I earn 25./ hr. for one kid. Thirty per hour for four is totally reasonable. Have a talk with them, OP, and see what they can do.

Anonymous wrote:MB here. $15 from each family for the 1-6 shift (with four children) is too high. Neither family will be "getting a deal," and given the demands and liability associated with managing four kids from two families, I'm not sure you would be either.

You are asking for a raise of $10 per hour for the 1-6 shift. That's just preposterous. Most new baby raises are $1-2 per hour.

You are also asking family 2 to pay $3 more per hour for that shift even though their children will be getting less attention once an infant is added to the mix by family1. I'd be surprised if anyone would do that.

My guess is that if you push this, the families will decide it is time to end the share, both for the safety of their children and because the economic benefit to them just won't be there anymore.

I agree in a way. When adding another child to the 1-6pm slot, you should be making the split even since both have 2 kids, but I think that it should be closer to what they were currently paying for the 3 kids hourly rate. That is $20/hr, so I think $22-24/hr is the highest you should go (doing an even split). I would lean more towards the $22/hr since it is an extra kid about the 3 kid rate, so an extra $2/hr for that kid seems fair. $22/hr for 4 kids might be an ok-ish rate if they were from one family from your area. It is nice that you have such a high 1 and 2 child rate from family 2, but I honestly don't think asking for more than $12/hr from each family would be good. Like others said, they could get a one-on-one nanny for each family for about the same rate each family is paying if trying to go for $15/hr for each family for the 4 kids (1-6pm) hours.

^^how many children have you ever watched at one time?? Those are daycare ratios there, and if its the set up the parents truly want, OP deserves to be making what a small home daycare would charge.

30 is nuts. An increase of a couple more dollars per hr is what would make sense. But if you do not want to do it then you can say no. They may decide to find a nanny that can care for all kids though.

Anonymous wrote:I think the key thing here is that you are raising Family 2's share price, even though they are not adding more children or more duties to the share. So currently they're at $12/hr for 2 kids out of 3, and you'd be asking them to go to $15/hr for 2 kids out of 4. Given the rates you've already established, I think $24/hr or $12 from each family is the most you can ask for during those 4 kid times.

MB here. I agree that $24 per hour is about the max that you can reasonably expect to earn in this scenario. Each family would still be paying less than what it would cost to hire its own nanny, and you would be making more than you could likely earn working for a single family. That said, I think you and the parents all need to sit down and talk about whether you can realistically provide quality care for four young kids, one of which will be an infant, without going nuts or getting burned out within days or weeks.

I think the key thing here is that you are raising Family 2's share price, even though they are not adding more children or more duties to the share. So currently they're at $12/hr for 2 kids out of 3, and you'd be asking them to go to $15/hr for 2 kids out of 4. Given the rates you've already established, I think $24/hr or $12 from each family is the most you can ask for during those 4 kid times.

I would not pay $925 a week to share a nanny. That sounds insane when I can have a nanny for just my 2 children for significantly less.

I agree with other posters that what you are proposing is too much to make financial sense, but as a nanny who has done 3 kid shares, I would need pretty close to $30 to feel its worth it for me. I think your 4 kid rate is fine, but the 1 and 2 child rates are high considering its not being split but coming from one family. If that's what both families currently happily pay, then go for it.

Jesus, 16:02, find a new line to spew please? I'm so tired of your posts.

OP, this doesn't sound like a great deal for anyone. Agree with 15:48 that $30/hr for 4 kids is over the top.

Now, with that being said, you are absolutely within your rights to tell them how much you want to charge for your services. If they agree, great. But like another PP said, if I were Family 2 and my nanny suggested such an enormous raise I would think critically about how much of a deal it was and might consider other options for my family. (It sounds like an okay deal for Family 1, though.)

You are currently making the same with 2 children and 3 children?

Some parents care most, about cheap. Others care more about their children.
Throwing Nanny a dollar or two, for a new baby to care for, is absolutely insane.
No wonder such a mb, as 15:48, would not be caught dead, parenting her own children. Much too degrading.
Lovely.

MB here. $15 from each family for the 1-6 shift (with four children) is too high. Neither family will be "getting a deal," and given the demands and liability associated with managing four kids from two families, I'm not sure you would be either.

You are asking for a raise of $10 per hour for the 1-6 shift. That's just preposterous. Most new baby raises are $1-2 per hour.

You are also asking family 2 to pay $3 more per hour for that shift even though their children will be getting less attention once an infant is added to the mix by family1. I'd be surprised if anyone would do that.

My guess is that if you push this, the families will decide it is time to end the share, both for the safety of their children and because the economic benefit to them just won't be there anymore.

If both families are able to keep the nanny they want and can trust, and all the children know, it is indeed a deal.
Nanny should determine what seems fair all around, and tell the families. Simplify the fees so you don't need to readjust every time there's a school holiday or child sick day, otherwise it'll be unnessasarily complicated.

This shouldn't be a share. This is a job for two nannies. Where is the benefit for either family- and for what they would pay, they could each have their own nanny.

I am currently in a nanny share- three children. Two from one family one from another. We will call them family 2 and family 1. Family 2 being the family with two children and family 1 being the one with one child.

Here is the situation. I currently work 12-7 M-F. This summer family 1 will add another child. This summer I will be working 8-7M-F Schedule will look like this:

8-1pm I have one child, the others will be at camp.
1-6 four children
6-7 two children

Family 2 pays me on the books and the pay is currently $18 for one child and $20 when it's the two children. When it's three children (with the share) they get the deal at $12 an hour. $8 from the other family(1).
Now that we are adding another child I think it's only fair to up my pay and split the cost. They will both be getting a deal still.

Tell me if this is fair.

Monday - Friday

8am-1pm: one child $18 per hr (family2)

1pm-6pm: four children I am thinking $15 per hour from each family

6pm-7pm: two children $20 (family 2 only)

Weekly:
Family 2 pays $925
Family 1 pays $375

Does this seem fair? Too steep?

I just feel like if families are going to be adding more children when they need -causing me to have more work I should be gaining from it. Right?

Feed back please!

Thanks!

P.s. sorry if this is confusing! It took me a whole long time to figure it out also!