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I am a physician and my husband is an attorney and $450 is what we pay our nanny. We do not reimburse our nanny based on how much we make, we reimburse her based on the going rate. I think I get the definition of affluent pretty well.

A certified nursing assistant in my office makes $12-14 /hr, you are paying $17/hr to an unlicensed person who has long stretches of doing nothing when your child is sleeping.  My nanny comes in at 8:30 and my son naps between 9:30 and 11 and 2 and 4.  My nanny previously worked for an elderly "daycare" where she made minimum wage.  I am currently expecting my third, the oldest is about to start Kindergarten, she will be paid $600 for the infant, the toddler, and to pick up the oldest from the bus stop at 3:30[/quote]

You might be a physician all right but certainly no economist.  Why should nannies wages be based on how much an assistant makes in your office?  Nannies wages are based on supply of nannies and demand for their services.

Why do you assume that my nanny is an "unlicensed person who has long stretches of doing nothing when my child is sleeping"?  Actually, she is doing cleaning/cooking/laundry when my DS is sleeping.  What's also amazing is that she is doing it at her own accord.  I never asked her for it.  She also does not watch my kid as an "unlicensed person" might be doing.  She educates him, engages him, entertains, comforts, etc.  She is also educated child teacher from Bulgaria.  Rereading what I just said I actually feel pretty good about paying her what I do.

And she will be getting a raise once my second child is born :)   [/quote]

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