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In our ongoing quest to provide current and accurate information about child care pay rates in our region, it’s time to update our Sitter Pay Rate Survey for One Child!
We last surveyed our members about “babysitting” pay rates in January 2019. You can find the results of that survey here.
Today we present our February 2020 Sitter Pay Rate Survey for One Child!
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In our ongoing quest to provide current and accurate information about child care pay rates in our region, it’s time to update our Nanny Share Pay Rate Survey!
We last surveyed our members about nanny share pay rates in January 2019. You can find the results of that survey here.
Today we present our January 2020 Nanny Share Pay Rate Survey!
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In our ongoing quest to provide current and accurate information about child care pay rates in our region, it’s time to update our Caring for One Child Part Time Pay Rate Survey!
We last surveyed our members about part time pay rates to care for one child in July 2018. You can find the results of that survey here.
Today we present our November 2019 Caring for One Child Part Time Pay Rate Survey!
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In our ongoing quest to provide current and accurate information about child care pay rates in our region, it’s time to update our Caring for One Child Pay Rate Survey!
We last surveyed our members about sitter pay rates in May 2018. You can find the results of that survey here.
Today we present our May 2019 Caring for One Child Pay Rate Survey!
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In our ongoing quest to provide current and accurate information about child care pay rates in our region, it’s time to update our Caring for Three Children Pay Rate Survey!
We last surveyed our members about sitter pay rates in March 2018. You can find the results of that survey here.
Today we present our March 2019 Caring for Three Children Pay Rate Survey!
Nannies – have you provided child care for three children from the same family in the past year? Parents – in the past year, have you employed a nanny to care for your three children? If so, please complete the survey below. Should only take about one to two minutes to complete.
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In our ongoing quest to provide current and accurate information about child care pay rates in our region, it’s time to update our Sitter Pay Rate Survey!
We last surveyed our members about sitter pay rates in December 2017. You can find the results of that survey here.
Today we present our January 2019 Sitter Pay Rate Survey. Due to some issues that we have ran into with Survey Monkey, we have deployed our own polling software here on our site.
Nannies/Sitters – have you provided sitter child care for one child in the past year? Parents – in the past year, have you employed a nanny or sitter to babysit one child? If so, please complete the survey below. Should only take about one minute.
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Fall is here and that means so is cold and flu season. If you are a parent you know that a child’s first few years in daycare, preschool and school can be a roller coaster of runny noses, weird illnesses (Hand, Foot, and Mouth or Fifth Disease, anyone?) and subsequent sick days.
As a child, I remember thinking that staying home sick from school was a special treat – even if I didn’t feel great. Sometimes we would try to fake it with mom, but she was too smart for us. I learned from an older sister that I could touch the end of the thermometer to my bedside lamp light bulb to bump the temperature reading up a few notches. I think I was busted when the thermometer read 105 degrees but I appeared to be fine. (Sorry, mom!)
Now that I’m a parent, I realize how difficult it can be to stay home from work unexpectedly. Sometimes staying home with a very sick child is the only option. (There’s also something extra special about cuddling and caring for your kiddo when they aren’t feeling great.) It’s nice if you’re able to take the day off work and do this, but that’s not always possible for parents to do. Sometimes your day must go on and last minute childcare is needed.
So, how can you best prepare for the unexpected? Here are five tips for successfully navigating your need for last minute child care:
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My husband is a tad obsessed with technology. While we currently have both an audio and video baby monitor to keep an eye (and ear) on the twin babies, he wanted to make use of the Amazon Echo Dots that we currently have scattered across our house to monitor the children.
I’ve tried this out and it works GREAT! An excellent idea for parents not wanting to shell out $100+ for a new baby monitor and for nannies and sitters that might want to keep an ear on what the older kids are doing in the other room.
If you already have Echo devices installed in your home, this will literally take about three minutes to set up.
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Note from Laura: With the start of the school year just around the corner, many parents are considering the different types of child care for their little ones. As our family has grown, my husband and I have had countless discussions about what type of child care is the best for introducing our children to the idea of community, peers, and decision-making.
If we hire a nanny, do our kids miss out on peer interactions that are vital for their development? Is it better for our children to be surrounded by their peers in a preschool or daycare environment? Read on for an incredibly insightful post from certified parenting coach and local mom Beaven Walters.
As parents of young children, you have many decisions to make during the first several years of your child’s life.
Cloth or disposable diapers?
Homemade baby food or store bought?
Co-sleeping or a crib in a separate room?
Return to work or become a stay-at-home parent?
There are so many choices before you and so much conflicting information to wade through. As modern parents, you want to make the best choices for your children that can help them on their road to maturation and reaching their full potential in life.
When it comes to choices around socialization, you may be weighing the options of a daycare, a nanny/nanny share/au pair, a preschool, toddler classes, or playgroups. You may fear that if you are a stay-at-home parent or if your children are in the care of a nanny or au pair during the day, they may not have the same opportunities to become socialized as compared to children in daycares or preschools. However, that is one fear I hope to alleviate because the reality is that peers and peer friendships are not the key to your child becoming socialized.
Continue reading “Guest Post: Do Young Children Need Peer Interaction to Become Socialized?”
Over the last several months, we have asked our members to complete pay surveys to provide the parents and care providers of our region a snapshot of the average pay for different child care scenarios (i.e. one child, two children, part time, nanny shares, etc).
You can find the results of those surveys by clicking here.
With summer upon us and the start of the school year just around the corner, we wanted to take this opportunity to update the pay rate information for nannies caring for one child part time. Today, we present our July 2018 Part Time for One Child Nanny Pay Survey. The survey is very short and you should be able to complete it in about one minute:
Nannies – have you provided PART TIME care for one child in the past year? Parents – in the past year, have you employed a nanny PART TIME to care for your child? If so, please complete the survey below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F5VZYJ6
The survey will be live for about the next two weeks. The results will be posted to this blog and our Facebook community.
Finally, I would love to hear what you think about this survey. Are there questions you feel should be added? Please comment below!