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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget these people saying it will be $25 an hour, unless the nanny has at least 15 years of experience. Most nannies who say they want that much have about 5 months of experience.

A lot will determine how much it will cost. The more experienced nanny will cost you more, but someone with only a couple years of experience will probably be around $15 an hour. It also depends on your location, live-in or live-out and what your expectations are.

No. You can keep saying it all you like, but that doesn't make it true. This is not a $30/hour job, but there is no way in hell it is a $15/hour job. If someone accepts this job for that rate they are unqualified and/or desperate. OP will be the next author of the "why do I keep hiring terrible nannies" thread.

Just because someone does not have a lot of experience, it does not mean they will be a bad nanny. But to say someone should get paid $25 an hour for this job for someone with a couple years experience is crazy. And if OP lives in middle of nowhere Nebraska, yeah, she will only need to pay $15 an hour. There is a whole lot that goes into determining what someone should get paid for a job.

I don't think we disagree. I said that this is not a $30/hour job, but it also isn't a $15/hour job. Also, while inexperience doesn't inherently make someone a bad nanny, it does make them inexperienced. Inexperience is not a desirable quality in a job with twin toddlers and a newborn, which would be overwhelming to the vast majority of people, experience or not.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forget these people saying it will be $25 an hour, unless the nanny has at least 15 years of experience. Most nannies who say they want that much have about 5 months of experience.

A lot will determine how much it will cost. The more experienced nanny will cost you more, but someone with only a couple years of experience will probably be around $15 an hour. It also depends on your location, live-in or live-out and what your expectations are.

No. You can keep saying it all you like, but that doesn't make it true. This is not a $30/hour job, but there is no way in hell it is a $15/hour job. If someone accepts this job for that rate they are unqualified and/or desperate. OP will be the next author of the "why do I keep hiring terrible nannies" thread.

Just because someone does not have a lot of experience, it does not mean they will be a bad nanny. But to say someone should get paid $25 an hour for this job for someone with a couple years experience is crazy. And if OP lives in middle of nowhere Nebraska, yeah, she will only need to pay $15 an hour. There is a whole lot that goes into determining what someone should get paid for a job.

I would charge $22-25 per hour. I think $30 is a too much UNLESS you need some specialized assistance that requires additional training. In DC averagre pay (not every single nanny, but most) is around $15 per hour for one child. That can vary depending on whether you hire someone with less experience or someone with something special to bring to the table.

Paying too low will bring you unqualified, unprofessional, and uncommited candidates who may not have the experience to handle three crying children. Considering that Shaken Baby Syndrome is most common in babies 6 month and under and most commonly it's the primary caregiver who shakes a baby, you will want someone with enough experience to handle the stress. Please be thoughtful about what you want in a caregiver and pay appropriately.

OP,

We paid our nanny so she netted $15 for our one child. Now that we have a 2.5 year old and a newborn she got about a $2.50 raise (again net). My husband deals w/ the taxes so I don't remember exactly how much he said we were paying gross. My guess is just under $20 gross.

I am home on maternity leave now and pumping so it's very helpful to have our nanny to help out w/ number 2. This fall our oldest will be going to preschool at least 1 if not up to 3 times a week (still deciding b/n 2 programs), so our oldest will be gone at least 6 to 8 hours of the 40 hr week.

I can't imagine how difficult it would be for any adult to manage that many kids. Our 2.5 is pretty independent and plays by herself quite a bit. She's also very articulate so she's been really good about understanding when we need to play a little quieter so we don't wake up the baby. The one thing that can be a hassle for a caregiver is that our daughter doesn't seem to be as interested in potty training. While she did successfully use the potty and knows when she needs to go#2, she has resisted using the potty regularly, so it's a bit of a pain to have to change 2 kids in diapers.

My guess is that you would probably have to offer at least $22 to $25 given their ages and whether the nanny will be getting any sort of break from watching them.

GL

Anonymous wrote:Forget these people saying it will be $25 an hour, unless the nanny has at least 15 years of experience. Most nannies who say they want that much have about 5 months of experience.

