Yikes, no way. $25/hr is way too high. You're already overpaying at 17.50 for one child. A $7.50/hr raise for twins is way, way over market. $21 or $22/hr is still high, but more reasonable for twins.

You probably want to look into a preschool for a few hours a day for your toddler, although a good nanny should be able to handle your job, especially at such high rates.

Mom in a similar situation as you last year -- 2.5 yo toddler plus infant twins. We never even attempted to have 1 person care for all three until the twins approached age 1.

If you can afford it, I highly recommend a preschool or daycare for your older one.

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Anonymous wrote:Our fabulous nanny of two years currently watches our 2 year old. In a few months she will also be taking care of our twins when I head back to work. How much more money do you think I should pay her? I plan to discuss with her, but wanted to go in with an idea of what might be expected. She is legal, drives and works 40 hours a week for us at $17.50 an hour and we live in Silver Spring. I appreciate any advice on what a typical raise for this situation might look like.

You're overpaying right now at $17.50/hour for one child. That's too much. With that in mind, I would raise to 20-21/hour with the addition of the twins. You have to make sure to leave room for future raises too.

PS - don't listen to these nannies who are telling you ridiculous things like 25/hour.

You're just cheap and don't want to pay the going rate. Dog walkers get more per hour.

Anonymous wrote:Our fabulous nanny of two years currently watches our 2 year old. In a few months she will also be taking care of our twins when I head back to work. How much more money do you think I should pay her? I plan to discuss with her, but wanted to go in with an idea of what might be expected. She is legal, drives and works 40 hours a week for us at $17.50 an hour and we live in Silver Spring. I appreciate any advice on what a typical raise for this situation might look like.

That's quite a bit more work. Maybe around $25 hour at the lowest.

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nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the older kid is away at preschool 3-6 hours then the raise should be less.

Why? Is nanny not going to have to care for the child when there is no school? Is the nanny not on call for sick days?

Lowballing a raise because an older child is in school a few hours a week is cheap. Unless nanny is in no way responsible for the child at any time during the year for those hours, preschool doesn't affect a raise for sensible parents when they are adding newborn(s) to their family.

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Because the nanny may be responsible for a child (in addition to another child she is already on the clock for) once or twice a year she deserves money for that child???? If it is such a big deal you can add $2 an hour to the weekly paycheck for the days that additional child stayed home from school.

You really make no sense Deb.

On what planet do you live that preschool aged children are home once or twice a year for the nanny to care for? Every preschooler I've ever had first of all had a shorter school year than the elementary schoolers. Usually started a week or two after they did and were out at least 2 weeks before them in the summer. Then they have all of the major holidays off, plus several conference/in service days. Add to that at least 2 weeks for Christmas Break and 1 week for Spring Break (some places have 2 weeks) along with snow days and sick days. On top of that you have them home for the entire summer.

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Anonymous wrote:If the older kid is away at preschool 3-6 hours then the raise should be less.

Why? Is nanny not going to have to care for the child when there is no school? Is the nanny not on call for sick days?

Lowballing a raise because an older child is in school a few hours a week is cheap. Unless nanny is in no way responsible for the child at any time during the year for those hours, preschool doesn't affect a raise for sensible parents when they are adding newborn(s) to their family.

Because the nanny may be responsible for a child (in addition to another child she is already on the clock for) once or twice a year she deserves money for that child???? If it is such a big deal you can add $2 an hour to the weekly paycheck for the days that additional child stayed home from school.

You really make no sense Deb.

Anonymous wrote:If the older kid is away at preschool 3-6 hours then the raise should be less.

Why? Is nanny not going to have to care for the child when there is no school? Is the nanny not on call for sick days?

Lowballing a raise because an older child is in school a few hours a week is cheap. Unless nanny is in no way responsible for the child at any time during the year for those hours, preschool doesn't affect a raise for sensible parents when they are adding newborn(s) to their family.

If the older kid is away at preschool 3-6 hours then the raise should be less.

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Anonymous wrote:Our fabulous nanny of two years currently watches our 2 year old. In a few months she will also be taking care of our twins when I head back to work. How much more money do you think I should pay her? I plan to discuss with her, but wanted to go in with an idea of what might be expected. She is legal, drives and works 40 hours a week for us at $17.50 an hour and we live in Silver Spring. I appreciate any advice on what a typical raise for this situation might look like.

You're overpaying right now at $17.50/hour for one child. That's too much. With that in mind, I would raise to 20-21/hour with the addition of the twins. You have to make sure to leave room for future raises too.

PS - don't listen to these nannies who are telling you ridiculous things like 25/hour.

I make $25 an hour right now for two. And they aren't in diapers. There is a whole spectrum of pay out there, especially in DC with the huge range on incomes, so I don't expect everyone to find $25 an hour but $17.50 is hardly overpaying for a legal worker who drives their own car and has an education...

Anonymous wrote:$2 an hour. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't afford to give her any more raises.

I'd rather you pay me what I'm worth now than hold back to give me tiny raises year after year. Doing one for $17.50 an hour is reasonable, if you add newborn twins to that and try to offer me $19.50 an hour I will just give you my two week notice. I could EASILY go find another family paying $17.50 or even better $20/hr for just 1 or 2 toddlers or older.

Anonymous wrote:Our fabulous nanny of two years currently watches our 2 year old. In a few months she will also be taking care of our twins when I head back to work. How much more money do you think I should pay her? I plan to discuss with her, but wanted to go in with an idea of what might be expected. She is legal, drives and works 40 hours a week for us at $17.50 an hour and we live in Silver Spring. I appreciate any advice on what a typical raise for this situation might look like.

You're overpaying right now at $17.50/hour for one child. That's too much. With that in mind, I would raise to 20-21/hour with the addition of the twins. You have to make sure to leave room for future raises too.

PS - don't listen to these nannies who are telling you ridiculous things like 25/hour.

$2 and put the older child in preschool part time to give her socialization

Would love to hear from OP again, I would honestly evaulate your budget and see what you can afford to do. Either way daycare/nanny for three is expensive. Do you have family in the area. You could prob get away with a raise and a 4day workweek if you could swing it. I am a nanny and for me there is no better perk than extra time off and I love my job!