How much does an overnight nanny cost?

[Anonymous]

If you can afford to employ a 24/7 nanny, go for it! I wish I could, it would make me a better parent. It would be wonderful not having to find a sitter on short notice, and not have to be woken up at night , or too early in the morning.

All you people on this nanny board or either nannies or employers of nannies. What's the difference with you and OP?

You either want or need a nanny to take care of your children either because you don't want to do it all your selves, or you need someone to take care of your children- no body is asking you why did you have children if you also want/need to go to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you accommodate a live-in for the entire week and weekend? If so, you can pay significantly less by treating this as a barter of housing for services. Maybe pay $15 per hour for the hours the person is actually engaged with the child before bedtime and in the early morning, if applicable. Depending on how many hours that is, you might be looking at $150-200 per week. Then offer free housing in exchange for the liven-ins commitment to be in the house and available for wakeups Monday eve through Friday morning. Depending on the accommodations (private bath?), I can see this appealing to a grad student.

You are so out of touch with reality. But if you know someone, by all means.....

She would still be working. She can't leave. They have to pay at least minimum wage. Plus overtime.

[Anonymous]

Op I am very interested my email is [e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you accommodate a live-in for the entire week and weekend? If so, you can pay significantly less by treating this as a barter of housing for services. Maybe pay $15 per hour for the hours the person is actually engaged with the child before bedtime and in the early morning, if applicable. Depending on how many hours that is, you might be looking at $150-200 per week. Then offer free housing in exchange for the liven-ins commitment to be in the house and available for wakeups Monday eve through Friday morning. Depending on the accommodations (private bath?), I can see this appealing to a grad student.

You are so out of touch with reality. But if you know someone, by all means.....

She would still be working. She can't leave. They have to pay at least minimum wage. Plus overtime.

Yes, they have to pay minimum wage, but not necessarily in cash. They can treat the fair market value of the housing they provide as payment-in-kind. Obviously this would only work if the accommodations would be available to the caregiver all week long, so she wouldn't need to maintain a separate place.

This kind of arrangement probably would not appeal to a professional nanny or someone who puts a high value on socializing every night, but plenty of students would be happy to get free housing in exchange for staying home to sleep and study four nights a week, Monday through Thursday. Housing costs are high in DC. Even for a room in someone's home can easily run $600-900 per month. Plus, this is probably eight hours a week of active childcare, if that. While it is true that the caregiver would be working during all hours in which she can't leave, no rational person would expect to earn the same rate for sleeping that she earns for active and awake care.

[Anonymous]

I think it's funny how some people are quick to judge someone for having a 24 hour nanny but don't judge celebrities and politicians for the same.

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:I'd stick with $12/hour for the overnight nanny. You're seeking 48 hours of care, and $12/hour is a gross paycheck of $624.

Now, depending on your location, the night nanny might need to work a second job, but if she will truly be sleeping through most nights, I don't think that would be too difficult to do.

I don't think anyone good/reliable would do this for $12/hour, even with OT. It's not a live-in job. I'd say $15 is fair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you accommodate a live-in for the entire week and weekend? If so, you can pay significantly less by treating this as a barter of housing for services. Maybe pay $15 per hour for the hours the person is actually engaged with the child before bedtime and in the early morning, if applicable. Depending on how many hours that is, you might be looking at $150-200 per week. Then offer free housing in exchange for the liven-ins commitment to be in the house and available for wakeups Monday eve through Friday morning. Depending on the accommodations (private bath?), I can see this appealing to a grad student.

You are so out of touch with reality. But if you know someone, by all means.....

She would still be working. She can't leave. They have to pay at least minimum wage. Plus overtime.

Yes, they have to pay minimum wage, but not necessarily in cash. They can treat the fair market value of the housing they provide as payment-in-kind. Obviously this would only work if the accommodations would be available to the caregiver all week long, so she wouldn't need to maintain a separate place.

This kind of arrangement probably would not appeal to a professional nanny or someone who puts a high value on socializing every night, but plenty of students would be happy to get free housing in exchange for staying home to sleep and study four nights a week, Monday through Thursday. Housing costs are high in DC. Even for a room in someone's home can easily run $600-900 per month. Plus, this is probably eight hours a week of active childcare, if that. While it is true that the caregiver would be working during all hours in which she can't leave, no rational person would expect to earn the same rate for sleeping that she earns for active and awake care.

