Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God some of these responses are crazy.

Start by talking to your nanny. The person above saying "I wouldn't do it for $200!" actually has a point - some nannies would not be interested in twin infants and a 3 year old. Is she interested in this job? Are there things that you can do that would make her happy? Hear her out. I would think you would want the 3 year old in preschool a big chunk of the day before you're done with your maternity leave, that would be the big thing that would help. How long is your leave? Big difference between 12 week old twins who are essentially still newborns, and six month old twins who have been sleep trained and put on a schedule.

I would think, an established nanny who is happy with her employer, a three year old in part day preschool you can walk to, and twin 6-month olds on a good schedule, you could probably pay $30-$32 per hour. And the extra week PTO is a good idea!

You need to start that rate as soon as she is helping at all with the twins. Presumably, in your case, that's day 1. If you can watch both twins completely on your own during the nanny's work day, and she literally doesn't so much as hold a baby or wash a bottle, then you can wait to up the salary until you hand the babies over. (That's what we did when we were adding a singleton). But presumably, with twins, you need her help from jump.

Thanks for this response. Yes, although we haven't told most family / friends yet we told the nanny because we think we have a good relationship with her and wanted to let her know early, to give her time to make sure she'd WANT the job (and she sees a lot of me, and I've been pretty sick). She said she'd be happy to stay. We emphasized it would be a lot of work, and she didn't seem too fazed. Our plan would be to pay her the higher rate as soon as the babies arrive, because even if I'm home full time I know I will need her help. We are very torn on preschool timing for the toddler. Really concerned about his adjustment from only child to new reality and don't want him to undergo too many transitions at once. Also worried about the daycare / preschool constant illness horror stories I hear. Open to advice on that front.

Anonymous wrote:God some of these responses are crazy.

Start by talking to your nanny. The person above saying "I wouldn't do it for $200!" actually has a point - some nannies would not be interested in twin infants and a 3 year old. Is she interested in this job? Are there things that you can do that would make her happy? Hear her out. I would think you would want the 3 year old in preschool a big chunk of the day before you're done with your maternity leave, that would be the big thing that would help. How long is your leave? Big difference between 12 week old twins who are essentially still newborns, and six month old twins who have been sleep trained and put on a schedule.

I would think, an established nanny who is happy with her employer, a three year old in part day preschool you can walk to, and twin 6-month olds on a good schedule, you could probably pay $30-$32 per hour. And the extra week PTO is a good idea!

You need to start that rate as soon as she is helping at all with the twins. Presumably, in your case, that's day 1. If you can watch both twins completely on your own during the nanny's work day, and she literally doesn't so much as hold a baby or wash a bottle, then you can wait to up the salary until you hand the babies over. (That's what we did when we were adding a singleton). But presumably, with twins, you need her help from jump.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny currently cares for our toddler and another close in age in a nanny share. We started paying her 25/hr and then gave her a raise to 26/hr after close to a year, based on a really good experience with her, and when the immobile babies transformed into rambunctious toddlers.

The other toddler is heading to school soon. Meanwhile, we recently found out we're expecting twins and want to retain our nanny to care for the whole gang of 3 under 3 when they arrive. We're in Bethesda.

Hoping for advice on what a fair wage would be for that situation. Also wondering if people would approach that differently or think the salary should vary in these situations:
- when I'm on leave and actively caring for them around the clock, too,
- and in a scenario when / if the toddler goes to preschool and is out of the house for a good chunk of the day.

Thanks!

3 under 3,! $200 an hour wouldn't be enough.

Anonymous wrote:Our nanny currently cares for our toddler and another close in age in a nanny share. We started paying her 25/hr and then gave her a raise to 26/hr after close to a year, based on a really good experience with her, and when the immobile babies transformed into rambunctious toddlers.

The other toddler is heading to school soon. Meanwhile, we recently found out we're expecting twins and want to retain our nanny to care for the whole gang of 3 under 3 when they arrive. We're in Bethesda.

Hoping for advice on what a fair wage would be for that situation. Also wondering if people would approach that differently or think the salary should vary in these situations:
- when I'm on leave and actively caring for them around the clock, too,
- and in a scenario when / if the toddler goes to preschool and is out of the house for a good chunk of the day.

Thanks!

Anonymous wrote:3 under 3? Twins? $40/hr