What do you do for your nanny's birthday?

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Just wondering if there's a standard. We're planning to give ours a small gift and a card with a cash gift as well, but haven't decided on the cash amount.

We do the same - small gift 'from the children' with a card made by them and then cash and an official card from us. Cash we give is half day's pay. I have no idea if this is high or low and would welcome any views from nannies!

Our nanny's the practical type so we just do vouchers and a card from all of us. We spend about half a day's pay as well. I know some nannies get a week's pay but that's more than we'd spend on each other so I feel that's too extravagant for an employee!

Please don't forget it. Cash/vouchers are very good (£20-50)As a nanny it is most disheartening if family forget it. A nanny loves the job and children and hopefully has a good relationship with parents.
It is really important to show the nanny that you truly value and appreciate them.
My family forgot this year. I haven't said anything but it has made me re-evaluate my work with them. No extra time given by me for free anymore. No babysitting, even if paid.
My other family gave me indoor house plant. Gave it to my neighbour. Am leaving them ASAP.
You will find that more than likely you nanny spends more on children than what she takes from kitty. I know I have. Am now billing EVERY last thing.
SO birthdays are important times to show appreciation.

What's wrong with a houseplant? Least they remembered!!!!

Please employers NEVER forget your nannys birthday. A pressie is always appreciated :) whether cash chocolates vouchers perfume etc but def get a card

It's not what you give but the thought that it's been given. As a nanny I always give the children I look after a pressie for their birthday and when parents birthdays do cards from kids and give one myself

All my employers and even when temping I have been given a card and pressie

Have a few friends who their employers have forgotten theirs :(

Just the fact you have rem their birthday means a lot

Agree whats wrong with a houseplant? Most employers don't buy their employees birthday presents do they? I get the relationship between a nanny and the children is a bit different to most jobs, but a card and a plant is a lovely gift isn't it?

I'd be happy with a plant! It's like flowers, but lasts longer!

You don't need to spend extravagant amounts. In my last live-in job, I had a really thoughtful, sentimental gift, but the best bit was my boss has got to the post before me for the week leading up, and had hidden all my post that looked like birthday cards.
She laid them all out on the coffee table so it was the first thing I saw when I brought the children down on my birthday morning. Really lovely.

Another boss always used to make me a cake. Another one paid for me to take the children out for lunch when birthday was a working day.

For immediate family we always have a homemade cake and a glass of wine on the Friday closest to the birthday and that includes her. Our nanny and the dc make the cake for DH or my birthday and DH usually makes the cake for our nanny. We give her a card, and a present - usually a couple of entertaining things from Lakeland and a really nice scented candle (Jo Malone rather than Yankee!)