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Anyways, I don't have $15/hour as a hard-line. But, as you all acknowledged, I would be making big sacrifices to do this (less time with my daughter, [b]less flexibility as a SAHM[/b], etc.), so I'm not sure if I can bring in enough doing this to make it worth those sacrifices. It's ok if I'm not worth that income doing this job -I can accept that. It's why I asked. I'm not looking to work part-time outside the home; I'm not going to quit my current job to still need to put my infant son in daycare.

I will mull over these points, including the idea of drop-in or emergency care.

Thank you all for your responses. And I'm sorry if I came off as elitist. I'm sure there are good nannies and bad from all walks of life.

And yes, going to law school was a waste for me. I knew it would be, but that is a very long story and not really relevant here. [/quote]

Except you won't be a SAHM at all.  You'll be working.  You'll have *none* of the flexibility of a SAHM.  And you won't have your Big Law leave, you'll have the two weeks of PTO or whatever nannies get.

Also, you have almost no relevant experience.  Babysitting in college just isn't going to matter very much.  You have a lot of education, but it's completely irrelevant to caring for kids.  Someone with a CDA has more relevant education than you do.  Many parents may avoid hiring you because they will think you will not be able to take orders, or you're overqualified and will quit.

I would consider part-time, whether part of the day or two or three days a week, or [b]an arrangement where you pick up another kid who goes to your daughter's school and watch that kid for the afternoon at your house, or something like that.[/b]  [/quote]

This is a great idea. It would probably only amount to a few hundred a month, but that's better than nothing, and would give your older daughter a play date.

If you are wedded to the idea of bringing in $2500-$3000/mo, though, you need to look into part time gigs that would use your degree and experience. Online teaching, adjunct teaching, law contract work (I know you said you don't want to do this) ...[/quote]

I agree this is a great idea, and I think it'd be easy to find people for this. All the parents are complaining about the random PD days and lack of childcare (myself included).

I'm not wedded to making that amount; that's what I need to make to justify the things I'd be giving up (time with DD, flexibility). If all goes to plan I will be able to efficiently tackle the remainder of my loans when I go back to work down the road. [/quote]

For this situation, I actually would see your background as a plus. Older kids are more self-sufficient, and I'd like the idea that my DC would get a healthy snack and not be in the fight club (er ... after care) situation at school. If you also were committed to no screen time, I'd be willing to pay more than after care rates. I'd really have to think through whether I'd be willing to do nanny rates, though.[/quote]

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