How much to pay nanny who will bring her 2yo with her?

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Hi--does anyone know how much a nanny who brings her own child with her? I have 2 dcs and live in London. I assume it's a little bit cheaper?

Don't assume it will be less - there has been discussion about this in the past, and some nannies with children of their own feel they should be paid the same as a nanny without children.

However, my view is that it is a Nanny Share, thus pay level should be less. Not sure how much less though, 20-30% perhaps.

You can make your prospective nanny an offer, see if they take it, if not and you really want them, then offer more.

thanks Nannychick, that's what I was thinking, that it was really a nannyshare...

I think I'd probably say more like 30%-40% reduction. If you were sharing with another family you'd each expect to pay say 60% hence giving her about 20% about the going rate of sole charge nanny.

i would expcect to pay 40 per cent less

Out of curiosity - when I'm a bit older I'd like kids of my own. I was thinking I'd be able to take a year or so off (better hope some mysterious rich aunt no one knew about dies), then start childminding.

But... if I kept nannying, would taking a cut in pay be cancelled out by tax credits and so on - so I'd be roughly as well off as before?

Not an urgent question but wondering if anyone has any experience. One of the reasons I felt child care would be right for me is that I envisaged it fitting into family life for me. I'd hate to think I'd be penalised financially for starting a family. How much does my government like folks-like-me? ;)

Niftynanny, I think the cut in pay would be more than made up for in the childcare fees you won't have to pay.

Indeed, i'm aware of that. I guess I'll look up what benefits / tax breaks and so on I'd be entitled to as and when.

Which'll be different in 5 years time anyway.

Better get back to Ancenstry dot com and work on finding that Auntie!

Actually, I suppose when you get to having kids (assuming there aren't any iminent arrivals) you might be better off going into business as a childminder. Then you have more control over what you do and don't want to do with your day. Especially if you are in West London, childminding can be quite profitable.

And then you don't have to take a pay cut, but I suppose your child would count towards your numbers.

Hey, where in West London are you? Just being nosey as I'm always on the look out to find other nannies for mine to hang out with (if she wants to).

In the dim and distant, that's a definite possibility! I have been chatting to a lady over the past few days who discounted a Nanny with a small child as the fear was she'd have another.

So, childminding is on my radar for the dim and distant future... although reading the Ofsted thread is actually quite terrifying!

I'm the Shepherds Bush / Acton side of Ravenscourt Park, if your nanny is ever interested in popping over! I have a few nanny friends (English, Bulgarian, all mid to late 20s) and we are all up for gossippy weekend lunches and go on, I'm quite often at a loose end as DP works on Saturdays, so feel free to email me on star100 at zoom dot co dot uk (I'm resurrecting an old anonymous mail for this place!)