https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:49:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nanny-input#post-738963 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:06:49 +0000 Cole 738963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you should definitely be able to find someone for a short term position. I took one when I wasn't sure if I wanted to nanny or teach - in fact someone looking to get into teaching but hasn't found a full time position might be a great fit for the time period you need. </p> <p>I would start looking mid fall but don't be surprised if it is hard to find someone since sometimes people looking for short term work might not know if they are available until closer to the start date. Also consider looking for someone who is interested in becoming our is a baby nurse (which is just the term got an infant exclusive nanny, they usually just stick to short term work) In my experience they are much more expensive than a traditional nanny sure to the short term nature of the work but someone looking for references and to break into the field might be a great choice- obviously I would still look for experience etc but it might be more for family or less formal positions.</p> <p>I think you can leave the vacation time unpaid add long as you are up front about it. Especially in a big city a good nanny should be able to fill at least part of that time if her budget dictates it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nanny-input#post-738886 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:38:51 +0000 Bao 738886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: I know I hated it! I had to then stress about bills getting paid if I missed a day because it messed everything up not getting paid sick days. Even if I just got 2-3 the year I would have been fine. Same went for if they had the day off I wouldn't get paid. It was a bummer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nanny-input#post-738793 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:02:58 +0000 honeybear 738793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you should be able to find someone for a short-term gig. Just be clear about what you're looking for in your advertisement. </p> <p>@Bao: Holy moly, you didn't get any paid sick days? This astounds me. I assume that most nannies wouldn't go to work if they were ill, but not offering paid sick days really encourages poor choices. I just don't get what parents are thinking there. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nanny-input#post-738772 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:52:41 +0000 Andrea 738772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: I have hired short term nannies before. You can definitely find people! Where do you live? Are there a good supply of nannies? That would determine when you need to start looking. I live in NY and there are a lot of nannies so I only started looking about a month ahead of time. </p> <p>I did not offer paid vacation or sick days but the nanny argued with me about sick days so I gave her 1 paid sick day. After all, I only needed a nanny for 5 months. I ended up only having her for 1 month and she took that 1 sick day! I kind of wonder if she was really sick or just wanted a day off with pay. :-P (Sorry, just a little vent on my part). </p> <p>Just lay everything on the table ahead of time and if you both agree on the terms, then it should all work out. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nanny-input#post-736305 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:20:34 +0000 Bao 736305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a nanny for several years, and although I was usually looking for long term jobs, I know some don't mind doing short term positions. Some college students(who are still highly qualified) are usually up for this. I would start looking at the end of the summer maybe. You don't want to look too soon because peoples plans change so much! I never got paid vacation, if I didn't work I didn't get paid regardless if I were sick or the family didn't need me that day/week. I did work it out so if I were sick I would do a make up day on the weekend so I could get full pay, but honestly I hated this and would have loved at least 2-3 days a year of sick pay. Since you are thinking short term, maybe you could work something fair out, but you probably wouldn't want to give a bunch of sick time/vacation time if you only plan on the nanny being there for a few months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nanny-input#post-736258 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:09:09 +0000 ShootingStar 736258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know there's several current and former nannies here, as well as parents who use them and I was wondering if I could get some input.</p> <p>For several reasons, I think I will probably end up having to go back to work 8 weeks after LO is born. After thinking about it, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with sending a baby that little to daycare. On top of that, it'll probably be mid-January when I go back to work, the height of cold and flu season.</p> <p>So I'm contemplating getting a nanny for a couple months. I'd love to do it longer term, but I don't think I could justify the cost. The daycare center we would use would be a little under $1700/month, and I think nanny rates are around $12-$15/hour, so I think a minimum of $2k/month.</p> <p>But I'm not sure if nannies will take such a short term job? If they do, are there other considerations I need to worry about? Do I need to discuss sick/vacation time if it's for such a short time? We do plan to take a week to go to Florida in March, I'm not sure how that would be handled either - should they get a paid or non-paid week off?</p> <p>Also, when would you start looking for a short term nanny? I'm not due until the end of November, I just like to think ahead :D. </p>