Any CMs - Childminder sibling discount - how much usually? Do 2 kids at CM work out as expensive as a nanny?

[ScarlettButler]

hello wonder if any CMs can help me - what's the usual sibling discount (if offered?). My CM had down when I first approached (and only had 1) that she did sibling discounts. Wondered what likely to be. I'm presuming 10% would be the norm - or if in these times no discount now likely.
She charges #45 a day for one so wondering if no discount whether it wd be just as cheap to hire a nanny...?

A nanny will probably cost, all told, more than £90 a day once you factor in gross wage, paid holidays, employer's NI, feeding the nanny, kitty for outings/mileage expenses etc. But that does depend where in the country you are and how much of a premium you're willing to pay for the convenience of having one.

No reason for a childminder to give a sibling discount in my view, it's still 2 childcare places. So you may get no discount at all. Though some CM might.

Nanny will cost more than a childminder for 2 children in my view. It is once you have 3 children that a nanny works out to be cheaper. It will depend on exact circumstances, though generally speaking, I'd say a CM is lower cost than a nanny if 2 children.

dont do siblimng discounts myself and suprised any cm can afford to do it at all anyway.

i also dont see why cm should give a discount for 2nd sibling, as that child is still taking up a place

Also, a CM more likely to lose two child places in one go so actually not all that favourable.

i charge one pound less per hour for siblings! it all helps..

VICKI that seems a huge discount

If you had them full-time 10hrs a day , 5 days a week that's £50 a week less/£200 a month

£5 less a day for second child.

I am client to 2 CMs and get no sibling discount from either.

I'm not really sure it would make sense - 2 children is 2 children no matter what family they're from.

I suppose it might provide convenience to deal with fewer parents, but not to the tune of 10%, I wouldn't have thought.

I had 3 sisters, 3 1/2 days a week, one sister was in school all day, and only came after school for an hour, and I didn't charge for her except on days she didn't go to school. I was paid 165 a week. That was 15 years ago though.

I just realized that was rather useless information wasn't it, 15 years ago prices will have changed!

It depends whether you are talking about live-in, live-out, and howmany hours. I found that once I had two children, a live-in nanny was cheaper than a childminder.

Childminders in my area cost £6 - £7 per hour. You may well live in an area where they are cheaper.

I currently have an au pair / childminder combination and this works out the cheapest for me at this stage of childrens ages. The au pair works before and after school. Childminder looks after the baby whilst older 2 are at school. It's a bit complicated but it virtually elimates my tax bill . The down side is there is a lot more work for me than just having one live-in nanny who looks after all three full-time.

If you are thinking of a live-out nanny, then I think cos effectiveness probably comes into it when you have a third child.