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I have a very small group...only 3 kids-4 MAYBE 3 days a month. (DCM pays for 2 fulltime slots for her kids but only brings one everyday) I've found myself feeling really frustrated lately with this whole thing and I want something different...but the same. I don't want to leave the field entirely because I love the kids but I wish I could focus on one family opposed to 3. I've been toying with the idea of nannying. My area doesn't have much call, really, for nannies. And, on the rare occasion I see an ad on, say Craigslist, they're only willing to pay like $150/wk for 3 kids...I charge almost that much for 1 a week! It isn't all about the money but I need to be able to pay my bills at the same time...can anyone give me any advice for possibly making this transition and not ending up homeless? Tia!
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I've nannied many times. It's definitely not as reliable as daycare. I've worked for a few families who had different things come up and they didn't need me anymore so my entire income went away like that. Also, in my experience, I made way more doing daycare than nannying. Another thing to consider is that you will be working for the family vs you being the boss.
Just some things to consider. I loved nannying when I did it but I personally wouldn't give up my daycare to nanny again. -
I loved being a nanny and made a little less money, but had far less responsibility! I worked with great families, though, so that always makes it better. I ad a lot of perks with my jobs. Paid days off all the time (they went on vacation all the time), great pay and raises, a brand new car to drive kids around, access to any lay group or kid class I wanted to take them to, lunches, and great relationships with my families. I am still best friends with two of the moms I use to work for. It has it s advantages, but you are also an employee of someone, rather than your own boss, so keep that in mind!Comment
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Just to add...I made less money than I do now, but I only cared for one to two children, versus 4 or 5, so in comparison, I actually made MORE money per child and worked far less hours!Comment
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I had a bad experience when I worked as a nanny, but I was young and naive and didn't have any sort of contract. The pay was $375 per week for 5 children for 55 hours a week, which at the time was great money because I had a weekend job that netted $200. Also, they kept asking me to do overnights but did not want to pay much more at all "because the kids are sleeping most of the time." When they rejected how much I thought that time was worth, they went on vacation and used someone else and didn't pay me (with a notice of a few hours
). They also fed the kids nothing but junk and didn't purchase anything healthy whatsoever, they never offered to pay for any activities or supplies, their house was a total disaster and frequently asked me to help clean it up and one of their children was physically violent towards me.
Yeah, so most of my contract for my current business was designed with them in mind. Not saying that this could happen to someone else, but just make sure you interview the family as well and you have a contract that outlines sick and vacation time among other things.Comment
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