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[quote=Anonymous]OP - good luck getting useful info here!

I am quite certain what I'm about to tell you will trigger slamming but here goes.

I live in Kensington.  I have twin toddlers and a nanny who has been with us since they were 3 months old.  She works 8-6 M-F.  She is a citizen, drives, has her own car, has prior experience with multiples, has been a nanny/caregiver/housekeeper for more than 20 years, is in her late 50's, and we found her through a neighborhood listserv.  She had impeccable references that have completed reflected our experience with her.

We started her at $600/week.  (This was more than she specified when we asked her rates.)  This year she got a raise to $650/wk.  We have a contract w/ her which specifies holidays (10), vacation (2 weeks), sick leave (5 days), basic parameters of the job, notice to be given in event of termination of the job by either side, etc...   We pay her through a payroll company so we pay all taxes, withholdings, etc... - totally legal.  In addition we contribute to her monthly health insurance costs.

It has been a surprisingly affordable solution for us, and I'm sure people will say we're not paying enough.  But we're paying more than she requested and we have room to give her annual raises, bonuses, etc... at this level.

She is fantastic - a real gem, and I hope she's with us for several more years (which is also why I'm glad we have some financial room).  We offer her stability, respect, babies (now toddlers), lots of autonomy/trust in how she wants to "parent" them, and guaranteed income.

We interviewed nannies who cost more, and I certainly had budgeted for more, but in the end the one that fit best with us also happened to be affordable.  Maybe we got lucky, but I know several other mothers (who work outside the home full-time) in MoCo (all with twins or more) who are paying in the $600-700 range per week.  It can be done, legally and totally above-board, without feeling that you have to be ashamed of what you're doing as an employer or that you're not getting quality care for your child(ren).

Good luck!

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