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Anonymous wrote:I would do 17$/hr to start, and a raise to 18$/hr after 6 months. You're offering enough overtime that this should be a good salary. And a single baby is a pretty easy gig. They nap a lot.

Lol!

A healthy newborn is the easiest nanny gig there is.

I disagree. It is the hardest when done right (engaging the baby, talking to her/him, reading, singing, tummy time, etc) and certainly the loneliness especially in winter. A talking toddler is the easiest!

I agree. Talking and getting nothing back is the hardest and loneliest. Add colic on top of that and I would rather take a roomful of toddlers!

They aren't awake long enough for you to be tired of getting nothing back. Colic isn't part of the deal with healthy newborns.

I don't believe you if you say you prefer a roomful of toddlers to a newborn who naps for 3 hrs after 15 minutes of awake time. It's just a figure of speech for you.

You find a nanny you want, and you ask her what her rates are. See what she tells you...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would do 17$/hr to start, and a raise to 18$/hr after 6 months. You're offering enough overtime that this should be a good salary. And a single baby is a pretty easy gig. They nap a lot.

Lol!

A healthy newborn is the easiest nanny gig there is.

I disagree. It is the hardest when done right (engaging the baby, talking to her/him, reading, singing, tummy time, etc) and certainly the loneliness especially in winter. A talking toddler is the easiest!

I agree. Talking and getting nothing back is the hardest and loneliest. Add colic on top of that and I would rather take a roomful of toddlers!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would do 17$/hr to start, and a raise to 18$/hr after 6 months. You're offering enough overtime that this should be a good salary. And a single baby is a pretty easy gig. They nap a lot.

Lol!

A healthy newborn is the easiest nanny gig there is.

I disagree. It is the hardest when done right (engaging the baby, talking to her/him, reading, singing, tummy time, etc) and certainly the loneliness especially in winter. A talking toddler is the easiest!

Please, woman. How long is a newborn baby awake for you to engage him or her? Do fifteen minutes of "i'm a little teapot" tire you out so?

Ugh... you again. Come up with a new line, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Speak for yourself, 16:41.

Aren’t we all?

Ok. You tell me. What part of taking care of a healthy newborn do you find difficult? Really, I want to know.

Seeing how easy it is explains why people think they can offer you $12/hr. Lol.

What you are paid is a separate matter, that's between you and your employer. But don't say that taking care of a healthy newborn is hard because it just isn't.

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Anonymous wrote:Speak for yourself, 16:41.

Aren’t we all?

Ok. You tell me. What part of taking care of a healthy newborn do you find difficult? Really, I want to know.

Seeing how easy it is explains why people think they can offer you $12/hr. Lol.

We couldn't pay $20 so we pay 17 (plus 5 hours overtime at 1.5x the rate) and found a way to make it work for everyone. Nanny has breakfast and lunch at our house, and two days a week, she cooks dinner for the whole family, and is also welcome to stay for dinner or take her portion of dinner home. We shop for the foods she likes and she's welcome to help herself to anything else. We also pay her health insurance and we give four (4) weeks vacation, two her choice, two our choice, plus 5 sick days (although to be honest if she got genuinely sick for up to 10, we would still cover her). She's happy, we're happy, etc. Sometimes the hourly rate is misleading about the quality of the "package."