Hiring a nanny questions..

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So we're seriously considering hiring a nanny.  We have someone in mind and we're meeting with her tonight.  I guess I'm posting because I have no idea of what the norm is for nannys.  Do you pay her sick days?  How many vacation days?  Should I encourage her to take vacation when we take ours?  Does your nanny do housework?  Bring her own lunch?  This nanny would be bringing her 7 month old with her to watch my 5 month old. How does this all work?  If you have a nanny please school me!  

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SIBride9405:

So we're seriously considering hiring a nanny.  We have someone in mind and we're meeting with her tonight.  I guess I'm posting because I have no idea of what the norm is for nannys.  Do you pay her sick days?  How many vacation days?  Should I encourage her to take vacation when we take ours?  Does your nanny do housework?  Bring her own lunch?  This nanny would be bringing her 7 month old with her to watch my 5 month old. How does this all work?  If you have a nanny please school me!  

I am answering based on what we used to do...

Sick days - gave her 3/year.  Our nanny only ever used one day of sick time though.

Vacation - we gave her three weeks of paid vacation - two she got when we went on vacation, the other was whenever she scheduled her own vacation.  She gave us a month's notice on her vacation time.

Housework - she tidied the kitchen - wiping down the counters, running d/w, sweeping floors.  She occasionally did some of DS's laundry if needed.  No other cleaning.

Lunch - she brought some of her own food but was also welcome to whatever we had.

Bringing her own child - we did not have this arrangement, but I would make sure you discuss sick days in this context.  What will you do when her LO is sick and you don't want her bringing him/her over?  What about when your LO is sick - I am assuming she will then not want to bring her LO over.