Finding a Nanny in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Area

A nanny provides childcare on a permanent or semipermanent basis. There are both live in and non live in nannies. What nannies do is to bring the outside childcare experience into your home. Today with our mobile families, nannies are becoming more prevalent and are playing a more important role with childcare. When a family has moved too far from their support family, or has specific needs a nanny is an excellent option. Milwaukee has two nanny services. One that finds nannies for families and the other which only provides postpartum care givers.

The costs for a nanny will vary but expect to pay at least $18 to $20 dollars an hour on the low end. Additional charges may apply. You might be responsible for paying the employment taxes such as Social Security and Medicare. An agency may charge extra for holidays and overnight care. The two services in Milwaukee each have a separate fee schedule. However, one only places or finds the nanny and the other one employs the nannies who come to your home. When the nanny service is the employer, you do not need to worry about employment taxes.

Child Care Network is a nanny placement service. They will assess your needs and then match you with one of the nannies in their net work. You will pay Child Care Network a fee for matching you with a nanny and then you negotiate the salary with the nanny you choose. They can provide nannies for both short and long term situations and the occasional or temporary care as needed. All of their nannies are non live-in. They may be available for the occasional overnight or vacation care.

Child Care Network has been in business since 2003. Their area of concentration is in the North Shore suburbs of Milwaukee. They have recently expanded to cover Racine, Waukesha, and Sheboygan counties as well as the Western Lake Country area. The owner and operator of Child Care Network is a member of the International Nanny Association.

Loving Hands provides non medical postpartum care providers to provide support and household assistance after your baby is born. These nannies are employees of Loving Hands and have been trained as postpartum care givers. They are experienced in caring for the physically challenged, special needs, and healthy children. Loving Hands primarily provides overnight care for newborns and the payment is by the hour.

Loving Hands concentrates its services to new mothers in the North Shore area but also serves all of Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties as well as the Lake Country area. Karin Jones the President and operator of Loving hands is a graduate of Marquette University Nursing School. They have been in business for eight years.

Represented here are two different kinds of nanny services available in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. Either one will give you quality child care in your home.