Anonymous wrote:I think you're on the right track price-wise. I'd suggest $16-18/hr for the first child, moving to $20-22/hr ($10-12 per family) when both babies are present.

Sharing hosting responsibilities brings its own host of problems - are you going to have four high chairs, or drag the two back and forth between your houses? Where will your double stroller remain? Can both babies adapt to sleeping in a different place regularly? Typically one family hosts, and that is what I'd recommend, but I trust you've thought through the many complications - however, definitely talk to the nannies you're interviewing about this and make sure she thinks it's workable.

Make sure you and the other parents on the same page in terms of sleep training in particular, too - and discipline if you expect this share to last for a couple of years.

Yes, I agree switching the host home makes it more difficult. If you want to switch off, I would recommend doing it a few months at a time. Like do the first 3-6 months at one home, then switch. This would be good if you wanted each family to try and have equal wear and tear on the homes, be able to get a break from having all the extra share stuff at your house all the time. One family might host and then realize after the other family starts their 3+ months that the benefits were not a huge difference to them and they would rather just stay the non-host family from then on forward. Keeping it at a length of time that would allow the babies to develop a good routine that doesn't change every week and means you don't have to haul the large items back and forth so much, but will allow a change in scenery to the kids as they get older and become more interested in seeing different things.

Great my email is mizzeb@live.com. I look forward to hearing from you.,.,

Anonymous wrote:Best advice is to find the nanny who wants your job, and ask how she does it. She'll tell you. It's different for everyone, just the parenting is.

*just like parenting is.

OP here - 15:53, we are definitely still looking! Please let me know a good way to contact you and I will be in touch. Thanks!

This sounds like a position I'd definitely be interested in. I've been looking in this area for something like this. If you guys are still looking, can I possibly email you guys about myself and my experience.

The nanny will do mostly everything her own way, so it's best to pick someone you like.

I think you're on the right track price-wise. I'd suggest $16-18/hr for the first child, moving to $20-22/hr ($10-12 per family) when both babies are present.

Sharing hosting responsibilities brings its own host of problems - are you going to have four high chairs, or drag the two back and forth between your houses? Where will your double stroller remain? Can both babies adapt to sleeping in a different place regularly? Typically one family hosts, and that is what I'd recommend, but I trust you've thought through the many complications - however, definitely talk to the nannies you're interviewing about this and make sure she thinks it's workable.

Make sure you and the other parents on the same page in terms of sleep training in particular, too - and discipline if you expect this share to last for a couple of years.

Best advice is to find the nanny who wants your job, and ask how she does it. She'll tell you. It's different for everyone, just the parenting is.

We and another family on our block are looking into starting a nanny share for our two baby girls. They are both 3 months old (born the same week). We're new to nanny-sharing and aren't 100% sure how it works, what the going rates are, and how to do the paperwork (we're looking to to this above the table).

We'd like to start the first baby on or around April 1 (4 months old) when her mom has to go back to work. My baby would join the share in August (8 months old), after my husband and I have exhausted our parental leave. We would share hosting responsibilities 50/50.

Timing and price-wise, is this feasible? What would the price structure look like - for example, would the first family pay $15/hr for one kid, and then when we joined the price would go up to $20/hr for both kids, and each family would pay $10/hr each? Or would it be more like $12/hr for one kid, $24/hr for two? I'm just pulling these numbers out of thin air, but would love to know what a reasonable rate would be.

Any advice on how this works would be much appreciated! And if there are nannies out there who'd be interested, please get in touch! We are located in Mt. Pleasant. Thanks!