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?

She comes 7am-8am and is very reliable. I’m sure you could find someone.

Long time since we had Nannies but we needed a 7am start and that was a challenge which ruled out lots of candidates
I think you will have to pay way over the odds (double rate) and even then may struggle unless you happen to strike it lucky

I'd do a job like that for the extra money.

What time do you need? If it up 8.30 then you may struggle as they will probably need to leave before then for travel.

I think you will have to pay more than £20. No one is going to get up at the crack of dawn for one hours work. £30 more reasonable.

I don't think you should need this help. Having dc and getting them out the house of a morning is hard. You can adapt and then things change quickly. What age are your dc?

It sounds like you are quite rural?

I don’t think it will be too hard to find someone. Rural communities will have lots of people doing ad hoc hours. From 16+, I did a couple of hours mucking out and turning out horses before college, for a hell of a lot less than £15 an hour..!
I would have bitten someone’s hand off to do the same hours but indoors with a child instead of in a freezing cold yard shovelling shit

Do you have the Nextdoor app?
Or a local whatsapp group

Op go on private/self employed carers or support workers sites. I’m a domicilliary carer (obviously I do house calls). While most of my service users are elderly, there’s no age limit really. My youngest has mental health issues and has only just turned 20. There’s nothing stopping me looking after a baby, and I would certainly get up an hour earlier to add you to my call list. I currently only charge £11 an hour. I generally start at 7pm but there will be carers who will start earlier, especially if it’s £15/£20 an hour and they’re already in the area with their own transport. And they’ll already have dbs/insurance etc. An hour looking after a baby would be a delight mixed in with my other service users.

1. stop biting to people trying to wind you up, it really isn't worth your effort

2. I think you'll find someone. I had a nice 17 year old help me one summer, she was super reliable. I mean, more reliable than my actual employees. But even if they let you down now and again, you'll still have help more often than not so it's a net win. I wasn't worried about a DBS, I was there in the house, she didn't have a key or anything 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think you may need to up the pay to at least £20 for the hour. It’s an unsociable time for a very short time! It’s a bit like finding unicorn. Could you stretch to them doing the school drop off maybe, so it’s a few hours a day.

We had a full time nanny for years. She’s part time now my DC are at school most of the time. We’ve been very lucky. It’s not easy finding good, reliable childcare. Good luck!

I think you’ll find it difficult to get someone unless it fits in very conveniently with their life/other job somehow. Eg someone who has just done a night shift and is on their way home.

Not many people are going to want to get up so early for so little work/pay.

If someone offered me £15 to just come downstairs to my own kitchen at 5am I don’t think I would do it!

If you lived near me, I would willingly do it so I am sure you will find many others who would too

@tenbob yes very rural! No I don't have that app, what is it for?

Not sure anybody would want an hour's work 6 am to 7 am. Still you can alwags try.

I actually think that would be a great job for a student ( although it's an early start!). Or even someone working in childcare like a nursery nurse to get a bit more money before they start their proper job. There will be a lot of people needing an extra £60/ week. Just make sure to advertise locally because it won't be worth traveling a long distance.

I think you will not find someone. It just is not worth it. 6-7am for only 60 a week?? One, those are super early hours, which means only someone local can do it, as no one is willing to wake 5am to travel etc only to work one hour for 60 a week. And even someone local, it is doubtful.

@Temporaryname158
@Ihatethenewlook

Ah thank you. It's heartening to have people say on this thread that they would do it. Gives me hope I might find someone 😊

At 16-18 I would have happily swapped my part-time job working in a department store if it meant being paid £100 a week to help (locally) for an hour each morning before college.

I'd be getting paid considerably more to get up a bit earlier and have my weekends free.

@SamPoodle123

£80 a week - I'd pay up to £20 a morning, 4 mornings a week.

I think you should ask nursery staff. Possible they would then take your child into nursery with them when start work for day save you drop off.
One staff in our nursery takes children in her house mornings, walks them to school then starts work herself.

Sorry just seen its 4 days a week.

Would still have done it for £80!

If it's the 1 year old you need help with can you ask nursery? On early shift days I would pluck dc2 from bed, change his nappy then stick him in the car. Nursery would dress him and give breakfast. Helped loads.

This is very true. I have to agree, if someone offered me that amount just to wake up that early, I would not do it. It is different if it was more hours so more pay. Or if the start time was say, 8am, then perhaps.

It’s kind of a Facebook local group but an app

I think you’ll be able to find someone locally. Rural communities are more flexible with irregular hours and seasonal work

the teen daughter of a dairy farmer isn’t going to bat an eyelid at the thought of a 5:30am start for an hour of work before school (spoken as a former teen daughter of a dairy farmer who was either helping with milking or helping with breakfast)

Yes - but like you say, they will already be busy at that time!