Anonymous wrote:A dollar or two extra is like a slap in the face!

Infants are a ton of work.
Excessive feedings, diaper changes, crying and the need to entertain and provide a change of scenery often is not worth throwing in an extra buck or two per hour.

Any family that would be this cheap must have lost their damn minds!!!!!!!

This.

Anonymous wrote:A dollar or two extra is like a slap in the face!

Infants are a ton of work.
Excessive feedings, diaper changes, crying and the need to entertain and provide a change of scenery often is not worth throwing in an extra buck or two per hour.

Any family that would be this cheap must have lost their damn minds!!!!!!!

+1,000,000

Anonymous wrote:$1-$2 more.

I was a nanny and this was what I expected and received. It's okay if that doesn't seem like enough to you, but I can assure you the families I worked for were not cheap. By the time baby #2 came along I was earning $21/hr, adding more than $1-2 would have been excessive.

A dollar or two extra is like a slap in the face!

Infants are a ton of work.
Excessive feedings, diaper changes, crying and the need to entertain and provide a change of scenery often is not worth throwing in an extra buck or two per hour.

Any family that would be this cheap must have lost their damn minds!!!!!!!

$1-$2 more.

A lot of nannies see a new baby as job security, so a small raise now with the promise of continued raises over another 3-4 years of employment is worth it. Not to mention that when your older child goes to school, the job gets easier again, but by then she is likely at a much higher pay rate.

$1 an hour is pretty low. In your case, that is $32-$40 per week for the task of taking on an additional child. I would do $2-$3 per hour, personally, but it really depends on what your existing overall compensation package currently looks like. Without that information, it's hard to give a good recommendation.

Anonymous wrote:Her w ork load is increased 100 percent and you, last of the big time spenders, magnanimously give her $1.00 an hour?! Don't be surprised when she gives notice.

That's fine, and a lot of nannies do quit when the second child arrives because the nap breaks largely disappear. Then, you advertise for a real, professional nanny who doesn't expect hours of downtime every day and is able to care for multiple children. The starting rate for a FT nanny is $18-$20/hr (midrange) for one child, and $1-$2 higher for two. Much like the rate for a share is not double the single child rate.

Her w ork load is increased 100 percent and you, last of the big time spenders, magnanimously give her $1.00 an hour?! Don't be surprised when she gives notice.

It's really hard for me to believe that adding a new baby to the mix is only worth $10 to $20 per day. That seems really low.

We will have one 3 yr old in preschool from 9-11:30 3 days a week and a 5 month old when I go back. She usually does 43 hours for us but I'll be bumping up to 40 most likely.

We added $1.

Anonymous wrote:People usually do $1-$2/hr.

+1

If your children are close in age (as opposed to one being in preschool for some portion of the day) then err on the high side of a raise, and other benefit increases if you can swing it (extra couple of days off, insurance copay, etc...)

People usually do $1-$2/hr.

Our wonderful nanny works 32-40 hours a week for us while my DH and I both work out of the home. I just had another baby and once my maternity leave is over we are giving her a raise. What is appropriate going from one child - now 3 - to two? Baby will be 4 months old when I go back to work.