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[quote=Anonymous]To be frank, as a parent I would not pay nanny share rates for someone taking care of my child in their home. I have to pack up and drop off my kid, they don’t get to sleep in their crib, and I have much less oversight over the environment. I can make decisions about child proofing my house, using nontoxic cleaning products, etc but cant easily verify all those details all the time at your place. Not to mention it’s your child in your home... i’d worry about favoritism or at the very least, your parenting style being the default regardless of my requests.

Now, a 2-child in home daycare is much better than say, a 4-infant setup (max allowed by law), so you can and should expect a premium over daycare prices. I’m in a big city in the South and daycare rates here are maybe $200-300 a week. Assuming you’re in Atlanta or Savannah or another large-ish city, you might get  25-50% above that for only having 2 kids. $10/hr is really at the high end though. At that price, I can find a good true nanny share that’s partly in my home and the other child is not the nanny’s.

I’ve also found that there seems to be a higher frequency of SAHMs in the South, and many are open to the arrangement you describe for a little extra money, so that also depresses the “market rate” for such a service. You should not have to settle for $2/hour even in your home, but the ceiling on this may not be as high as you are hoping.[/quote]

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