Nanny bringing own child with her? Good idea or not?

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Hello

I wonder if anyone can tell me their experiences of a Nanny bringing their own child with them to work, has this been a positive or negative experience?

Also would you expect to pay a nanny slightly less per hour in light of this? I am thinking that it is probably a good idea as your nanny might be less impacted by her own childcare issues and I'm also assuming that it would work out cheaper for me as their hourly rate might be less? This is just an assumption though no idea if that's true.,, hence my question! The children would be of similar ages (give or take a few months)

I am looking for a Nanny in the Walton on Thames area of Surrey, any idea of a going rate? I have seen adverts for £9-£10 per hour.

Hi I live/ work very close to you and would say that the rate you have seen would be about av nett pay per hour, you may be able to find a nanny with child for slightly less.

How many days/ hours are you looking for? So you have a nanny in mind already? If not I would be interested in finding out more and seeing if we could help each other out.

Good luck with your search.

Some families prefer a nanny not to bring her own child because they worry that the attention will be slightly one-sided. However, this is not always the case and some families like the idea of their little-one having a play mate.

We placed a full-time nanny in Esher last month ? she had a 18mth old daughter and the charge was 20mths. Her GROSS salary was £11.50ph (which is roughly £8.95ph NET).

The salary will depend on her experience etc but you would pay less for a nanny with her own child. Are you agreeing a GROSS salary?

My dd is an only child (not through choice) and when she was smaller, we employed a nanny with a little girl three years older than dd. It was one of the best decisions we ever made. The nanny's daughter is like the big sister dd never had - we moved away three years ago, and now live 200 miles away, but the kids still chat on skype every week and meet up several times a year. The nanny's dd also came on holiday with us last year.

I think the nanny loved our dd more for the bond that she saw developing between her own dd and our dd, and I also think she treated dd more like her own child because she had her dd with her. DD is still incredibly close to the whole family.

So for us, this arrangement worked fantastically well, and although it happened to be slightly cheaper, to be honest, I'd have paid double.

And we still get hand-me-down clothes from the nanny's dd three years on.

HoneyandHaycorns it's really lovely to hear such a success story - I will pass it on to clients who are pondering the option of a nanny with her own LO!

nannytree, please do. It worked out so well for us, not least because both we and the nanny felt that the children were benefitting from each other's company - it became much more than just a job for the nanny, it was a real relationship.

Also, I think it helped me bond much more with the nanny than I might have done otherwise - seeing her dd every day made them feel more like part of the family, and I felt I could relate to her as another mum, and not just an employee. In fact, I now count her among my very closest friends.

Hi,
Are you looking for full or part time?

I am a nanny with my own child and I live relatively close. My last position (until maternity leave) was in Walton on Thames.

I am taking a pay cut for bringing my child with me as I think it is the right thing to do