Video Blog: Need To Find A Nanny FAST? We Can Help! 💫

Posted on May 7, 2021June 23, 2026 by Admin Team

Finding the right nanny can feel overwhelming, especially in a hot market. We hear from parents not only in the Seattle area but from across the US who are struggling to find the right provider for their family. There often seems to be a real imbalance between the number of families seeking childcare and the number of providers offering care.

If you’re short on time or simply want an expert to manage the search for you, our Concierge Service can help. Below, we walk through how our Concierge Service works and how we’re able to find nanny candidates so quickly (hint: it helps to have an entire team working on your search!).

Nannies – if you would like to hear about the families we are working with through the Concierge Service, please reach out and let us know!

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Video Blog: How To Find A Nanny In A Hot Market! 🔥👩‍👧⁉️

Posted on April 22, 2021June 23, 2026 by Admin Team

Many parents in the Seattle area (and in other regions of the United States) are reporting that it is taking longer than usual to find the right care provider for their family. We have been noticing this as well since about the beginning of March 2021 as we work with parents in our community and through our Concierge Service.

Below, we share our top five tips on how parents can quickly and effectively find a nanny when the supply of available care providers is lower than normal.

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My First Video Blog: Six Questions To Ask A Nanny Before Inviting Into Your COVID Bubble

Posted on April 8, 2021July 4, 2026 by Admin Team

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more families than ever have turned to nanny care as a safer, more controlled child care option. With daycare centers closing and schools shifting to distance learning, many parents simply can’t access care at the level they had before, and families with high-risk household members are looking for every way to keep their bubble safe.

Nanny care is an attractive alternative because it lets you minimize your family’s exposure as much as possible. To do that well, you need a clear understanding of whether your nanny’s COVID precautions line up with your own. Below are six important questions to ask a nanny before welcoming them into your COVID bubble, so everyone can stay on the same page.

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Childcare Pay Survey Results – December 2020

Posted on January 22, 2021December 23, 2021 by Admin Team

Over the past several years, we have asked our members and site visitors to complete childcare pay surveys to provide the parents, care providers, and agencies of the Puget Sound region a snapshot of the average pay for different child care scenarios (i.e. one child, two children, nanny shares, sitter, part-time, etc).

You can find the results of those past surveys by clicking here.

After deciding to place our pay rate surveys on hold for most of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are excited to announce the results of our December 2020 Childcare Pay Survey! A HUGE thank you to the over 700 people who took the survey!

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Do You Need a Nanny Search Service?

Posted on January 18, 2021October 16, 2026 by Admin Team

Finding childcare can be stressful. Where to start? How much to offer? How much is this process going to cost? I need a nanny as soon as possible – is that even possible?

Nanny Search Service

Many more parents are working with a nanny these days than ever before (thanks, COVID-19). And many of them don’t even know where to begin. I created Nanny Parent Connection to bring all of the needed resources together in one place where you can learn about working with nannies and find your nanny (or your nanny share family!) as well.

A do-it-yourself search is a great option if you have the time to invest, don’t mind doing some research upfront, and have allotted at least several weeks (or even longer) for your search.

When should you hand off to a professional?

If you don’t have the time to invest in your search, you need to find a nanny in less than a month, or the whole process just seems to overwhelming, it’s a good time to consider having someone handle the search and due diligence process for you.

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Year in Review by Melissa the Princess Nanny (and Member Discount to Ring in 2021!)

Posted on January 2, 2021December 23, 2021 by Admin Team

I can’t think of one person who is sad to see 2020 go. It’s been a trying year for us all. Thankfully, a new year brings a fresh start! Here is a message of hope from a member of the Nanny Parent Connection community “Nanny Melissa” aka, Melissa the Princess Nanny – reminding you all we will get through this together.

It’s the most wonderful time of year again! Then again, with everything 2020 brought, saying that it’s the most wonderful time of this particular year isn’t a big stretch. Last year was a really rough year for many, many people. To top it all off, most of us had a very different holiday season.

My family of four (including our puppy, Princess Buttercup) spent the time quietly at home, away from our loved ones, which we view as just one more sacrifice that we are more than willing to make to get to better times again. That doesn’t necessarily make it easier, though.

family

“We have been enjoying the beautiful city parks Seattle has to offer while social distancing this year”

In 2019, I was a busy full-time nanny and homeschooling Mom to a kindergartener. I was cosplaying as a hobby and form of therapy to help me work through my anxiety and PTSD, which led to me performing at kid’s birthday parties as Disney princesses on the weekends. In short, I was busy and it was a promising year!

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How Much Does Nanny Childcare Truly Cost?

Posted on December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 by Admin Team

“What costs besides the hourly rate should I expect to pay for nanny childcare?”

This is one of the top questions I hear from parents who are new to considering working with a nanny. And with distance learning and care centers closed or at reduced capacity this year (thanks, COVID-19) it seems like more families than ever are throwing their hats into the “working with a nanny” ring.

nanny and baby scaled

My joke with them is that it’s the blog post I keep meaning to write. Well, the wait is over!

And the short answer is that the hourly rate is just the beginning. Today, I will walk you through the various line items of your “all in” cost for finding and working with a nanny for one year.

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Member Discount Alert: Amazing Balloon Arrangements for All Occasions!

Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 by Admin Team

It’s been interesting to hear the ways people are trying to make birthday celebrations during COVID times a little more cheerful – especially since we can’t celebrate with our friends and family like we would in a normal year.

And don’t even get me started on the time-honored tradition of blowing out birthday candles with COVID concerns. My favorite GIF to send to friends this year is below – very fitting for this crazy year!

balloon arrangements

I have heard a lot about drive-by birthday celebrations, which I think is brilliant. i have heard of some families going over the top with more birthday gifts than they would normally buy. One family I spoke with went all out on a fancy rainbow cake that they admitted they would never be able to finish up (but it’s all about the presentation, right?).

There was a time when I would go all out with themed parties (think a snake cake with the Reptile Man…)

… Or a volcano cake complete with dry ice in the funnel to look like smoke paired with a mad science themed birthday party.

balloon arrangements

Honestly, my bandwidth is not there right now (hello, distance learning and general anxiety about the state of the world), even for making those extra fancy cakes.

So, with limited bandwidth and no option to host friends, how could we make birthdays feel a little more special this year for the kids?

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Guest Post: 16 Tips for Balancing Working From Home and Parenting

Posted on November 13, 2020December 23, 2021 by Admin Team

Raise your hand if you ever thought you would be working from home AND caring for your children AND trying to juggle distance learning as well?

I know I certainly didn’t!

It’s been difficult to manage it all to say the least. The pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of our normal routines, and perhaps the most difficult thing of all is that none of us know how long we should plan on doing this new normal.

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Nanny shares are a fantastic childcare option

“What costs besides the hourly rate should I expect to pay for nanny childcare?”