the Price of a Nanny

I pay our nanny $10/per hour per child. While she is with our kids, she is also privy to any of our houses perks. Our pool, our chef, anything she would like to eat or drink. With 5 kids under 5, it is too hard to get them all out of the house at once, so she mostly just stays and plays with them. Gets them ready for naps, watches videos, plays in the pool. Nothing too over the top, but she is great with them. I am often there because 5 kids is just a lot.

She is great. Anyone that will deal with my 5 kids and has not run away screaming and crying is a gift from god. But we do set ground rules with her that she more than obeys. She is not allowed to drive them, I am paranoid and she respects that. I also trust her with everything and I think that is the only way it works.

Find a good reliable nanny, who will use your parenting methods and respects your wishes. While it is difficult to find it needs to be someone who not only your kids like, but you adore. I don't know what we would do without our nanny. I would probably be in a mental institution.