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[quote=Anonymous]MB here.  You don't say where you're located OP - which helps in trying to give comparable market ranges.

I do think that your best approach is to think about what you can afford, what it would cost you if you went with a daycare/preschool approach, and what your comfortable range is knowing those numbers.

Try to figure out what the top end of your comfort zone is.  How far above what you're currently paying your nanny is that?

For instance, if you're currently paying $16/hr (base), but you could find a way to afford $22/hr if you had to, then you have a lot of working room.  If your absolute ceiling would be $19/hr then you have less wiggle room.

To preserve your sanity, and increase the chances of a stable, happy, long-term relationship with this nanny, you should try to be generous, but also preserve some room for raises and bonuses.  So if you could go to the $22 level you might offer $19 or $20 - knowing that still leaves you room to give her raises for a year or two without putting you in an uncomfortable financial situation.

If you don't have that much wiggle room then you offer as much as you can (I would try for a $3/hr raise).

Then talk with your nanny.  Be candid about the thinking you did, ask her first of all if she's up for the challenge, and then see if the rate you can offer is attractive to her.

Good luck!

FWIW, I found that handling twin infants was actually significantly easier than twin toddlers.  It's labor intensive, but they're stationary and it's pretty straight-forward.  Our baby whisperer nanny was astonishingly good at multiple infants, but she's struggling more now that they're mobile maniacs.

So it sounds really intimidating, but if your oldest child is in preschool some significant chunk of time, and if your nanny is experienced (and if you're willing to be a bit flexible to let her manage the twins' schedule in a way that makes sense in order to allow for caring for the older child also) then you will probably be fine.

Be prepared for your nanny to not necessarily have time to do all of the same things she might do now.  Laundry, tidying, maintaining of kids' areas, etc... all might be a little tougher for a while when the twins arrive.

Congrats and good luck![/quote]

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