A lot will determine how much it will cost. The more experienced nanny will cost you more, but someone with only a couple years of experience will probably be around $15 an hour. It also depends on your location, live-in or live-out and what your expectations are.

No. You can keep saying it all you like, but that doesn't make it true. This is not a $30/hour job, but there is no way in hell it is a $15/hour job. If someone accepts this job for that rate they are unqualified and/or desperate. OP will be the next author of the "why do I keep hiring terrible nannies" thread.

I work with twin 18 month olds, and I don't think they are a terrible amount of work, in fact they do a lot of entertaining each other. OP, for a normal 40 hour week with average nanny duties, I would expect $20/hour. That being said, I am on the younger side, which would lead some parents to assume me incapable of this job, and I don't do vacation sharing as most nannies do (I want 2 weeks of my own choosing), so my rates may be slightly lower than others.

It depends on where you live and what duties you will require, etc. When I started my current position, there was a 2 year old and 8 week old twins. The oldest is now 3 1/2 and the twins are 17 months and I have to say that it is HARD work. Twins, especially toddler age are full of energy and just lots and lots of work. I'm not in DC so my rate won't really matter that much but I am paid $19.75/hr and will be hopefully getting a raise soon as my 1 year with them was in March but we are just now getting around to sitting down for a performance review. I think $20/hr is a good starting point but I'm sure the crazies are going to come out and say you need to be paying $30/hr+....which you don't.

Forget these people saying it will be $25 an hour, unless the nanny has at least 15 years of experience. Most nannies who say they want that much have about 5 months of experience.

A lot will determine how much it will cost. The more experienced nanny will cost you more, but someone with only a couple years of experience will probably be around $15 an hour. It also depends on your location, live-in or live-out and what your expectations are.

Do you have space for a live-in? Will the toddlers be in preschool at all in the fall? When does maternity leave end?

At least $25 an hour - and even at that, I most likely wouldn't take the job. Two toddlers and an infant, as you know OP, take an enormous amount of energy, concentration and patience. Best of luck to you!

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of a nanny do you want? What qualifications? Legal or undocumented?

I am a nanny, college educated with additional graduate school credits in Early Childhood Development and have over ten years of direct nanny experience as well as eight years of teaching in preschool. For one child, eight-months-old, I am currently being paid $20 an hour. For two children, I would probably charge $22 to $25. I am paid legally and am American.

And honestly, I would have to get a great feeling about you and your family as well as have a very short commute to work before I would consider being a nanny for twin toddlers at $22 to $25 an hour.

She has twin 18 month-olds AND a newborn.

PP here - Yes, I know. And while newborns are an enormous amount of work, two eighteen-month-old toddlers approaching the "terrible twos" pose far more of a challenge.

Anonymous wrote:What kind of a nanny do you want? What qualifications? Legal or undocumented?

I am a nanny, college educated with additional graduate school credits in Early Childhood Development and have over ten years of direct nanny experience as well as eight years of teaching in preschool. For one child, eight-months-old, I am currently being paid $20 an hour. For two children, I would probably charge $22 to $25. I am paid legally and am American.

And honestly, I would have to get a great feeling about you and your family as well as have a very short commute to work before I would consider being a nanny for twin toddlers at $22 to $25 an hour.

She has twin 18 month-olds AND a newborn.

What kind of a nanny do you want? What qualifications? Legal or undocumented?

I am a nanny, college educated with additional graduate school credits in Early Childhood Development and have over ten years of direct nanny experience as well as eight years of teaching in preschool. For one child, eight-months-old, I am currently being paid $20 an hour. For two children, I would probably charge $22 to $25. I am paid legally and am American.

And honestly, I would have to get a great feeling about you and your family as well as have a very short commute to work before I would consider being a nanny for twin toddlers at $22 to $25 an hour.

What are her duties? What benefits are you offering?
Where are you located?

Hello,

My husband and I want to hire a nanny for our 18 months twins and our newborn, 40 hrs a week, how much should we offer?
thanks.