Is this a reasonable request of a nanny?

[solomam]

Ok so... please hear me out as I have never before had a nanny or considered one - I will openly admit I know nothing about the services they are willing to offer.

Can anyone who has either been a nanny or had one, tell me whether it's a reasonable ask to pay someone to come to my home for literally 1 hour every morning to help with the morning routine? That's all I need. Nothing more.

Or would they all laugh at me for being ridiculous?

Insanely early TO START WORK for most people was what I meant here, for the sake of those wishing to create arguments out of thin air. 🙄

Does your little one go to a nursery near home (you mention a commute so unclear where your LO is during the day). If si, you coukd approach staff there and ssk if one or 2 staff would like extra hours. They may also be able yo take your LO to nursery if thry have business insurance

I couldn't afford that. £20 would be my limit unfortunately. Hopefully a teen / college student would be happy to do it for that.

6am is very early for anyone to start work, esp if it's only for an hour. I wish you luck. I've been there and it's very hard in the mornings. My boys are 5 and 6 and it's only just started to get easier. I feel for you, I really do. Good luck x

£20 but make it 2 hours

Do you need it every day? My cleaner loves kids and for quite a few families she works for does some childcare - she comes earlier or leaves later to do some.

E.g. she arrives at 6, looks after the kids for an hour then does 3 hours of cleaning.

If you have or need a cleaner as well, it might be worth a shout - but obviously only really works once a week

I have worked as a before and after school nanny but probably wouldn't consider this job as it is so short. It is a very early start for just an hour's work. I think you might get more interest if you could expand the hours. You could maybe employ someone to do the early start and then drop the baby at day care, or stay at your home to do some cleaning and housekeeping? Some of my jobs have been in families where the parent(s) are at home and it can sometimes be hard to establish who is actually caring for the child!! So if you do find someone I would make it clear to them and to yourself of your roles looking after your child.

@JJJSchmidt

Yes my DC is in nursery, I hadn't thought of asking them actually. The nursery opens at 7.30 and that's their start time, so I doubt it, but I can ask!

This is a good suggestion

Fair enough OP.

I tried to get an ad hoc nanny once. Couldn’t do it. No one wants an hour a day

@MusicstillonMTV

Not a bad idea. We don't have a cleaner but one would certainly make my life easier. It's 4 days a week I'd need the childcare help.

It's not unreasonable. But I wanted the same and couldn't get anyone. I needed 6.30am to 7.30, 4 days a week to supervise breakfast and dressing then walk them to breakfast club for 7.30am.

I ended up going up to £35 per day. Still couldn't get anyone. Hours too anti social. Or people sorting their own kids. Or nannies not needing extra hours or not able to take it in case their daytime employer needed ad hoc extra early starts.

So I dropped my work hours.

Good luck. It's v difficult.

Honestly, I think this will be a difficult role to fill. As for the suggestions of a teenager or student...hmm, I don't think many would really want to be somewhere at 6am every day. You'd have to offer quite a high hourly rate but as you only need one hour a day, for many it won't be worth it.

Plus I actually wanted a nanny. I was really really sick and needed help

i wanted someone who would play etc. I actually hired a friends daughter as I was there. Though very sick. She was phenomenal but she had terrible time keeping. She often called in sick.

I had someone older after but it was significantly more than £15 an hour and this was 10 years ago!

it’s your child. I didn’t want someone who wasn’t completely vetted. DBS checked. Insurance. First aid etc.

Genuine question but doesn’t someone being paid for childcare need to be registered with relevant checks ie whether family member, cleaner, student etc? I know this used to be the case but not sure now.

Also whilst you might think one hours easy work for a decent amount a day seems attractive, it's not. To be somewhere at 6am four days a week is massively life limiting. I really can't see who this would suit. Even if you offered £25 an hour so £100 a week, I wouldn't get up prior to 6am all week for that. Of course, you're not being unreasonable to want this or look for someone. ..I just doubt you will have much luck.

Agree the rudeness was unnecessary, but I think the point was that a job starting at 6am could he unappealing to someone who normally wakes up at 6. 6 is a normal wake up time but a very early work start, you'd need to get showered, have breakfast and travel very early indeed.

In order to claim financial support towards the childcare costs, yes, because they need an ofsted number. For an informal arrangement like babysitting etc, no they don't. But obviously it's better to have someone who's been vetted etc! I don't fancy leaving my child in any old person's care....

I'd have bitten your hand off as a 16 to 18year-old who lived close by, though.

Not if they are looking after children in the child's own home.

@DucklingDaisy

And I take that point, no problem. But I wont take personal insults like "you sound dim". No fucking need.

Ysah. I paid £35 an hour all those years ago.

this is your child. A teenager or college person I wouldn’t be able to trust entirely. My world. Hence why I wanted someone really professional.

thats only £80 a week for someone.

i just cant see anyone doing that for one hour unless theyre really close by

it just wouldnt be worth their time