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First Time Nanny

agreen 06-30-2007, 3:59 PM
I have just agreed to become a four year old girls nanny for 6 months. Her father is coming to cape cod for a medical program for the next 6 months. He is a doctor who has a finacer who will be paying all his business expensces including child care. I will be living in there condo part-time. Not weekends and some evenings since I have a place of my own down the street. I will be cooking and cleaning and bringing her to play groups and the library. I will be working around 50 hours a week. I don't know what to charge at all and he is leaving that up to me. I have a college degree in education as well has human services. With experience in both fields. I just got laid off and thought this would be a good break. I am 27 years old. Any advise would be helpful. Including what I should expect from my employer. I don't want to be a maid/house keeper and i don't want it to be assumed i will be available any hour of the night with a moments notice.

Re: First Time Nanny

shamrocknyc 07-09-2007, 4:38 PM
You are in a really interesting situation. You have a college degree and experiance in the field and you'll be working on Cape Cod, where you'll be able to make more than you would in a lot of the rest of the country. I feel like I'd be miss shooting if i quoted you a price. I work in Manhattan (mostly on the Upper East Side) and get $12/hour, but while I have lots of experiance, I am still an undergrad. So I might suggest you charge a little more than that. Although there's the idea that you cut the guy a break because he's offering you a ton of hours for a reasonable length of time. I would ask around and see what other nannies are making in your area.

As for the specifics of your job, make them clear up front. If you don't want to play the housekeeper role, tell him that. You should expect to be responsible for the messes you and the kid make and some other light housekeeping things that pertain to the child. Dishes, possibly her laundry, that kind of thing. Like I said, just talk with him ahead of time about expectations and you should be fine.

Good luck and let us know how it all works out!

Re: First Time Nanny

Chosen7Stone 07-10-2007, 6:41 PM
After reading what Shamrock wrote, I'm going to say $15-$16/hour. You're working overtime, so I've boosted that range $1/hour to compensate for your extra 10 hours.

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Re: First Time Nanny

Mommy2Lots 07-12-2007, 9:24 AM

Chosen7Stone wrote:
After reading what Shamrock wrote, I'm going to say $15-$16/hour. You're working overtime, so I've boosted that range $1/hour to compensate for your extra 10 hours.

I agree.

Because you have a degree, you are very qualified and comparing to nannies in your area, you may be more qualified than some because of the degree.

The degree also may give you qualifications for tutoring (not sure how that works in your area), so that puts you at an advantage during homework time as well.

Good Luck. Have fun. Smile [:)]

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