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I am thinking of hiring a nanny with her own baby to look after my baby in my home in NW London. I need to make her an offer and have no idea what kind of discount applies in this situation. Does anyone know what the going rate is?

She has nanny experience but her last job was not as a nanny and although her English is good it is not her mother tongue.

Any thoughts/advice would be much appreciated.

Have a look on sites like www.nannyjob.co.uk, www.gumtree.com, www.findababysitter.com to see what is typically being offered (or wanted) in salary terms by nannies in your area.

Some parents will feel that they should get a lower rate. However the nannies themselves may not want a lower rate.

See these discussions in the past to get a feel for the arguments on both sides of that debate:

How much should I pay a nanny who brings her own child
New Nanny with own child please advise
Nanny 20 weeks pregnant when she started job
Hiring a nanny who has her own child
Nanny bringing her own child to work (2007)

A message thread about London nanny rates from May 09

I'm in NW London too & I'm also considering the option of a nanny with her own child. I've had quite a few candidates with their own child, they all seem to be very experienced, with great CVs. They have asked me for something along the lines of 9-10£ net per hour, and I offer 8£ per hour which they have all accepted without creating an issue at all. So it seems that if you're willing to pay 8£ net per hour you should be able to find someone really good.

I assume you could also offer less, e.g. 7£ per hour (I wouldn't go lower than that, tbh) if it was someone less experienced. But if it were me, for this particular scenario of a nanny with her own child, I would try to go with someone really experienced who you really really like & feel confident about, just because of the potential complications / issues of such an arrangement. Which would mean perhaps that you might need to pay the 8£ per hour to keep them happy (you don't want a nanny who's going to think her salary is too low, in the long run).