Anonymous
07/24/2021 09:43
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Anonymous wrote:You have 2 choices here:
1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.
2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.
You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.
If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.
There's a 3rd choice: Pay the nanny more on the days she's responsible for both children.
Anonymous
07/24/2021 08:47
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
She’s hasn’t even hired the nanny yet. OP, just advertise your job as one infant plus one school-aged kid who’s mostly in school. Forget the nonsense with one child rate and two child rate and what about a neighborhood evacuation????
Anonymous
07/23/2021 21:37
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
You have 2 choices here:
1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.
2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.
You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.
If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.
1) Pay the nanny’s 2 child rate for every hour/day/week she works. Then the nanny will be responsible for the older child in all the ways she’s responsible for the younger child.
2) Pay the nanny’s one child rate and don’t ever expect her to do anything for your older child. You’ll need to take time off work if your older child is ill, doesn’t have school, or is out for the summer. No older kid laundry, no help with older kid’s messes, no nothing.
You are likely looking at $2-$4 more per hour to get nanny care for your older kid. If your nanny works 50 hours a week, that’s around $220 a week. $12,000 a year with your share of taxes.
If I were your nanny and you chose to pay me for only one child, I’d add a clause to my contract that any day I was expected to provide care for your older child you’d have to pay me an additional $300. Yes. $300 a day. Or pay my 2 child rate and avoid having to shell out an additional $1500 when your older child is home sick for a full week.
Anonymous
07/23/2021 17:36
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking to hire a nanny for our infant son while I am home teleworking indefinitely, but we also have an older child who may come home for the last hour of the nanny's shift and who would also be home during school holidays. Do I increase the rate for this last half hour/hour or on these dates from the base rate? For school days, the plan is DH would pick her up from school, and typically one of us helps her wash hands and gets her a snack, and she watches TV for an hour or plays on her iPad. We usually both finish our work day while she does this unless we have a late meeting (rare) so I'm not sure if I'd even need the nanny to really help with the older one except on rare occasions or on days she is home on school holidays...How do you typically handle this?
How old is the older child? 5? 15? It matters.
There's a big difference between an hour shift some days and home the entire day during a school holiday. You're saying your older child will play on an ipad the entire day when she isn't at school? Is she watching tv/on the ipad in the same room as the nanny and baby?
You don't have to raise the rate the entire time - that would be silly. Nanny is mostly watching the baby. But yes, you need a two-kid rate when the nanny is responsible for the older child.
If you aren't willing to pay more for the after-school hours, you and your husband need to be solely responsible for your daughter. No asking the nanny for help at all - washing hands, making a snack, plugging in the ipad, finding an app on it. Nothing.
Anonymous
07/23/2021 15:19
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s so obvious when nannies answer these posts. Try harder, ya’ll....
Sour grapes.
This person posted the below this post as well.
OP, yes even if your older child will be easier to look after vs. your youngest one - you absolutely should pay more per hr. since the Nanny is ultimately responsible for two children now.
Imagine there is a fire.
Or a neighborhood emergency evacuation for police activity, etc.
The Nanny would be responsible for BOTH of the children’s safety, not just one.
Plus if you do not pay extra for a 2nd child it may make your Nanny resentful.
I strongly discourage you from even asking her.
But she's not ultimately responsible for two children. OP and her husband telework. If there's a fire, I'm sure both parents, who are at home, would be able help their older child evacuate.
You're really reaching there with the neighborhood emergency evacuation - what is the last time this has ever happened? I mean, why not nuclear explosion? You definitely need the nanny for that!
Anonymous
07/23/2021 14:16
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
We've had the same nanny since our oldest was an infant, and we never lowered the rate when she went to school and the nanny was only home with one instead of two.
If we were starting now, we would just pay a rate appropriate for two kids. School will be closed some days, the kid will be sick some days, shit happens.
If we were starting now, we would just pay a rate appropriate for two kids. School will be closed some days, the kid will be sick some days, shit happens.
Anonymous
07/23/2021 10:13
Subject: Re:Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Either you are completely responsible for the older child and the nanny will never need to do anything for that child. Or you have a higher rate at all times and the nanny can be asked to do anything you want for the older child.
