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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re expecting our second child in mid August. Our older boy will be 2 when he’s here and we’re not planning to start him in school until at least January, and probably more like July (bad timing, too much change, etc etc). Wondering how we should talk to our wonderful nanny of 2 years about her expectations for a raise. We’re prepared to offer around $2/hr and she won’t be taking her lunch break (WFH Mom) because it’s unlikely they’ll nap at the same time consistently, so we’d pay her an additional hour (it was a paid break, we just feel guilty that it was a nice perk she’ll no longer have). Should we approach her about this, or should we wait until she comes to us? I’d like to give her a chance to negotiate for herself as well, we would be able to pay a bit more if she had some reason behind it (newborn training, sign language experience, things like that). Thanks! [/quote]

We were in the same situation with our nanny who has been in our life since our daughter was four months and she will be 3 in July however our nanny is so amazing that both kids were sleeping at the same time and she did get a lunch break every day at 1 until 3. She was really good at pulling our oldest daughter on a schedule and when the new baby came home she worked her magic and he's been on a schedule ever since birth so if your nanny is as good as you say she is she should be able to figure out how to juggle two kids because it's not reasonable to have someone work for 10 hours straight and not sit down . We offered her a $2 raise as well but we also started giving her bonuses every 3 months because her job did increase in regards to the laundry, bottles, figuring out a schedule, activities and everything else.[/quote]

Honest question: why not give her a better raise versus a small (too small if you ask many) raise and several bonuses? [/quote]

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