How To Get A High Paying Nanny Position | My Tips, Advice, & Experience

[@ecoprincess]

Comment a 🦋🦋🦋 if youre here from TikTok!!!

[@treadmillsongs]

For those needing experience childcare centers are desperate for help right now (summer 21) get a "floater" position so you can work with all ages. Find a quality center (look at reviews and violations) You can learn a lot from your coworkers and get great experience with all ages.

[@AmericanAupairHostMom]

Good tip on knowing a detailed schedule and exactly what role expectations are!

[@ecoprincess]

Thank you! I wish I had asked for that sooner

[@hannahscott6604]

I can’t stand ages 5-7. That’s my least fav. They’re very sassy and hard for me to manage personally. My fav is the babies and toddlers

[@ecoprincess]

Yes that’s the ages that they start to be way more independent and the sassiness starts. For me my least favorite age is the teen years. That’s when the true rebellion begins

[@polamidget1926]

Great advice. Families expect you to do just about everything plus watching the kids. Dog duty dishes laundry clean kitchen etc. Most family do want to pay what we are worth.

[@free2bkittenforever]

So question, if nobody hires you until you get experience, then how do you get that experience?

[@fehyndana7725]

She is taking about high paying nanny jobs. You don’t need experience for those that pay minimum wage

[@user-np8xh8hb1o]

🦋🦋🦋🦋Ayyy here from tiktok! Thank you for this detailed video, very helpful ❤️

[@ecoprincess]

you’re welcome! So glad it helped ❣️ good luck finding a nanny job 🙂

[@shilohmorris5527]

It's interesting because I am a white girl who was a nanny for a very wealthy black family and I felt like their subservient help as well. Literally what you described except opposite. They didn't always treat me very well.

[@cariwiechers5770]

I worked for white families and im white and I still end up feeling like a scullery maid. I think thats how they see nannies in general regardless of race

[@ecoprincess]

Especially when it’s like an unspoken rule to be seen and not heard, it’s a strange relationship to have with someone you work for. It’s like you are family but you’re also just an employee.

[@cariwiechers5770]

@@ecoprincess exactly! And forget about going to the kids birthday parties. They invite you for free work

[@ecoprincess]

@@cariwiechers5770 literally free babysitting and helping out with stuff you never were asked to do

[@cariwiechers5770]

@@ecoprincess I've even had to chop fallen trees. I'm ready for retirement lol

[@leleswift2820]

do you have any tips on looking after babies under a year old? I don't feel confident, i haven't changed a nappy/given a bottle before etc.

[@ecoprincess]

honestly the way I learned was in a daycare setting and I had other women around me showing me and helping me learn how to take care of them. I wouldn’t recommend jumping into taking care of an infant with no prior practice. I would recommend spending time with a mom and baby if you can (someone who is a friend or family) and just getting a feel for what taking care of a baby looks like. Or start getting practice in a daycare setting

[@ecoprincess]

You can also go the route of KZbin tutorials but in person practice for this work is more helpful

[@hannahscott6604]

read sleep training books. and be a mother’s helper caring for a baby this age FIRST. That’s where I started out.

[@victoriamarie6555]

YES GIRL!

[@ecoprincess]

thank you! this one took forever 😤🥳

[@ninjastar54321]

Great content stay on the grind 😈🤙🏽

[@ecoprincess]

thank you!!!!

[@AmukaBuka]

Love this! Thank you!

[@ecoprincess]

Youre welcome! 🥰

[@itsjennyfromtheblock333]

LOL the bloopers "can everyone shut the fuck up?!"

[@GreenteaFaerie]

Beautiful! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@ecoprincess]

you’re welcome! 🥸

[@jesseleeomg]

Hey girl 🤗 Great video , really enjoyed this one ✨💅

[@ecoprincess]

thank you! I hope it was helpful 🙂

[@sandybarillas5764]

What is a reasonable pay for a live-in nanny who watches 1 kid from sunrise to sundown, cooks breakfast/lunch/dinner and does house keeping? (Laundry/cleaning) and is included in outing activities like if the parent wants to go to the mall and takes the nanny for help. What’s a reasonable monthly pay?

[@ecoprincess]

I would say $20-$25 an hour. If you look on indeed for wage reference you will see jobs being offered that are around that, with those type of job descriptions. Do not feel bad or guilty to ask for a raise because majority of the time they have the money for it. I used to get paid $1600 (salary) every two weeks as a live in nanny but in comparison to my hours and effort it was like $10-$12hr and wasn’t worth it for me personally. So depending on the amount of hours you do weekly multiplied by at least $20 is what I think a reasonable pay is. I hope this helped :) any other questions lmk

[@Ladyglittersparkless84]

@@ecoprincess I make 25 hours from 730 to 430 Monday through Friday. Live out nanny. So, if you’re making this amount live in? You’re being underpaid.