Anonymous
07/23/2021 02:00
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Anonymous wrote:It’s so obvious when nannies answer these posts. Try harder, ya’ll....
Sour grapes.
This person posted the below this post as well.
OP, yes even if your older child will be easier to look after vs. your youngest one - you absolutely should pay more per hr. since the Nanny is ultimately responsible for two children now.
Imagine there is a fire.
Or a neighborhood emergency evacuation for police activity, etc.
The Nanny would be responsible for BOTH of the children’s safety, not just one.
Plus if you do not pay extra for a 2nd child it may make your Nanny resentful.
I strongly discourage you from even asking her.
Anonymous
07/22/2021 21:03
Subject: Re:Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
We set a higher hourly rate to start with because our nanny was going to be responsible for sick days and school holidays as well as pick up. Plus older child’s laundry and lunch preparation as well as snack. My oldest was just six and needed supervision as well as the baby.
I missed old your older child is, OP. If he’s 12 or older and needs no supervision at all, I would have set the rate for just one child.
I missed old your older child is, OP. If he’s 12 or older and needs no supervision at all, I would have set the rate for just one child.
Anonymous
07/22/2021 17:52
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking to hire a nanny for our infant son while I am home teleworking indefinitely, but we also have an older child who may come home for the last hour of the nanny's shift and who would also be home during school holidays. Do I increase the rate for this last half hour/hour or on these dates from the base rate? For school days, the plan is DH would pick her up from school, and typically one of us helps her wash hands and gets her a snack, and she watches TV for an hour or plays on her iPad. We usually both finish our work day while she does this unless we have a late meeting (rare) so I'm not sure if I'd even need the nanny to really help with the older one except on rare occasions or on days she is home on school holidays...How do you typically handle this?
We've had this situation for three years and never paid the nanny. Didn't even occur to me. Our older child is completely independent and doesn't need her care so I'm not sure why she'd be paid extra for the mere fact of a child under the same roof. She was the baby's nanny and her job didn't change when the older kids came home.
Anonymous
07/22/2021 17:34
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
It’s so obvious when nannies answer these posts. Try harder, ya’ll....
Anonymous
07/22/2021 14:56
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Yes, you should change your hourly rate.
There is a very high probability that although your child is fine watching TV while you work, when she is with the nanny she will want the nanny's attention.
Please pay extra.
There is a very high probability that although your child is fine watching TV while you work, when she is with the nanny she will want the nanny's attention.
Please pay extra.
Anonymous
07/22/2021 13:22
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking to hire a nanny for our infant son while I am home teleworking indefinitely, but we also have an older child who may come home for the last hour of the nanny's shift and who would also be home during school holidays. Do I increase the rate for this last half hour/hour or on these dates from the base rate? For school days, the plan is DH would pick her up from school, and typically one of us helps her wash hands and gets her a snack, and she watches TV for an hour or plays on her iPad. We usually both finish our work day while she does this unless we have a late meeting (rare) so I'm not sure if I'd even need the nanny to really help with the older one except on rare occasions or on days she is home on school holidays...How do you typically handle this?
I have a similar situation and I don’t pay the nanny for the older child but I make sure to keep the older child with me or my husband so nanny isn’t in charge of him. I would pay extra if child was hanging out with nanny alone or for the entire day. Talk to the nanny about this.
Anonymous
07/22/2021 12:18
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
Will your nanny be helping for days off school, sick days, school breaks, helping give a snack, doing her laundry? Is it okay if she picks out your 3 years olds clothes from the laundry and not wash them since she’s not responsible for her? Give me a break, yes you pay for 2 kids!
Anonymous
07/22/2021 11:12
Subject: Parents, do you change your hourly nanny rate when older child comes home from school/is home?
I'm looking to hire a nanny for our infant son while I am home teleworking indefinitely, but we also have an older child who may come home for the last hour of the nanny's shift and who would also be home during school holidays. Do I increase the rate for this last half hour/hour or on these dates from the base rate? For school days, the plan is DH would pick her up from school, and typically one of us helps her wash hands and gets her a snack, and she watches TV for an hour or plays on her iPad. We usually both finish our work day while she does this unless we have a late meeting (rare) so I'm not sure if I'd even need the nanny to really help with the older one except on rare occasions or on days she is home on school holidays...How do you typically handle this?