Thinking About Hiring a Part-time Nanny Once School Starts Back Up...

$320 per month for aftercare is bargin to be honest, we pay close to $500 per month for a third grader. You will be paying a private nanny 2-3x more per month for childcare alone, not including the additional tasks you are asking them to do. Quality childcare 1x1 is expensive. My son loves aftercare as he gets a chance to play and interact with friends. While the 1x1 time is good, interaction with peers can be priceless in elementary school.

A part time nannys wages can run anywhere from $10 - $20 an hour. The things you are looking for are in the higher end of that range. If your looking for a sitter to stay with older son after school and toss a load of laundry in that's one thing . But sorting and packing your out grown clothing, cleaning, cooking etc are more house keeper not nanny. So higher pay scale. I am a nanny for a family. I do not cook other than putting lunch on the table or starting something the mom/dad has set aside. I do fold laundry or start the occasional load. But would never presume to know what the parent feels is ready to be tossed. My opinion your looking for a lot. And no way your going to find it for less than $320 a week.

For someone who will transport, be your cleaning lady, your chef, and tutor 20 to 25 an hour if you are lucky.

If you think less than 5 dollars an hour is crazy you are going to be in for a rude awakening.

I think you are asking for a lot from a part time nanny. You might try a sitter service or place an ad at a local college. You would need to pay her for the time she drives to the school to pick up your child, waits in school traffic and returns to your home with your son. How long will that take? I guess she could start the laundry and then concentrate on giving him a snack and helping with homework. Six year olds need help with their homework and play supervision. I am not sure when she would have time to get a healthy meal started or light housekeeping or closet organization (which takes a lot of time). After school care of $320/mo breaks down into $80/wk or $16/day or about $5.33/hr for after school care for your son. Perhaps you should hire a housekeeper 2x week or 1x week and let them do cleaning, laundry, organizing and cooking some meals for the week. Anyone you hire is going to need some direction from you.

Not knowing your area exactly, I would guess in the $13-14/hour area. Those hours at least near us are competitive to find someone bc everyone would love someone just after school. That's a long list for 3-4 hours btw if it includes picking up your son and making him a snack and interacting with him. 4 hours I guess but 3 seems too short for all that. We've had a FT nanny for years for reference. Also, what about school vacations? I assume aftercare includes full day when school is out? A PT nanny would have to be super flexible to be able to switch to FT every so often. $320/month doesn't seem like a lot for your aftercare.... Even a PT nanny will be way more than that. Our friends have managed to find college girls who will do the after school thing but they tend not to last very long. Schedule changes etc. But try Care.com. That'll give you an idea of pay expectations too. You can always try it. Aftercare will be there if you don't like it or until you find someone. Oh - even part time, you will have to provide direction and monitor and some training. My kids are in school FT and we have a FT nanny so she does what you mention and there's still instructions and things that won't be done just how you like and all. They are in your home and caring for your child so things come up. Not easy being a working mom :)

Some have suggested a college student, another demographic you might try is a recent empty nester. Someone who has their own brood off to college, or newly married, but not yet burdened with grandchildren.

Given the fact that you've got 3 kids and are asking at minimum 60 hours a month, I would expect to pay somewhere upwards of $900 or $15 an hour.

you might be better off with a divide and conquer, whereby you pay $320 a month for the older kid's after care. get a regular maid service, a seasonal closet organizer, and a freezer cooking/ catering service.

Best,
F. B.

Most of the people around here hire a college student for the kind of job you are looking for. They advertise at the local colleges or ask friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. for referrals. My 18 year old daughter is working for a family right now, 4 days a week, 4 hours a day, she does some driving, and light cooking/meal prep and gets paid $15/hr. But this is an expensive area so the average pay may be higher than where you are. Can you ask around locally, like other parents you know, or the parents of your six year olds friends? That's really the best way to get an idea of the going rate where you are.

You are not looking for a nanny. A nanny is in charge of taking care of your kids. That's it.
You are looking for someone to come in and watch your kids, do homework, do their laundry, make dinner, AND do chores? I would expect that you should be paying at the LEAST minimum wage. I just looked up minimum wage in Georgia....it's only $7.25????!!!! Woah. It's $9.32 up here!
So, based on your minimum wage down there, I would expect you to pay at LEAST $450 a month, if not $500.
You don't want to pay that much? Do your own kids laundry (throw one load in a night), take the 5 minutes it takes to unload the dishwasher, learn how to use a crockpot, take some time on the weekends to go through outgrown clothing (always a pain!). I think $320 a month is a great deal.
L.

What you're describing in terms of responsibilities sounds like a fulltime position.
I've had friends hire a live-in nanny (don't think 16 year old Swedish blonde with double D's- you'll forever torment yourself with adultery scenarios from a bad lifetime movie or Jude Laws' life). In exchange for the responsibilities, the nanny got free housing.
Otherwise, you're looking at hiring a $10-$15/hr nanny.

our afterschool care is about $8 per day. so $40 a week.. or $160 a month... it is really just general supervision.. free time.. then outside play time..

Yes a part time nanny can make your life easier.. maybe you could have someone come at noon.. pick up kids from day care let them nap at home wehre they sleep better.. and do chores until time to pick up oldest..

day care kids do learn social skills. but too much time in day care is not good either.. and 10 months old do not learn anything .. but do catch germs..

sounds like you need a maid more than a nanny! or a butler? You are looking for a lot so it will probably be quite expensive.

Before and after care from our old sitter was $75/week/child. I think that's more than fair, and it is basically $300 a month per kid. We didn't do it because we found a better option for us. We had (for the past three years) a girl who came to our home at 615am and got the kids to school by 830, we rarely used her 5 days a week and even less often needed her before 7 (husband's work schedule changes daily), but she got $100/week. We paid her from the first day of school to the last whether she was with us or not.

That meant she got paid whether we used her or not (vacations, school breaks, snow days, etc). She was worth it. We also never asked her for any house work at all.

So our sitter gets $400 a month for a max of 40 hours - I think you need to pay much more for what you are asking for, like $15 or even $20 an hour.