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Anonymous wrote:Keep up the pay raises, OP. Your nanny is still responsible for your older child every time he/she is sick, has a school holiday or a teacher's conference. If your nanny does the children's laundry, she will still have older child's clothes and room to clean. If your nanny cooks for your children your older child will still be eating.

Just my opinion, but it is a foolish economy to risk upsetting a nanny (or any employee) that you and your family love and trust for an extra forty or fifty dollars a week.

Our nanny has grown with her job - going from a single infant nanny to the cook, chauffeur,social director, and trusted nurse when they are sick - I cannot put a price on my complete comfort level when they are in her care.

This. Cost of living increases are standard and it is not worth losing a great nanny over fifty dollars a week.

Anonymous wrote:I know a good number of nannies well past the $25. mark, for not that much work. Best to ask her.