gosh this thread is from 2017. That nanny is surely "older" now

Our 57 yr old nanny has more energy than I do. It helps that her own kids are grown ups and she does not have to take care of her own kids after work

When we employed nannies, we only looked at 50+, with some 45. We did not consider younger women who had not yet had kids or were not married. It ended up being the best decision that I ever made, as our "older" nanny was with us for 10 years.

Not true! Lots of parents want the best, and not the cheapest

It’s don’t matter what again you are OP because employers always want to pay low. Most don’t value experience. They want the cheapest childcare possible.

Dear dcurbanmom.com administrator, Thanks for the well-researched post!

We've had two full-time nannies and two substitute nannies (filling in for 2+ weeks) and all were in their 50s (and three of the four were career nannies who had worked in our area for 20-30 years; the fourth had an unrelated career in her home country before immigrating, stayed home with her children initially in the U.S., and then took up nannying after her kids were grown). I honestly don't think we even interviewed anyone under 30 (although we were also looking for 5-10 years of experience, so may have limited the pool by doing that). I don't personally know of anyone with a nanny younger than 30, though, and most seem to be in their 40s or 50s.

Your nanny sounds brilliant, PP!

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Anonymous wrote:I would say 40 or 45+. I actually think of women in their 30s as like the "prime" years for a career nanny. You're no longer a newbie, so probably have at least some experience with a variety of types of kids and families, but you're also not physically limited or set in your ways.

My experience is the older (40+) nannies are LESS set in their ways - they have enough wisdom and experience to know that there are multiple "right" ways and generally are quite good at following the parent's styles. Stereotypes abound!

I agree. To make a blanket statement that an older person is "set in their ways" is just ridiculous. Also that an older person is automatically physically limited! So ridiculous. We had a young nanny for our older child who had more physical ailments than anyone I ever met before. DH and I actually numbered them so when she came in talking about her bad back or sore knee we would privately laugh that "#27 is going to keep her from picking up the baby's toys today". With our second, our nanny is 60 and in amazing health and fitness. In 16 months she has not complained once and has not missed one day of work.

Anonymous wrote:I would say 40 or 45+. I actually think of women in their 30s as like the "prime" years for a career nanny. You're no longer a newbie, so probably have at least some experience with a variety of types of kids and families, but you're also not physically limited or set in your ways.

My experience is the older (40+) nannies are LESS set in their ways - they have enough wisdom and experience to know that there are multiple "right" ways and generally are quite good at following the parent's styles. Stereotypes abound!

Yeah I wrote the top one and the good advice bit. What about it? Didn't write the bit about being an older nanny at 63

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Anonymous wrote:I always considered myself one at 30-31 years old and was shocked when people expressed surprise on my other thread about me being one.
For me, a young nanny is aged 19-24. An older nanny would be 30 years plus.
Maybe I just come into contact with a lot of young nannies?

Am an Older nanny, 63, my boss is very happy with me,I don't have any problem about that.
Some family prefer older nannies,other' prefer younger that can pay less .
Older nannies have more experience,don't worrie about ,keep going.
Be happy this is the most important thing.

Thank you,good advice.

Nice sock-puppeting, poster who doesn't realize you put a space before and after a comma.

Our daughter's nanny is older as well with the the same experience and education as the PP above - college degree, preschool teacher, children of her own, and has had another career. She is 61 and has been DD's nanny since DD was born. I have learned so much from her and we all love her dearly. I feel very blessed.

Our current president is 70. My choice for president was 69. My husband's first choice for president was 72. My MIL is 67 and ran the LA Marathon last month. My father is 72 and still a practicing physician. I could go on and on... It is our perception of "older" as a pejorative that needs to change.