Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. I think that if you are paid 15 for one, when two comes along no i dont expect to double. Maybe add $3 and call it a day.

I can't imagine a professional nanny getting paid the same as high school kids. Are high school kids more proficient at realizing the worth of their services?

Nanny here. I think that if you are paid 15 for one, when two comes along no i dont expect to double. Maybe add $3 and call it a day.

In reality, there is no "market rate". Average, yes, provided you could ever collect accurate data.

Ha! Where is that market rate know it all?
Embarrassed by her own stupidity.
No one knows how much you pay, or get paid, unless you show legitimate check stubs or tax forms.

The polls and surveys collect whatever people want to tell you. Payroll companies can collect data on the small corner of the market that they serve. Unfortunately, most domestic workers in the US, are still paid off the books.

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Anonymous wrote:You MBs who keeping living in the fantasy world of "market rates" like to forget the fact that you're talking about your babies. My babies mean the world to me. When I am not taking care of them myself, it's the one thing that I am more than happy to spend good money on.

I'm a nanny and one of the PPs harping on market rates.

Are you the one claiming to have a "good grasp" on accurate market rates?

How is it, that you collect your "market" data?
Your friends?
Your scientific polls, where anyone claims whatever they feel like?
Do tell.
What a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:You MBs who keeping living in the fantasy world of "market rates" like to forget the fact that you're talking about your babies. My babies mean the world to me. When I am not taking care of them myself, it's the one thing that I am more than happy to spend good money on.

I'm a nanny and one of the PPs harping on market rates.

Are you the one claiming to have a "good grasp" on accurate market rates?

Anonymous wrote:You MBs who keeping living in the fantasy world of "market rates" like to forget the fact that you're talking about your babies. My babies mean the world to me. When I am not taking care of them myself, it's the one thing that I am more than happy to spend good money on.

I'm a nanny and one of the PPs harping on market rates.

Anonymous wrote:You MBs who keeping living in the fantasy world of "market rates" like to forget the fact that you're talking about your babies. My babies mean the world to me. When I am not taking care of them myself, it's the one thing that I am more than happy to spend good money on.

...As if your children were puppies.

You MBs who keeping living in the fantasy world of "market rates" like to forget the fact that you're talking about your babies. My babies mean the world to me. When I am not taking care of them myself, it's the one thing that I am more than happy to spend good money on.

That is an irrelevant question. What drives the prices is the replacement cost of a new nanny. If the fily wanted to hire a new nanny they would only need to pay slightly more (or even the same if nanny had already had several raises) for 2 kids vs 1. If all nannies demanded 5 more for a new job with 2 kids compared to one with 1 kid then families would need to give higher increases after a birth. But that is just not the market dynamic that exists.

How much extra do you have to pay the preschool for each additional sibling? One or two dollars extra per child?

I don't think so. Please explain....

If a family is out to hire a new nanny the going rate for 1 kid vs 2 kids is not hugely different. A family with 2 kids only has to offer a but more per hour to be competitive in trying to bid for the services of a nanny against a family with 1 child. Similarly a share family has to offer a bit beyond that in order to attract a good nanny given the extra hassle of a share. So that is what drives the situations that OP cites. The share families are working to target a final combined rate to attract a candidate and then split that rate payment among themselves. A family having 1 more kid needs to top up a bit the pay but they would not pay tons more if they were starting over which is why it makes sense that the Nanny's pay goes up just a bit. Also agree with the point that a second child is often born at a point when the oldest starts doing preschool so there is more work from the baby but also less from the older child.

The market that some families experience is clearly different than others. PP mentioned 15/hr for two kids on the market, I have never had a parent request that. The minimum I have been offered for two children is 17/hr with many benefits.

"The infant stage is the unpredictable but highly portable age. The toddler stage is the age of long, predictable naps. "

that's my kids too. They were terrible nappers for a good while - until 6 to 7 months they took short-ish and unpredictable naps. later baby stage into toddler time was much easier in it was typically 2 naps a day or at least 1 long one in PM consistently.

Oh please. The one skill every nanny cares about it getting kids to take long naps. 3-4 hours of downtime after a morning of hanging out in the park and then lunch is a big workload decline from a young infant.