Hi everyone! It’s Laura from Nanny Parent Connection back with a highly requested video!

Today we’re addressing a common dilemma many parents face: should you find a daycare or hire a nanny for childcare?

It’s a decision that can significantly impact your child’s upbringing, wallet and your family’s lifestyle.

Let’s explore the pros, cons, costs and other important information to keep in mind about each option to help you make an informed choice.

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Hi everyone! It’s Laura with Nanny Parent Connection back with this week’s video which is an important one!

One of the ways Nanny Parent Connection makes a difference in our community is by sharing valuable information and resources, including up-to-date child care compensation data. Thanks to the participation of hundreds of child care providers, parents, and agency representatives, we’re able to gather data and present our pay rate survey results every year.

Today, I’m thrilled to announce that the results of our 2024 Pay Survey are out! And in this video, we’ll be diving deep into the comparison between the 2023 and 2024 survey results, discussing trends and changes in the local child care world.

So, whether you’re a parent seeking insights into childcare expenses or a caregiver curious about industry trends, stick around as we dive into this year’s survey results!

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Hi everyone! Laura from Nanny Parent Connection back with this week’s video.

One of the most common reasons that nannies and families reach out to me is because of problems with their sick policy….or lack of a sick policy!

Why is a sick policy important when you are working with a nanny?

Check out my latest video where I discuss the importance and how to ensure your sick policy will not turn into a source of stress and frustration between your family and nanny.

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Hi everyone. Happy almost spring!

It’s Laura back with Episode #12 in our series, “Working With A Nanny From A-Z”. In today’s episode, I discuss ten conversations you should have with your newly hired nanny during the first week of working with your family!

Why have these conversations the first week? Because, if these topics aren’t covered early in the working relationship, they can get weird and awkward.

A good example is “saliva sharing”….are you okay with your nanny sharing a spoon or fork with your child? Or kissing your child? Most parents are not and it can feel a bit awkward to bring it up. That’s why you should discuss it before it gets weird!

New to our “Working With A Nanny From A-Z” videos? In this series, I am going to walk you through the entire process of working with a nanny. From deciding if nanny care is right for your family all the way through how to find, interview, hire and work with a nanny. Basically, everything you need to know from A-Z about the nanny world!

If you missed any of the first eleven episodes, click the images below to check those out:

In today’s episode, “The First Week: 10 Conversations You Need To Have – Working With A Nanny From A-Z”, I discuss topics that you should cover with your nanny during their first week on the job such as:

  • Food in your home. What can the nanny eat or not eat?
  • Cell phone use. What’s okay and not okay?
  • Meal and rest breaks. How will your nanny handle taking breaks during the day?
  • Inclement weather policy. What happens if there is a snowstorm or flooding?

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday! With the COVID pandemic picking up speed again (boo!), I’ve been receiving lots of questions about what to do if you, your family, or your nanny might have been exposed to COVID.

In this video, I cover four different possible scenarios and how to handle canceling care, paying your nanny, and when to resume child care for each scenario. I hope you find it useful!

To view the COVID-19 Return to Work/School Flow Chart that I discussed in the video, please click here.

Scroll down to check out the video and I hope that the school year has started well for your family!

 

Hi everybody!

My latest video blog has dropped and it should be super helpful for families thinking about hiring a nanny this summer or when school starts in the fall!

Every month my team and I speak with dozens of parents that are thinking about working with a nanny (this month alone, we’ve already spoken with over 150 parents!). We’ve been compiling a list of their questions over the past several months and today, we released the first part of of our series, “Top 10 Questions Answered About Working With A Nanny”.

Some of the questions that we answer in this video are:

How nanny care is different than child care centers?

Is it difficult to find a nanny?

How long will my nanny search take?

How much does it cost to work with a nanny?

Scroll down and click on the video to check out the first part of “Top 10 Questions Answered About Working With A Nanny”

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Hi everyone!

I’m excited (and honestly, a bit nervous) to release my first video blog post, “Six Questions To Ask A Nanny Before Inviting Into Your COVID Bubble”!

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Over the last couple of years, I’ve been writing and publishing blog articles to help parents and care providers learn more about the different aspects of in-home child care.

Most of the blog posts I have posted take a solid 10-20 minutes to read. If your days are like mine, you may not have that kind of time to sit down to read a blog article.

My hope in switching my written blog to a video blog is to make this information more easily accessible and enjoyable to digest 🙂

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Don’t want to send your child to daycare or “back to school” due to COVID exposure risk? 

You are not alone. Many parents are switching to nanny childcare over “group care” settings right now because of the pandemic. 

But are you feeling that you can’t swing the high cost of employing a nanny solely for your family?

Hiring a nanny to work only with your family is expensive. Consider a nanny share instead!

Nanny shares are a fantastic childcare option

What is a nanny share?  Typically, a nanny share is when two families employ one nanny and split the cost of care.  Each family pays around 2/3 of the nanny’s typical, one child rate for nanny share care.  Nanny shares help to make the cost of care more affordable, and it can help to keep your family’s COVID risk exposure lower than care in a larger group setting while still offering your child some socialization.

So, how do you set up a nanny share during COVID times?

First… Don’t panic!  There are some logistics involved, but…

Read on!  I will walk you through the entire process!

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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.

“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!

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

 

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? 

Balancing Work and Parenting

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.  

Continue reading “Guest Post: 16 Tips for Balancing Working From Home and Parenting”