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[quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays]OP, if you adore your nanny, and you want to show your appreciation for a job well done AND a $3/hour raise will still allow you to offer additional raises over time, and bonuses if you wish, you should absolutely do exactly that. $3/hour is a little more than $150/week, or a little more than $7800/year.

Not knowing your nanny's personal skill set, her level of experience, or anything else, it's impossible to correctly gauge what the "right" new baby raise might be, but if you have a nanny you want to keep, a terrific raise helps.

And to the SAHM at 9:52 - exactly! [b]There is no decrease in work with an additional infant when the older child heads to school. The older kid still needs clean clothes, food to eat, activities to do after school, and so on, and the baby needs to be on some sort of schedule that fits around the older child's needs. It becomes way more of a juggling act. [/b]
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I don't understand that. I have a 4-year old and a 5-month old. The 4-year old is in preschool full-time.  When he's in school, my days are incredibly easy.  I don't need to entertain an older child who already has preferences and answers back, not just stares at me when I talk.  The baby naps way more than an older child does.  Laundry, well, you don't do it by hand, do you.  It's just two more buttons to press.   The 4-year old has breakfast, lunch and snack at school, so forget meals. It's a difference between having to engage someone all the bloody time with nonstop feedback and all the incalcitrance of a young child, running after him, dragging him away from things occasionally, reading, crafts and whatnot, and hanging out with the baby that doesn't talk, doesn't answer back, doesn't have preferences and stays in one place when you put him there.  Again, don't understand what you mean.   It's like night and day when the 4-year old is out of the house, workload-wise.

And I don't get why people keep bringing up teacher development days etc.  Our preschool is never closed, I mean, NEVER, except for federal holidays.  I assume they figured out a way to get their professional development on without missing work. [/quote]

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