https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 15:27:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737823 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:10:05 +0000 mrs. bird 1737823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeydew: i can tell you i've never gotten two wks pay as a gift!! that would be pretty sweet though... :D is it just your LO that she watches or others too? i think if you're the only one gifting, the gift is usually bigger. as a nanny, the past couple years my gift has been roughly the same, a wk off, a bottle of wine, a pic of my nanny LOs and homemade gifts from the kids, and a couple hundred as a gift card to somewhere they know i like or as a check </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737816 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:09:09 +0000 septca 1737816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeydew: That is what people tried to tell me last year, too. But I really don't think it's true. I thought we could have given a lot less and still had it be a really nice bonus, but I lost the battle with my fellow nanny share mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737811 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:08:27 +0000 Smurfette 1737811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you give what you can afford. We gave 2 teachers $50 gift cards and the other $25, and one doesn't celebrate so I was told to not do anything for her. Then they all got Christmas treats I made. Along with the office workers.</p> <p>This year she will just have 2 teachers and I will probably do the same thing: treat and Target gift card ($50). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737805 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:06:49 +0000 swedishfish 1737805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeydew: oh, we also gave her two weeks off but that's only because I was off for two weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737802 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:05:58 +0000 regberadaisy 1737802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeydew: I wished MY employer would give me a week's pay bonus around the holidays! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737799 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:04:52 +0000 Honeydew 1737799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira- Thanks for your advice. I thought in some sort of outer space rule book, there is a written rule about a week or 2 pay for holiday or anniversary gift?</p> <p>Or maybe its a rich people rule ala Lincoln Park trixie (chicagoan's will get this.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737780 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:00:48 +0000 regberadaisy 1737780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daycare center and usually around $20/teacher. There's usually 2-3 teachers. </p> <p>Usually some cute way of displaying a gift card plus edible gift. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737776 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:00:01 +0000 swedishfish 1737776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeydew: we have a babysitter for R. She watches her own two children and R. We gave her an extra week's pay for Christmas. But R is only there for six hours a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737768 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:58:47 +0000 MrsH 1737768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think a craft/card present from your LO and 25-50 gift card would be nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737756 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:56:58 +0000 Adira 1737756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it all depends on what you feel comfortable with spending. Just because others spend $50+, don't feel like you have to do that too, especially if it's not in your budget!</p> <p>Xander has 3 main teachers, so we'll probably give them $25-$35 each. Though last year I was a loser and didn't do anything for them so.... I know they'll be thrilled with $25, haha. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737726 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:48:59 +0000 looch 1737726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$50 per provider, $50 for the director, but we used a center. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737724 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:48:43 +0000 Mamaof2 1737724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As for your DS just remember he doesn't even know its the holidays - so don't go all crazy on gifts for him - I put a few toys he already owned in his stocking for his 1st Christmas just to get some cute pics and then bought him 2 small things. The grandparents bought him tons!</p> <p>As for DCP - I have 4 teachers and I usually do a $35 gift card for each along with a small gift.</p> <p>If I only had 1 teacher I would probably do $75-$100 gift card </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737722 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:47:32 +0000 MamaMoose 1737722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend about $50</p> <p>ETA: Per teacher (she has two). We don't do gifts for the director. But then again, we've never had a director we particularly liked. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737719 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:46:10 +0000 blackbird 1737719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For our in home, gosh...I think we gave a $50 gift card and a basket of baked goodies? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737710 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:43:09 +0000 septca 1737710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year, we gave our nanny a cash bonus that was a little less than one week of her take home pay. We also gave her the week between Christmas and New Year's off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/saving-now-for-the-holidays#post-1737702 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:41:03 +0000 Honeydew 1737702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm re-evaluating my budgets and thought about the holidays/christmas time. We have about 5 months to save for gifts and this is the first year we have a LO and a babysitter(daycare provider) so this is foreign territory.</p> <p>My son goes to an in-home daycare provider and she is fantastic. What is the protocol, how much, or what do you give to your childcare provider around the holidays. </p> <p>(BTW I'm thinking about this now so it won't be a strain come December and I'm nutty like that)</p> <p>TIA </p>