Yes they do have to pay at least mininin wage per hr in cash. That is the law. This is not a live in job so overtime applies as well. Some states require over time for live in nannies as well. Live in nannies or night nannies like this get paid at least minimum wage. They don't get rent deducted. You can maybe say well since you are living in full time and sleeping most of your working hrs I will pay you 7.25 per hr. you don't say I will pay you nothing. It is a job. And op sounds like a great mb who pays a going rate.

[nannydebsays]

Anonymous wrote:

nannydebsays wrote:I'd stick with $12/hour for the overnight nanny. You're seeking 48 hours of care, and $12/hour is a gross paycheck of $624.

Now, depending on your location, the night nanny might need to work a second job, but if she will truly be sleeping through most nights, I don't think that would be too difficult to do.

I don't think anyone good/reliable would do this for $12/hour, even with OT. It's not a live-in job. I'd say $15 is fair.

If the nanny is truly sleeping through the night (i.e., the 3-year-old sleeps through the night, as OP said), yes, I'd gladly be paid $12/hour plus OT to sleep. Nobody is paying me to sleep now, so I'd be making about $500/net per week in addition to my day job. That's an extra 26K a year, or, as I like to think of it, a great start at a new vehicle or a new house.

[Anonymous]

If this was a sleepy breeze through the night job, her current 24/7 nanny wouldn't be burn out and OP wouldn't be looking for someone to relieve her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this was a sleepy breeze through the night job, her current 24/7 nanny wouldn't be burn out and OP wouldn't be looking for someone to relieve her.

Not a fair deduction, PP. The existing 24 hour nanny must stay with her charge from Monday at 7 am through Friday at 7 pm. Burnout stems not from the lack of sleep, but from the lack of time away from the workplace. If the job is divided between two nannies, the night shift nanny gets time away from the workplace between 7 am through 7 pm each day. Pretty sweet deal for someone who needs to earn steady money but can't commit to a full time day job b/c of school, entrepreneurial pursuits, or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Yes pp but that would still mean her current nanny would be working 12 hour days so how is that helping her not be burn out. I think Op truly want to relieve her of the night shift because it is probably not letting her nanny sleep a full nights sleep every night.

[Anonymous]

60hrs a week with a 3 year old is still a lot of hours!!!! I couldn't imagine being stuck for over 110hrs at my place of work. I am sufficating just thinking about it. Bless this woman who is giving up her life to raise someone else's child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:60hrs a week with a 3 year old is still a lot of hours!!!! I couldn't imagine being stuck for over 110hrs at my place of work. I am sufficating just thinking about it. Bless this woman who is giving up her life to raise someone else's child.

She's getting paid, not volunteering. Don't see a need to 'bless' her at all.

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

nannydebsays wrote:I'd stick with $12/hour for the overnight nanny. You're seeking 48 hours of care, and $12/hour is a gross paycheck of $624.

Now, depending on your location, the night nanny might need to work a second job, but if she will truly be sleeping through most nights, I don't think that would be too difficult to do.

I don't think anyone good/reliable would do this for $12/hour, even with OT. It's not a live-in job. I'd say $15 is fair.

If the nanny is truly sleeping through the night (i.e., the 3-year-old sleeps through the night, as OP said), yes, I'd gladly be paid $12/hour plus OT to sleep. Nobody is paying me to sleep now, so I'd be making about $500/net per week in addition to my day job. That's an extra 26K a year, or, as I like to think of it, a great start at a new vehicle or a new house.

I guess as someone who actually does overnight work and knows many others who do, I simply have a different point of view.

I get $20-35/hour- regardless if the kids sleep 1.5 hours or 10-12 hours in a row.

You never sleep as well "on duty" and in someone else's house as you do when you're off and at home. You're in a lighter sleep ready to act if a child wakes.

It sounds perfect until you actually do the job. I stand by what I said, especially since it is not a live in job and she will have. To maintain a separate residence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:60hrs a week with a 3 year old is still a lot of hours!!!! I couldn't imagine being stuck for over 110hrs at my place of work. I am sufficating just thinking about it. Bless this woman who is giving up her life to raise someone else's child.

She's getting paid, not volunteering. Don't see a need to 'bless' her at all.

You are discusting!

Nurses, doctors, teatchers, hospice workers, military - these people should also not be blessed because they are paid right? Some nannies are saints! I'm sure these women who give up their lives to raise the best children are not paid even well. $12 an hour to take over as parents....please! May God bless you!