Most of my nanny's friends, have found their Full time positions, here and also in those neighborhoods listserv; where their Families/employers have posted for them. Of course, I guess agencies also work great; but the majority of nannies I know, including myself have, have had more chances and more success finding their new jobs in free listservs; like this. But yes, I know just a couple maybe two of them, who have used an agency; and also worked for them.

Good luck with that. Soon they are gonna find out that their baby is going to be sick half the time so they have to keep them home and cannot go to work. So they may change their mind just to keep the baby healthy and to keep their job at any cost. A lot of parents still think nannies are worth the extra $$$ but I think many go through the agencies as there are so many.

I’ve talked to a number of mom friends about this as we all recently had babies. It’s inflation. Most families really can’t afford $25+ hour as the going rate. They’ll schlep their kids to day care centers 30 mins away (wherever they get a spot!). $20/hr seems to be what people thought was affordable but now that the going rate is much higher they’re not even looking into the nanny option seriously.

it is true that there are fewer jobs than a year ago. Especially full-time infant ones. I think many would be nanny families are squeezed by inflation and go to day cares instead,

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Anonymous wrote:Yest, it is true that there were no full-time infants jobs on this forum for weeks. Maybe parents are tired of nannies criticizing every single job post, so they stopped posting here.

That’s good, because if they’re that immature and fragile, they sound like daycare families anyway.

(not a nanny, so don’t bother with your predictable “OMG SEE?!?!” response)

NP. “Daycare families” are fragile and immature? Huh? You sure you’re not a nanny?

Anonymous wrote:Yest, it is true that there were no full-time infants jobs on this forum for weeks. Maybe parents are tired of nannies criticizing every single job post, so they stopped posting here.

That’s good, because if they’re that immature and fragile, they sound like daycare families anyway.

(not a nanny, so don’t bother with your predictable “OMG SEE?!?!” response)

Anonymous wrote:Fewer babies born in july and august and women are negotiating better maternity leaves and som WFH with infants. A lot more have other networks and get nannies through friends and neighbors. My nanny went to a friend of a friend with a 3 month old.

I always thought summer birthdays were rare. It seems like most people I know have birthdays between January and May. But my baby was born in July 2021, and four of my friends had babies the exact same month! I only had 3 other friends give birth that year, 2 in March and 1 in November. I had a hard time getting my c-section scheduled because the OGBYNs were so busy. I was surprised, but was told that teachers plan to have their babies in the summer. The doula even warned me that earlier in the month, my hospital had turned away births because it was at capacity.

Agreed on more parental leave, though. Since 2020, the federal govt has given 12 weeks of paid parental leave, to men as well as women. And most people accrued a ton of leave during the pandemic when they didn't travel. My husband and I each had 5 months of paid leave available, but we took some of that time off together and hired a nanny when our baby was 7 months. Among my co-workers as well as my husband's, I would say that the amount of leave we had access to was on the high end, but not atypical. I don't think many people are working FT at home without childcare. I could not possibly perform my job decently if I was attending to a crying infant at random times. My husband's health was poor while he was on parental leave, so I sometimes had to work and care for our baby at the same time. I could put her on the playmat or in the swing for only about 20 minutes before I felt neglectful. I could not focus on my work. And forget about being able to participate in meetings when you have a baby needing to be fed, changed, or put down for a nap constantly.

Anonymous wrote:Life is too short to have a crappy job. Hold out for your dream job - it’ll happen you just have to be patient !

+100 You do understand, what I'm talking about. Agree.

Life is too short to have a crappy job. Hold out for your dream job - it’ll happen you just have to be patient !

Anonymous wrote:Fewer babies born in july and august and women are negotiating better maternity leaves and som WFH with infants. A lot more have other networks and get nannies through friends and neighbors. My nanny went to a friend of a friend with a 3 month old.

There is not difference here. Nannies all the time have found positions from friends and neighbors connections. I haven been recommended for lots of my friends employers and even posted on neighborhood listserv; but I have found or both parents still working remotely and offering mostly part times, evening schedules, after school care, or multiple kids, when it's a nightmare working with WHP. Too much kidsall ages Same, too much people inside the house, both parents still working from home=
Too much stress for a nanny. So I just keep looking for my right position.

Fewer babies born in july and august and women are negotiating better maternity leaves and som WFH with infants. A lot more have other networks and get nannies through friends and neighbors. My nanny went to a friend of a friend with a 3 month old.

Anonymous wrote:I also noticing fewer infant jobs, what is up? Even on this forum, it is afterschool mostly.

more women are staying at home with their babies .

This doesn't have anything to do how Pp says, when nannies are giving feedbacks to parents. Some families appreciate to be told for example what is the market rate, so they are new in nanny field, others appreciate getting feedback, encouraging parents to offer more hrs; so they can get more candidates.

If that was true, how is possible this forum is Full of P-T jobs now? Full of After school care?. This great site it will never change, the reality is that it's really a wonderful site, where I know lots of nannies have been hired by here and I know lots of Parents finding her Nanny here. In fact this is the best and wide site to look for a Nanny position, and get better results than FB groups, Next door and neighbors listervs. Since everyone here, can can a Position in any part of DMV.

It's just the season and babies always will be borning. So PP don't start to try to troll with your negative comments about this site, which it's really very helpful and have been very helpful for many families and many nannies lots of years.

Good luck everyone, finding your next position, just take it easy and be patient.

Yest, it is true that there were no full-time infants jobs on this forum for weeks. Maybe parents are tired of nannies criticizing every single job post, so they stopped posting here.

Yeah, I think it's time of year. Everyone who's kid just started school just let their nanny go. I would think that even if there's a standard demand for newborn baby care, the supply of nannies is higher in August/September.