A Sutton West, Ontario, Canada family requires an experienced nanny for their newborn, starting part-time and live-out at CA$18 per hour, with the listing stating plainly that the rate is negotiable and that full-time hours are on the table for the right candidate. Light housekeeping and meal prep fill the quiet stretches while the baby sleeps.
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The bar is specific: at least two years of infant experience. The parents want someone who already carries feeding schedules in their head, treats safe sleep rules as non-negotiable, and stays composed through the unsettled stretches every newborn produces. If that describes your work history, the negotiable rate is your opening, not their ceiling.
Location sets the shortlist. Sutton West belongs to Georgina on Lake Simcoe’s southern shore, roughly an hour above Toronto, so caregivers already in Keswick, Sutton, or Jackson’s Point hold a practical edge. Commuters from the south should time the Highway 404 run honestly before promising a start hour.
Bring your feeding log style to the interview — literally. A photographed page of a past feed-and-sleep record, with the family’s name covered, shows the parents exactly what daily communication with you will look like and proves the two years of experience in a way no reference call can match.
Negotiate respectfully but do negotiate: the listing invites it. Anchor on your infant-care years, name your figure, and pair it with flexibility on hours. Families who advertise a negotiable rate expect the conversation and often respect candidates more for opening it professionally.
Company Overview
The employers are a self-described warm and loving family who posted on CanadianNanny.ca, one of the country’s principal direct-hire childcare platforms. Their listing emphasises open communication and says outright that they treat their nanny as part of the family. There is no agency filter; the parents read applications themselves and hire the person whose approach to newborn care matches their instincts.
Responsibilities
- Deliver gentle, vigilant newborn care throughout each shift.
- Execute the parents’ feeding schedule and log every feed.
- Apply safe sleep practice at each and every nap.
- Sterilise bottles and keep all feeding equipment spotless.
- Hold a calm, gently stimulating environment for the baby.
- Work through baby laundry and light tidying during sleeps.
- Prepare simple family meals ahead of the evening.
- Report feeds, naps, and developmental moments daily.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Two-plus years of documented infant or newborn care.
- Patient, nurturing, and proactive working character.
- Legal right to work in Canada.
- Strong English for candid daily communication.
- Willingness to carry light housekeeping and meal prep.
- References from prior baby-care families.
Benefits and Perks
- CA$18 hourly with negotiation explicitly invited.
- A stated pathway from part-time into full-time.
- Live-out boundaries that protect your own household.
- Employers who frame the nanny as family, in writing.
- Direct hiring with no agency margin.
- Newborn specialisation that compounds your market value.
How to Apply
Send your updated CV to the employer through the official job listing. Sketch one newborn day you actually ran — wake, feeds, naps, handover — name any infant first aid certificate with its expiry, and state the hours you want. The family reads messages on their CanadianNanny.ca listing.
Interview preparation should match the role’s precision. Expect questions on paced feeding, wake windows, and what you do when nothing settles the baby, and answer from experience rather than theory. Calm specifics are what first-time newborn parents are listening for; give them nothing else.
Finally, keep your own energy honest: newborn shifts reward rested caregivers. Shape your other commitments around this role in its first months, and the family will notice the steadiness — which is exactly what turns a negotiable CA$18 into something better at review time.
