Nanny staying with DS 1 when DD 2 is born

[Anonymous]

We are thinking we will have our nanny stay with our toddler when we need to go to the hospital to deliver baby 2. Looking for advice on how much to pay our nanny for the extra overnight hours?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

You will get a lot of differing opinions.
Some will say you need to pay normal rate (including overtime hours) for all hours nanny is interacting with child and then a flat overnight fee. So pay for 15 hours of care plus the overnight flat rate. Others will say a flat amount will cover it.

I would say 150-200 (plus her normal pay) would feel right for a one off request at such a specific and special time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are thinking we will have our nanny stay with our toddler when we need to go to the hospital to deliver baby 2. Looking for advice on how much to pay our nanny for the extra overnight hours?

Thanks!

If she has no already volunteered, this means that she does not want to call your mother or MIL. IF YOU CAN'T have a baby by yourself then you shouldn't be having volunteered

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are thinking we will have our nanny stay with our toddler when we need to go to the hospital to deliver baby 2. Looking for advice on how much to pay our nanny for the extra overnight hours?

Thanks!

If she has no already volunteered, this means that she does not want to call your mother or MIL. IF YOU CAN'T have a baby by yourself then you shouldn't be having volunteered

Are you drunk?

[Anonymous]

Whatever she wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are thinking we will have our nanny stay with our toddler when we need to go to the hospital to deliver baby 2. Looking for advice on how much to pay our nanny for the extra overnight hours?

Thanks!

If she has no already volunteered, this means that she does not want to call your mother or MIL. IF YOU CAN'T have a baby by yourself then you shouldn't be having volunteered

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Ask her if she would be willing to do it, and pay her what she asks for, or whatever you have agreed on for hours outside of her normal scheduled working hours.

[Anonymous]

Nanny here. Ask her. Every nanny will have a different rate based on a ton of factors. How many nights, what your guest room setup is, how well your kid sleeps at night, how different 24 hours a day is from her normal hours, whether she has a spouse/kids/pet/jungle of houseplants that may need attention while she is gone, etc. So it’s very individual. Ask!

[Anonymous]

Ask her. Our nanny stayed with DS eight months ago for two days as a new baby gift to us. We paid her for her usual eight hour day of course and gave her a huge end-of-the-year bonus as well as as many days off as she wanted once my mom got here and quarantined. Otherwise she has a travel rate of $450 a day (24 hour period).

But definitely ask your nanny. We feel very blessed that our nanny truly is part of our family. Having his nanny made it so easy for our toddler.

[Anonymous]

The nanny is not your 24/7/365 servant. Ask your mother or MIL

[Anonymous]

We used to pay until 10pm her hourly rate and then an additional $100 for sleeping over and then pay her starting an hour before our child woke up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nanny here. Ask her. Every nanny will have a different rate based on a ton of factors. How many nights, what your guest room setup is, how well your kid sleeps at night, how different 24 hours a day is from her normal hours, whether she has a spouse/kids/pet/jungle of houseplants that may need attention while she is gone, etc. So it’s very individual. Ask!

This, this and more of this!

Also, you don’t know if she wants to do it, which should be the first question. Pay comes after she agrees.

[Anonymous]

Offer her hourly rate around the clock.

Unless you are scheduled to be induced/have a c-section, you may need her to come to your house at 2 am when you go into labor. Then your toddler may not sleep the rest of the night, and so forth. 24/7 pay until she is not responsible for your toddler and can go home.

In fact, if you will need her to be on standby so that she can get to your house in under a short amount of time, you need to pay her $75-$100 a day for that as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The nanny is not your 24/7/365 servant. Ask your mother or MIL

F off.

-signed, a nanny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The nanny is not your 24/7/365 servant. Ask your mother or MIL

F off.

-signed, a nanny

Anyone who can only get a job as a nanny telling someone to eff off doesn't faze me.