[@unique4532]

It’s people paying six figures

[@vangearagon1850]

Wow great information !! Thank you

[@jennadominguez4786]

Thank you !!

[@ecoprincess]

you’re welcome!!! ❤️

[@lesliereeves7371]

It's a private question because I'm a live in nanny is why

[@ecoprincess]

sorry i didnt see this until now

[@ecoprincess]

it’s linked in my bio

[@lesliereeves7371]

So how can I contact you

[@giuliajonker7975]

🦋🦋🦋

[@ecoprincess]

hello tik toker 👀🙂

[@Journeytocrhist]

Great video❤

[@aupairbabes4954]

🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋💕

[@emilybutterflypigcatcher1598]

Where did you apply on?

[@ecoprincess]

Indeed.com

[@emilybutterflypigcatcher1598]

@@ecoprincess Which sites do you recommend for finding a nanny job?

[@ecoprincess]

Thats the only site i used personally but you could also try Care.com

[@lolajtek3676]

In most states anything over 40 hours must be time and a half pay. Live in is anything over 42 hours.

[@Misagonna88]

I don’t doubt you’re good, but the amount of time you’ve spent with these families is questioning. Do you have any training at all? Experience as well as training is vital. Paediatric first aid is vital, but an early years educator diploma, it’s more than being good with kids. All really crucial for a well paid nanny. Not being qualified and getting the job would be a red flag. Get qualified, it’s more than getting the laundry done.

[@ecoprincess]

Thank you for your concern! My training entails working as the following: babysitter, children swim instructor, summer camp counselor, and as a floater in a daycare. At the time I was CPR and First Aid certified considering it was a requirement for these positions. Both my parents are teachers and I knew that was not the path I wanted to take. Getting a diploma is a great step but not needed to succeed in this position. Experience with children of all different age groups will teach you more than sitting in a classroom. Perhaps this comment was a projection of how you feel about yourself and not really about me. Something to reflect on.

[@lucieshiro724]

Hey gal am a Kenyan and am really interested to work as a naamka In London how can go about it

[@ecoprincess]

You can try aupair.com they do international nannies and I believe they grant work visas but that’s the best advice I can give you

[@lucieshiro724]

@@ecoprincess thanks gal kindly can I have your email or your Instagram name for more inquiries if dont mind

[@mattlozada8027]

As a parent and previous “manny” for years, the idea of taking a job caring for someone with cerebral palsy and quitting on them because carrying the person you were supposed to be taking care of was too hard on your back and because you didn’t like the “vibes” is irresponsible and entitled. Put yourself in the parents shoes who paid you well and relied on you for some brief respite. People trust you with their child’s life. Have some respect and empathy at least for the people you quit on.

[@ecoprincess]

First of all I was not even technically hired it was simply a trial period, a contract was never signed. Which I stated in the video if you watched it thoroughly. Secondly, when did I ask for your opinion? Considering you aren’t me? Considering you were never there? Crazy don’t think I ever did! Thirdly, considering it’s my life I can decide for whatever reason to not continue with a certain job. It doesn’t have to fit into your moral compass. Fourthly, I never quit BECAUSE he had cebral palsy soley, there were many issues with the other nannies and family that I found overwhelming. And if you watched the video instead of simply typing a hate comment, you would have heard the other reasons I didn’t want to stay. Finally, the fact that you took time out of your day to write this mean comment is honestly sad. There is nothing wrong with having an opinion, but it’s like an asshole everyone has one but not everyone has to see it. In the future try not to just assume and ask questions instead.

[@cariwiechers5770]

Not to mention you shouldn't ever feel like you're sacrificing your body or wellbeing for them. I have severe back problems after nannying for a decade.

[@ecoprincess]

@@cariwiechers5770 it can be so much on the body!!! That is why I “retired”

[@cariwiechers5770]

@@ecoprincess i plan on retiring soon.

[@freedomflame3475]

@@cariwiechers5770 just wanted to let you know that I discovered when I quit caffeine and also no more glass of wine here and there - so no caffeine at all and no alcohol at all, my back pain 100% disappeared! Like the first week! Caffeine would make my low back muscles so tight that I could not stand it. I would wear a back brace to work, use lumbar pillows, wear super cushy shoes, take epsom salt baths, take ibuprofen, and I would try to do a yoga stretch or something and it would just tweak my back out because my muscles were SO tight. And I wasn't even drinking coffee! Only tea! So, yeah, I now feel like I can nanny until 70 or beyond, as long as I stay off caffeine and keep up my pilates and I am 50! Just hope I can help others out with this, because it was like a miracle to me!