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How much to pay a part time nanny who brings her own baby? (22 hours per week)

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ziopin · 16/05/2007 09:12

Any suggestions please?

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Bubble99 · 16/05/2007 09:23

Not sure, but bumping for someone who can help you.

Chattyhan · 16/05/2007 09:31

I'm a part time mother's help who brings her own child! I get paid £6-7 per hour gross depending on duties. I do family laundry, school pick ups, washing up and cleaning up the kitchen/kids rooms. My DS is 2.5 but was 6m when i started. He is younger than the children i look after by 18m.

Some people feel if a nanny brings her own child she should be paid a reduced salary but i don't look after their children any less because my DS is with me! I'm pregnant due sept and the families would like me to return even with a new baby! I suppose it depends on how valuable your nanny is!

Maybe you could set a trial salary to be reviewed after 6 wks or so?

Millarkie · 16/05/2007 18:58

When we employed a nanny with own baby we paid 80% of the going rate..depends what nannies in your region normally get paid, and how much you want this particular nanny.
I found that there were a lot of down sides to having a nanny with her own baby and it was easier to tolerate them by knowing that I was paying less because of it.

allgonebellyup · 16/05/2007 19:20

millarkie...what were the down sides? (i work as a nanny with my own child)

Millarkie · 16/05/2007 22:44

I wrote a list but then decided that I didn't want to get into any arguments - I'm sure some nannys with babies do their best to ensure that it doesn't impinge on the quality of their work or their employer's peace of mind. I only employed one nanny with a child - it had problems.

allgonebellyup · 17/05/2007 09:23

oh no i didnt want an argument!!!!
Just wanted to be careful in my new nanny job so thats all!

Millarkie · 17/05/2007 16:22

Well as long as I don't get attacked for it - and bear in mind that my children are pre-school/school age..some of these are not a problem to those with younger children. And I am aware how Whingy and Trivial these things are - but it all adds up in my experience.

Having to keep everything tidy to 'crawling baby/toddler' level..ie. mopping my floors every night, making sure that ds's tiny lego was only played with on a mat or upstairs so it wasn't left out for nanny's baby to swallow.

- Having the whole range of toys from birth to 6yr out so house has crates and crates of toys. - Having high chair still (taking up space in the kitchen) - Babysafing cupboards, having big baby gate across room (house is open plan) - Coming home to a house which stinks of nappies (for some reason poo smells more when it's not your baby's). Either my bin would stink or nanny would take the bin bag out but leave it in the house so stinking the whole floor out (would have been ok if she remembered to take bag outside but she never did) - Had to buy a different car to fit 3 car seats across the back - Had to play a car seat shuffle between nanny's own car and the one she moved to work although we bought an extra seat. - dd couldn't go to ballet, swimming etc due to nanny having baby to look after - Noise in the house when I get home from work even worse than usual (I know that this is daft but honestly, the extra voice makes a difference). Most nights as I got in nanny would change her son's pooey nappy on the living room floor as I was cuddling my kids on the sofa. - My dd spent a lot of time in car with nanny driving home to collect baby (didn't bring him with her in the morning) and then driving back to our house..and I paid a lot in petrol. - Nanny's dp spent time at our house under the guise of picking up or dropping off baby (although according to ds on one occasion her dp fell asleep on our sofa) - he is not CRB checked etc and I did not feel comfortable about him being in my house (she told me herself that he had a criminal record) - Nanny had 2 days off 'sick' because she was tired as baby hadn't slept well that night (OK this wasn't to do with bringing baby with her but would be a reason why I would be wary of employing another nanny with a young baby).

Once again, this is my experience of just 1 nanny with a child and some of the things were only loosely linked to her having the baby...but they were certainly things I weighed up against how much I was paying her.

allgonebellyup · 17/05/2007 16:49

oh god that does sound pretty bad for you!!

i think the difference for me is that my child is 3 and the child i am caring for is only 5months... so kind of vice versa!!
i would be really annoyed too if i were you and the nanny's partner spent time at your house plus you had to buy new car to fit them all in!!

allgonebellyup · 17/05/2007 16:51

plus the boyfriend had criminal record??!!

Millarkie · 17/05/2007 17:10

I think if I was looking for a nanny again and they had a child of similar age to mine then I would be happy to employ them (obv. if they suited the job in other ways too), but wouldn't go for a child still in nappies again.
Yes, boyfriend was a bit of a character and obviously that didn't come up at the interview - I didn't expect him to be such a big part of my children's lifes. Nanny would deny that he spent much time here but the children told me every now and then that XXXXX did something in the garden, or slept on the sofa, and my friend told me that she'd seen Nanny in my car, with her dp and ds and my dd, going off somewhere - she didn't mention it at all when I got back.

She wasn't a great nanny on many levels so not the best to use to judge all nannys with babies by!

ska · 17/05/2007 17:18

i have done this twice and paid them the full rate.

mogs0 · 17/05/2007 17:55

Millarkie - I know what you mean about other people's baby's poo!! I look after 4 children (two at a time) all in nappies and my flat always stinks!!

Your experience of employing nanny with own child doesn't sound like the greatest. My nanny jobs were always part-time and some of the problems you encountered weren't an issue for me. I don't drive so didn't have the car/seat probs, am a single parent so no dp problems(!), children I looked after were the same age as my ds so toys not a problem either or I brought his own with me each day.

devil · 17/05/2007 18:30

i have been a nanny for 14 years and have seen good and bad in nannies and employers. millarkie.;your nanny with a baby gives us nannies a bad name,i have taken my son to work from 12weeks(now 4).It is the nannies responsibility to make sure she cleans up after her child and as for letting in her other half in your house is not good enough.please do not be put off nannies with children there are lots of good ones about.wish you luck finding the right nanny for you.
ziopin;i get paid the full rate, can be between £6/£9,higher rate if you work London area.
i would say make sure you and nanny always have a chat at end of day so you can work out problems if any.i have found this helps alot.

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