Anonymous wrote:OP, you do not need to pay 20 an hr in ROCKVILLE to get a competent person who will work out well for your family. Based on typical rates posted her, number of hrs and kids likely range for your area is probably about 15 or 16 per hr. possibly as much as 17 given the low hr number but if you are able to find another family needing the other 2 days so it is effectively a full time job between the two or you then that will be more attractive.
Nanny share questions are discussed frequently on here. Have you already run a search in this forum for that topic?
Agree that you'll need to go higher because of the low hours (I'd think $17-19/hr legally, $15-16 under the table for a good nanny) unless you can arrange with another family to make it a share that provides FT work for the nanny.
Those prices assume your children have no SN and you don't want too much by way of a "curriculum" for the 2YO - if you want someone who has the training (ECE degree) and/or experience to come up with ongoing preschool-like activities for him, I think you are talking $18-20/hr realistically. I could be wrong.
