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For those mothers that plan on returning to work, and have opted for in-home daycare, how much are you or will you be paying?
We are meeting with our sitter (or nanny or in-home daycare person or whatever you call them), her name is Courtney, tomorrow evening to discuss what we are going to pay her. She is our closest friends'(whose son is our godson) sitter and will only be watching their 2 1/2 year old 2 days a week. She's a 22 year old college student (studying eduction), taking classes at night. She is not licensed but we know her very well and she's been watching their son since he was born. They also have a 9 year old. We have seen her with those kids and she is absolutely wonderful and they love her. She's dependable and we're so thrilled she's agreed to do this (considering we agree on pay). We will be bringing our baby to our friends' house a mile away the 2 days a week, and Courtney will be coming to our house the remaining 3 days. She will be using our vehicle if she needs to go anywhere and will be eating our food. We also live in Chicago which I know requires probably a higher rate. At this time, she watches our friends' 2 1/2 year old and the 9 year old (who is self sufficient), 4 days a week and they pay her $180 a week. When she starts watching our baby they will only need her 2 days a week. Anyway, our friends keep telling us that they think $300 is a good amount to pay her but we've been asking around and think that might be a little high. Not sure though. We also don't want to risk losing her. The other thing is...don't newborns cost more? Should we drop the price a bit once our daughter gets a little older? If so, at what age? Is that fair? Sorry this post is so long but any comments or advice would be much appreciated. This whole child care thing has been one of the most stressful things throughout my pregnancy!
We are meeting with our sitter (or nanny or in-home daycare person or whatever you call them), her name is Courtney, tomorrow evening to discuss what we are going to pay her. She is our closest friends'(whose son is our godson) sitter and will only be watching their 2 1/2 year old 2 days a week. She's a 22 year old college student (studying eduction), taking classes at night. She is not licensed but we know her very well and she's been watching their son since he was born. They also have a 9 year old. We have seen her with those kids and she is absolutely wonderful and they love her. She's dependable and we're so thrilled she's agreed to do this (considering we agree on pay). We will be bringing our baby to our friends' house a mile away the 2 days a week, and Courtney will be coming to our house the remaining 3 days. She will be using our vehicle if she needs to go anywhere and will be eating our food. We also live in Chicago which I know requires probably a higher rate. At this time, she watches our friends' 2 1/2 year old and the 9 year old (who is self sufficient), 4 days a week and they pay her $180 a week. When she starts watching our baby they will only need her 2 days a week. Anyway, our friends keep telling us that they think $300 is a good amount to pay her but we've been asking around and think that might be a little high. Not sure though. We also don't want to risk losing her. The other thing is...don't newborns cost more? Should we drop the price a bit once our daughter gets a little older? If so, at what age? Is that fair? Sorry this post is so long but any comments or advice would be much appreciated. This whole child care thing has been one of the most stressful things throughout my pregnancy!
Shannag43
I am currently a nanny for a 1 year old. I am going to assume that you need her the normal 8-9 hour day. If so, $300 is not enough. I'm not sure what the minimum wage is in your area, but you should pay her at least that. I am currently making $15/hr, however, this is a pretty good rate. You also should make sure not to drop her wage later on if you like her, you want to keep her around, not scare her away. I have been a nanny for about 6 years now, and the lowest I have gotten paid was $9.00/hr, back when I was 18. I don't want to scare you off of having a nanny though, it is so much better than sending your child to daycare, and it truly is worth the extra cost.
Dawnee222
Thank you for both your replies. Yes, we will need her for about 9 hours a day. I will require her to do any cleaning or cooking. Just basic pick up after herself and the baby during the day. Shannaq I appreciate your opinion about not dropping the rate - I didn't think it would be the right thing to do but I wasn't sure. I guess the other concern I had, and Cardinals you touched on this, is that basically, we will be sharing her with our friends 2 days a week so should that effect her salary since she will be getting paid from them as well? I think it should make a little difference.
deleted_user
I used to be a nanny for a woman. I would get paid 10-12 dollars an hour depending on how many children. I was also expected to do light housework. I know of some people that make up to 15 an hour for in home childcare, and also offer benifits. Look into abcnanny. I didn't work through there, but many of the other moms that I met through my boss used it. Good luck and send me a message if you have any questions.
deleted_user
I read your reply below and I (a college grad. degree in education) would work between a few mothers (they would share me as well), and I would get my normal hourly rate. When we went on "play dates" I got paid double... both moms would pay me my hourly rate. I sometimes maked 400+ a week depending on how many hours I got, how many children, and if we had play dates. I did cook breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also did laundry, dishes and cleaned up toys.
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