Cost of a full time nanny

3 kids and a nanny is def much easier for you

Nanny comes to house. Nanny takes eldest to school with younger two

Nanny looks after ill kids

Nanny cooks meals for kids and does their washing

With nursery - you get all ready and take to nursery /school then self to work

You navigate /look after ill kids and they will be off with everything at nursery so won't be at work

You need to find holiday cover for eldest

My daughter is working as a nanny and she's paid well because the parents want flexibility so some days she works 11 hours and some days 4 hours, they also want her to travel. It's a very different service to a nursery.

@Blondeshavemorefun

i assume DH wants a nanny & she doesn't, hence the attitude!

What has that got to do with the price of nannies?

confused

Marriage is compromise, ever thought of that?

@threeisacharm18

as NannyNick mentioned, you don't need to use an Agency (pointless waste of money)

anyone you hire through an agency (be it nanny/teceptionist/forklift driver/it/anything) is going to cost you a lot more than a direct hire.

Wished I'd waited until you'd posted! Much more succinct!

Why would you expect a nanny dedicated just to your family, no schlepping the kids to/home, 3 rd child, school pick ups, outings, playgroups, other groups, naps to your child's needs, looked after when they're not well, etc etc to be cheaper than nursery??? & that's without considering care for the eldest in school holidays??

baffling.

How did you not know that a highly trained professional dedicating their time exclusively to your children would be expensive?

They are more expensive because you get a more personal service tailored to your children’s needs.

Then why still use a nanny if you don't think the cost is worthwhile

Use a cm or nursery. Be much cheaper

High income family, 2 parents, 6 figures, 1 child, we pay more than the sums quotes all in for a nanny. I don't for one second under estimate this is a hugeprivilege but its also in my eyes not really worth it. I don't feel like we get value for money at all

Our lives are also revolving around the nanny including when we can take holidays and it is a fortune to have babysitting on top. We are broke every single month. Let me explain by broke - we do not have a car, we don't have a house either and we're both overdrawn per month.

I'm unconvinced when we stop paying these costs that we will look back and say it was "worth it" but then children create all kinds of irrational costs.

for us £15/hr gross, 11.5 hours a day. So around £61k or so gross. closer to £70k cost to us with pension contributions in NI.

this is in london

Best agencies/ websites to look for au pairs?
Is the au pair program still working post Brexit?
I live in Oxford and need this urgently so probably someone already in the UK.
thank you!

Most nannies I know including myself - was one fir 20yrs now a maternity nurse

but will come to work if feeling a bit mer but may have a sofa day

it’s far more that the kids are I’ll, usually something caught from nursery , then the nanny is I’ll

A nanny is usually most cost effective with 3 children. Sometimes breaks even with 2 but it’s more the convenience of having one

they come to you

you only have to get self dressed and go

with cm and nursery you need to

get up and dressed

wake kids up If sleeping tho unlikely at 830

get them dressed

sort breakfast out tho some cm/nursery do breakie

drop to childcare

then you go to work

a nanny will also do nursery duties

so clean kids playroom /bedroom

make meals and if time extra so freeze

do their washing

look after ill kids

Wfh to the extent I can around looking after the kids/school run, etc. My work also provides access to emergency childcare, up to a certain number of sessions per year. I’ve used it a couple of times when our nanny has been unwell and we knew it would go on for more than a day. If it’s just one day we try and make do.

You are still less exposed to sickness disruption as nannies tend to get sick a lot less than kids do!

as a nanny (precovid) I would often be asked to work even if I was sick. It was kinda shitty but I felt like I had no choice.

🙏 Hit the nail on the head!

I don't understand why you are paying her commuting costs? Which other employer ever pays for your travel to and from your place of work??

We had a nanny. £40k sounds right. We couldn't use a nursery as they shut too late for us to get back from work on many a day. Plus with a nanny dc was fed and bathed by the time we got home instead of collecting them and having to do that afterwards.

Also depending on your job both me and dh had to stay late on occasion/travel so it would not have been possible to achieve this with a nanny. Annnnd also, if dc got a cold or sick they stayed with nanny. A nursery you can forget it, they'll often be sent home and you'll need to be there. Nursery vs nanny is not comparable imo, a nanny was far superior. But also more expensive as a result. But not in value.

I don't think a nanny is supposed to be cheaper than a nursery. A nursery and a child minder is more comparable,

Take emergency parental leave, same as if a nursery closes with broken heating or whatever.

Out of interest, what do people do when nanny is unwell?

We have a nanny for DTs. Works out as less than 2 nursery places but our nanny does a short day (9-4), whereas the standard nursery day here is 7.30-6 (no concessions for shorter hours).

Yes, nanny is a luxury form of childcare.