Nanny

The call for a nanny is the type of care the most popular and most comfortable for parents. However, this has a cost and must be sure that the game worth the candle.

What is the role of a nanny?

The nurse just keep your baby at home. She takes care of him from A to Z: it changes, feeds, cares for and plays with him. This is the actual work to differentiate the presence of charge, which is the time where she watches over your baby, for example when he sleeps, it can use for time itself. For indeed, a responsible presence of h is equivalent to two thirds of an hour of actual work. The actual working hours is 40 hours per week.

Beyond that, you pay a premium for overtime. The nanny can not work more than 48 hours per week over a period of 12 consecutive weeks. It is paid on the basis of the minimum wage, the wage is set freely between you and her. You can also ask the nanny to perform household chores, or go shopping.

What are the advantages and disadvantages?

The most obvious advantage is the serenity that comes from this type of care. You do not have to run in the morning or in the nursery assistant, ditto for evening. The schedules are more flexible too, because unlike the nursery, you may exceptionally be delayed if such a meeting is scheduled at the last moment. Then, if your baby has a fever, you are sure he will be kept, which is not the case in a nursery, for fear of contagion.

Finally, the nanny may perform household chores for you lighten a bit. All this without forgetting that your baby is in its environment, and therefore more at home than if he goes home in a nursery or a childminder.

The drawbacks are not negligible

First, your baby is a bit isolated, it has no contact with other children and does not know the group life. Then there is a real risk of lack of qualification of the nanny, while the childminder and nursery can provide proof of their competence by graduation or by the PMI (Protection Maternelle et Infantile).

Finally, the comfort of life brings a nanny has a price: on average it amounts to 1200 euro gross per month. Note that, depending on your income, you can still benefit from the AGED (Allocation of Child Care at Home), which also reduce payroll taxes you pay as an employer.

How to choose your baby's nanny?

The first contact must be made with your baby, you can better observe their reactions and the behavior of the nurse, whether she is smiling, friendly.

Take time to discuss it with your requirements: whether it should be tender, firm, tell him also of the character of your baby. Ask her if she can carry some chores. To ensure that your child is not too far away, see if she agrees to go and walk him to meet other children in playgrounds, or even take him in as a vibrant market.

It is important that your baby has a varied environment. Finally, to answer your questions about its real capacity to care for your baby, do not hesitate to ask for the number of his former employers.

Ultimately, as the choice of the childminder is your feeling that will help you decide!