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nanny rates?

frecklegirlfrecklegirl
in Washington Babies

hi gals,

i've got a quick question about nanny rates...i am exploring the option of having a friend of mine who was recently laid off watch our daughter a day or two a week when i return to work. she has a 6 month old little girl who she would bring with her while watching my daughter at our house.

i'm so excited about this option because i feel like it would be great to help out a friend with a little monetary boost each month, she's also a mom and i know we have similar parenting values (and the idea of having her daughter & my daughter having the chance to play & interact is really extra fun). it feels like it could be such a great situation if it works out.?

she's not a "childcare professional", she will be able to watch her daughter at the same time that she is watching mine, and i would not ask her to do any work around the house (except possibly move laundry from washer to dryer...). i was thinking of offering to pay her somewhere around $10-$12/hour - is this a reasonable rate?

i feel like this is a little hairy, since she is a friend and i don't want to offend her by offering too little, but at the same time i don't want to end up paying WAY too much, and i just am not familiar with the going rates are for this type of childcare.

any input you can offer is greatly appreciated. thanks so much!?

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  • Seattle_JiLLnSeattle_JiLLn

    I would be VERY careful with this arrangement.   You can run into a lot of snags.  What if she isn't doing things the way you want her to?  Will you feel comfortable pulling the "boss card" on her?  Will you worry about offending her if you don't like the way she is disciplining/feeding/putting down for naps/interacting/etc?  What about any housework?  Will you want her to do that?  How will you feel about telling her that she can't leave dishes around or needs to pick up toys?

    Then, think about how she'll deal with the two kids on different nap schedules.  Is she prepared for how to make that work without neglecting either of them?

    ANd what happens when her kid is sick?  Or yours?  Or she wants to go on vacation?

    And the hardest part - what if you decide it's just not working out and you want to send your child to a different caregiver, or full time day care or something?  Wll you feel guilty taking away her income?  Will you feel like you're watchng her spend "your" money? 

    I just think mixing friendship and business, especially around something as sensitive as child care, is a bad idea.

     

    That said, that was not your question... I know the summer nanny across the street makes $12 an hour to watch 2 girls aged 4 and 6.   And I know my friend pays her nanny (for an infant) $14-ish per hour plus taxes, for full time care.

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  • angluvsammonangluvsammon
    I pay a friend $10 an hour to watch Finn one day a week. Usually, part-time care is a higher rate than full time. If she watched him full time, we would probably do $8/hour. Also, I take Finn to her house. So far, it has worked great, but we were very open with ground rules at the begining and try to keep the business side of it seperate from our friendship. When I was looking into part-time daycare in the city, the rate was about $60/day, so $20 more for almost one on one care with someone we know and trust seemed reasonable. You could look on craigslist to see what SAHMs are asking for. HTH!
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  • LuvBug12683LuvBug12683
    I am doing the same thing with one of my good friends and its working out wonderfully. She is a dental hygienist and is looking for a pt time job but in the meantime is filling in at offices around the area. She drops of her little girl (7 months) at my house and picks her up when she gets off. She brings her own food/diapers/formula. I get paid 75/day ...I told her that's too much but she insisted. I guess she gets paid really well doing what she does and her dh is an officer in the army. She is just working in order to pay off some credit cards...
    Good luck!
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  • AlyMedinaAlyMedina member

    Hey Eryn!

    We pay our nanny $9/hr.  With our previous nanny there was another child involved, so we paid $8/hr.  

     Hth!

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  • frecklegirlfrecklegirl
    thanks, gals! this is all super duper helpful!!
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