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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hiring a nanny with her own child sometimes makes sense when you have a similar aged child, but I don't see how a baby would do anything but get in the way when it comes to taking care of preschool and elementary school aged children. It's hard enough to manage the after school routine of three children. I actually had a job once where I did exactly that, after school routine for three children aged 6-13, and also took care of their baby sister. That was tough; the older children were understanding, but I couldn't spend much time helping with homework individually, because baby's needs always came first.

Ordinarily, a job like this (3 children after school care) would probably be in the $15-18/hr range for a highly qualified nanny. Considering the HUGE benefit to her and possible conflict of interest for your own children ("sorry, nanny can't help you with that right now, she's feeding/changing baby," "shh please play extra quietly, and no we can't go to the park now, baby is sleeping"), it doesn't make any sense for her to be paid more than 2/3 of what you'd be paying for another nanny who wouldn't complicate things by bringing an infant into the picture. $10-11/hr is plenty fair to start.

If things seem to be going well another 3-6 months into it you could bump her pay up more ($12/hr) if she really happens to be an exceptional fit. But there is no reason to start her off at a high pay rate before you really know how good of a fit this will be. Even if all her references are AMAZING, they were from before she had her own child present. She is a new mom and is still learning how to balance work and motherhood, and I think you just need to see how it goes before offering her a ton of money for what may very well be a subpar experience for your family.[/quote]
You're completely nuts if you think a "highly qualified" nanny would charge only $15-18/hr, even for one child, let alone three. Your story is full of tall tales.[/quote]

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