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Anonymous wrote:Hi OP!

Even though your oldest will be in Elementary school most of the time, you still should pay your nanny for him if she is the one who needs to pick him up early if something should happen to him like he falls ill on the playground.

In a sense, your nanny will need to be "on-call" for the hours he is in school, so she should be compensated for that added responsibility there.

Also, caring for three kids for such a long workweek is a lot of work. So regarding the dinner prep, I think it is okay to expect her to pop a casserole in the oven for instance, however I wouldn't ask her to boil any pasta.

Reason being is that using the stove would force her to take her eyes off your kids, & considering their ages and the no. # of them, they should be the only focus on your nanny. I wouldn't want any type of distraction.

Hope this helps.

....this has to be a joke. Boiling pasta is hard? Get pot. Put water in pot. Put pot on stove. Turn on. You make nannies seem incompetent!

NP here and not incompetent - just careful. I do not leave anything on a gas stove when I could (and always would be) called away by one of the kids. It is an elementary safety issue that has nothing to do with ability. If you do, you are taking a terrible risk.

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP!

Even though your oldest will be in Elementary school most of the time, you still should pay your nanny for him if she is the one who needs to pick him up early if something should happen to him like he falls ill on the playground.

In a sense, your nanny will need to be "on-call" for the hours he is in school, so she should be compensated for that added responsibility there.

Also, caring for three kids for such a long workweek is a lot of work. So regarding the dinner prep, I think it is okay to expect her to pop a casserole in the oven for instance, however I wouldn't ask her to boil any pasta.

Reason being is that using the stove would force her to take her eyes off your kids, & considering their ages and the no. # of them, they should be the only focus on your nanny. I wouldn't want any type of distraction.

Hope this helps.

....this has to be a joke. Boiling pasta is hard? Get pot. Put water in pot. Put pot on stove. Turn on. You make nannies seem incompetent!

I have similar aged children and returned to work last year. We ended up paying the nanny one hourly rate regardless on how many kids are there. We still send our middle to preschool. Nanny gets caught up on laundry, organizing, emptying the dishwasher, etc. We pay a rate that's slightly higher than 2 kids and really appreciate the flexibility--we never have to worry about sick days, early dismissals, winter breaks. Instead of trying to nickle and dime your nanny, be fair and ask for all of the support you think you may need (laundry, changing out kids seasonal clothes, etc.)

$18-21/hr

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed pay, 2 weeks paid vacation, one of her choosing and one of yours. 5 paid sick/personal days a year. And please don't think you can discount her pay because one of your kids is in school. There will be school holidays/early release/sick days and summer vacation.

The above are good benefits. I would also include paid holidays that you get off (in other words, not all federal holidays unless you get them all off. This way you avoid the Columbus Day Issue. Spell out all the holidays in your contract) and I think gas reimbursement at the IRS rate is essential.

Expect to pay $20/hr in Rockville. I would not include health insurance benefits the first year but save it for a merit raise as you are already paying a good hourly rate and you don't want to price yourself out of nanny in the first few years unless you don't expect to employ a nanny longterm.

*focus FOR your nanny.

Hi OP!

Even though your oldest will be in Elementary school most of the time, you still should pay your nanny for him if she is the one who needs to pick him up early if something should happen to him like he falls ill on the playground.

In a sense, your nanny will need to be "on-call" for the hours he is in school, so she should be compensated for that added responsibility there.

Also, caring for three kids for such a long workweek is a lot of work. So regarding the dinner prep, I think it is okay to expect her to pop a casserole in the oven for instance, however I wouldn't ask her to boil any pasta.

Reason being is that using the stove would force her to take her eyes off your kids, & considering their ages and the no. # of them, they should be the only focus on your nanny. I wouldn't want any type of distraction.

Hope this helps.

For live-out, definitely $16/hr minimum, but that would be little experience. High end could easily be $25/hr for someone with years of experience, college degree, etc.

For live-in, maybe as low as $600/week, and you would have more flexibility for hours. High end could be over $1000 for the week.

Anonymous wrote:OP here, we are in MoCo, Rockville. So, what would be the going rate for three kids then? Ideally we want more than just a babysitter, and we know that with everything, you get what you pay for. So what kind of a range are we talking about here?

I'm thinking at least $20-23 an hour if not more. Plus health insurance, car reimbursement for gas, two weeks vacation, guaranteed hours, overtime for anything over 40, etc.

OP here, we are in MoCo, Rockville. So, what would be the going rate for three kids then? Ideally we want more than just a babysitter, and we know that with everything, you get what you pay for. So what kind of a range are we talking about here?

Anonymous wrote:Guaranteed pay, 2 weeks paid vacation, one of her choosing and one of yours. 5 paid sick/personal days a year. And please don't think you can discount her pay because one of your kids is in school. There will be school holidays/early release/sick days and summer vacation.

+1 Also all legal holidays paid.

As in any other profession, it all depends on what you want. An educated and/or experienced nanny will always cost more. Do you want a teacher-type or a babysitter?

Yes, figure that the nanny will be caring for three kids unless you have other arrangement made for your older child during school holidays, teacher conference days, snow and sick days.

Where are you located OP?

Guaranteed pay, 2 weeks paid vacation, one of her choosing and one of yours. 5 paid sick/personal days a year. And please don't think you can discount her pay because one of your kids is in school. There will be school holidays/early release/sick days and summer vacation.

We are considering having our SAHP go back to work, but need to know we'll earn enough for a nanny. We have a 15-month old, 4-year old, and elementary school child. Hours would probably be 45-50 per week (and we expect to pay overtime or factor that into a weekly rate). The elementary age child would only be home for 2-3 hours max per day (before & after school). So would we pay for the equivalent of 3 kids, or a little less bc one child isn't there most of the day? Ideally we'd love nanny to take the 4-yr old to preschool 3 days a week (9-1) but we might skip preschool altogether. We wouldn't ask for any housekeeping (just keep the kids' toys and things in some kind of order). Maybe occasionally getting dinner started (i.e. boil water for pasta or put a casserole in the oven), but not much more than that needed. What kind of rate are we looking at? What are standard benefits? Two weeks vacation? Or just a bank of "leave" to be used for vacation, sick days, etc.? What else should we consider in terms of benefits? Any advice is welcome, thank you.