Hiring a nanny who has her own child

[Jauer]

Does anyone have any experience of having a nanny who also has her own child?

I thought this would work along the lines of a nanny share in terms of costs (ie the nanny being the other party to the nannyshare) but the agency are telling me that they are likely to want the same pay as a normal nanny?! In fact, they hinted that as she is a bit older and quite experienced that she may be at the higher end of the pay scale. Seems a bit odd, no?
I'm looking for a short-term, part-time nanny at quite short notice (?!?!) so I accept my options will be limited, but that seems quite harsh?

i know a few nannies who bring their own children and dont get paid any less

Some nannies with their own children will accept a lower rate of pay but usually only about 10-20% - not quite nanny share rates.

Some would expect the same rate of pay because of the experience they have. Usually a nanny with their own lo will be older (late 20's early 30's) so will have quite a few years and quite a range of experience under her belt.

Definitely boils down to age & experience of nanny i reckon.I'm a part-time nanny,my DD is 7 & comes with me in the school holidays,i earn £8 ph(net) but do have 17 yrs experience behind me.Come to think of it i've never really earned anything less just because my DD came with me & also me being a mum was a factor in me getting my last 2 jobs! - I suppose i just got very lucky!

We employed a nanny with her own child a few years ago and paid 80% of going rate- personally I would need to have a good reason to choose a nanny with own child rather than a nanny without a child, so either shedloads of relevant experience, personal recommendation or a salary saving.
I have had nanny with child and nanny without child and nanny with child is definitely more hassle than without.

i also know many nannies who take their oen child and either get paid the same or £10 less a day then nannies who dont

part of me thinks the nanny should get paid less as

1)they dont have to pay for childcare for their own child

2. they can bring their own child and not leave them 10hrs a day

3)obv wont give 100% attention to charges

maybe 10/20 less aday but not nannyshare ie 50%

I agree that it goes whith age and experience.

In nannyshare you share the cost and the decisions. You are not the boss, you are one of the bosses. So yes you split the cost and tax etc but you also have to compromise more (holidays etc). In nannyshare one of the families will have to commute, take the baby over to the other house every morning and collect every evening.

With a nanny who brings her own child you will still be the only boss and everything will be around your needs.In your house. Thats why it is not the same and you shouldnt pay nannyshare wages. A little less than normal, yes.

After this round of recruiting a nanny, I am more open to this option than I was previously. The salary for me would very much depend on to what extent my children had to compromise and not do something they would have normally been scheduled to do. For example, if the nanny agreed to always arrange for care for her child when they were sick and come to work for us, and the day revolved around my child with hers fitting in around that (very hard to implement in practice) I would not expect to pay any discount. If the arrangement meant my kids had to stay home when hers needed to nap or eat or whatever, and a sick child was coming to work with her for her to look after as well as taking care of mine, then we'd be paying less, it wouldn't make any difference how much experience she had.

Fab advice from all, many thanks indeed.
As always, a hundred things to consider!!