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[quote=Loutwo][quote=Anonymous]I have a new little one I will be adding to our perfectly happy 2 child 2 family nanny share this fall.  Our nanny has worked for both families for over 2 years and we have had very few, if any issues with the nanny and the share.  We are in a great situation and want to keep all parties happy, especially the children.   The nanny is willing and excited to take this on, especially since my oldest will be going to school in the spring so this 3 child share will be about 6 months long (before it goes back to being 2 with the new baby and the other family's younger child).   That means she will have the two toddlers and an infant for a stretch when the infant is most interested in eating, napping and stationary playing (and we are totally comfortable having her take him along on the usual outings in the meantime).

We host full time.   We currently use the same hours and split the rate evenly.   When we go to three children, what do people do as far as increase in nanny's rate?  I have read everywhere from $2-$5 additional an hour.  Is that only for the hours that the nanny is working with three children?  Or across the board?

Also,  I have read some families have the 1 child family reduce their pay slightly while the two child family takes on additional pay whenever all three children are present.  I have also read that some people keep the 1 child family at the same rate and the 2 child family pays the entire increase and that's all.  I have also read about splitting three ways, which makes sense theoretically but in practice would mean in our case, we would be paying more for our share than we would be than if we hired our own personal nanny.

It sounds like there are a lot of ways this can be done and I am open to hearing advice about what has worked and what hasn't.   TIA.  [/quote]

OP, we soon will be in a similar circumstance (currently 2 families / 2 toddlers, looking to add an infant sibling).  Views on this forum and elsewhere seem to be varied as to the right way to do this. Curious what you wound up doing, if you don't mind sharing![/quote]

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