it became pretty clear that she wasn't going to offer me a raise herself before baby's arrival, I approached her a few weeks ago (because I obviously wanted to make certain she knew I was expecting more to care for them both). I brought up the subject of how care for the baby would be handled, and asked if I would be caring for both (figuring she would say not at first, but down the line, and figuring that it would be a good opening into asking for a higher rate). That was when she hit me with the "see how things go, figuring it out later..." bit. That did not seem like a good point for me to start demanding a raise.

I've thought a lot about this. I do want to work for them in the future, but only if they can compensate me fairly. I plan to ask her in two weeks, point blank, in person, if she is considering letting me go. I think her expression will tell me what she's really feeling (and of course I'll be listening closely to what she has to say).

If she answers with an enthusiastic "we love you, of course we won't let you go!" (Which I think there is a decent chance of happening) then I will wait another week or two and send her an email saying something to the effect of "i really enjoy working with your family, but I need to make sure that this is financially possible for me given my changing role with your family (and outline specific things I do for them, above and beyond, etc)..." And I will include wage requirements (I'm thinking $16/hr), and paid time off (including 40 hours/5 days of personal sick days, and being paid for days when I am regularly scheduled but they end up not using me because they are out of town, etc). If she cannot agree to those terms then I will find a new family.

If, on the other hand, her answer is a shifty-eyed "my husband and I are still figuring things out..." Then I will continue my job search in greater earnest and not think twice about giving only two weeks notice.

I'm open to hearing additional suggestions, etc about my new plan of action. Thank you.
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