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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Newborns ARE a ton of work if you are "doing it" right!  Narration, singing, wearing, reading, etc - 75% of the newborns brain is formed in the first year.  Plus a newborn with an older child is non-stop and takes a good deal of prior planning to keep both moving forward in learning and development.  (Not to mention keeping both happy!)

That said, your compensation sounds fair and reasoned.  If you cannot get your nanny to understand then there is not much else you can do.  Once the "it's not fair" starts it only gets worse.  [/quote]

I "do it right" and I can assure you that for a nanny who is worth upwards of $20 an hour, it shouldn't be that challenging because the majority of this should be instinctual.  If you have substantial newborn experience and experience jugglig two kids' schedules, then you should be narrating, singing and reading much of the time with the older child AND you should be able to do all of those things without thinking about it.  As for the schedules, you should be thinking that through from day one!  Either adding the newborn will be a huge amount of work for the nanny because she doesn't have much practice (in which case she is not worth this rate), or it will be harder than one bu ultimately old hat (in which case, the nanny would be worth some of what she's asking for, but wouldn't be whining about how hard it is).[/quote]

+1. You sound like a fantastic nanny and I'm sure you are worth your rate.[/quote]

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