My sister is an LA nanny. 3 kids, one family. Kids are 5, 3, 9 months. They recently negotiated her pay to $32 per hour for 40 hours, no overtime. No cleaning/laundry -- straight childcare. She also negotiated an extra week off when the new baby come along. She wanted more time off (4 weeks per year) rather than a raise. She told them she did not want to burn out and they saw her point.

I cannot imagine negotiating all that with 3 separate families.

Anonymous wrote:A share is 2 families. 3 families is an unlicensed daycare.

Technically, a share, even with just 2 families is an illegal daycare in Maryland.

In a share with three unrelated children, quite frankly, the logistical challenges and the reality of juggling three children eliminate the advantages of personal care nannies provide. At this point, you're paying a higher-than-daycare rate for a similar-to-daycare service without the convenience of a daycare. It'd be a hard pass for me.

Anonymous wrote:We have three children in our nanny share, we gave her $33, we are renewing her contract end of May, of this year. She has 17 years of experience, and has been in a couple of shares before. She works 55 hours a week, we are in Westend DC.

But is it three families? I am guessing it's two families with 3 kids total. Why am I being nitpicky. Your input is interesting anyhow, sorry for being nitpicky. At 55 hours, with OT after 40 hours, it's $2,062.50 a week. So your nanny is one of the six figure nannies that come up on this board. You're at West End, so that the $100k nanny works there with multiple children is not surprising.
Anyway, I just thought that the OP seemed naive to the non-pay headaches the situation of three families might bring. Since you are a MB who took the time and effort to reply here, could you also give the OP some pointers about what to ask about specific to nanny shares, and what to clarify apart from just rates and pay? OP sounds like she might need it.

Anonymous wrote:What would be the rate for a three family share? All three children in the 9 month - 15 month range.

Thank you!!!

How many hours a week?
As someone said, this is waaaaaay more hassle than caring for a family with 3 kids. Schedules, accommodations, communicating. If one family goes on summer vacation for a week, grandparents come visit and take the kid, another family doesn't need you here and there for a day. do you still get paid the same? Because of course you should. Even if the families say they will keep your pay constant and in full, there might be disagreements among the parents on how to divide up the extra cost to make you whole, and those disagreements might lead the share to eventually disintegrate. Plus do the hours needed exactly match? One family might need you from 8-5pm. Another from 9-5pm. Then add the third. How is hosting rotated?

Plus yikes, all kids in the 9-15 month range? That is nonstop work. But if you still want to do this, let me know how many hours a week. If it's 40 hours, or if it's 50 hours with extra pay paid at OT, or 30 hours or what. I am a MB who tried to initially do a share with one family because I could not afford to do the nanny on my own. These employers sound like the same, they are trying to get extra personal care (compared to a daycare) at a cost that is not prohibitive. I'll give you my two cents about the rate, but I need more info. Plus if you give me the city, I can tell you even better. If you don't want to disclose specifics, you can say it's a city like North Arlington, Mclean, Bethesda, NW. Or you can say it's a city like Springfield, Manassas, Sterling. Because what families think they should be paying, or what they can usually afford, varies to some extent on which city they live in.