Do you care if your babysitter falls asleep when you are out at night?

[Anonymous]

How old are you, OP?

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Anonymous wrote:The difference is she is getting paid. I would never sleep on my job.
OP, if its one time thing she had a long day etc I would let it go. Or maybe you can give her kid related things to do to keep her awake!

Kids related things until midnight? That would probably the last time I babysat for you.

I never sleep when I babysit unless I know the family very well and know they're ok with it. I always bring things to keep me occupied so I don't fall sleep. But after a long day at work, I will not be doing kids related work for hours on a babysitting job.

Good thing I would never hire you either. You shouldn't be taking up late night jobs if you can't even stay awake!

I'd pay to watch you tell a decent sitter that you want her folding clothes and disinfecting toys after you kid goes down for the night.
No joke...I would pay to watch her reaction. You think that the loss of your crappy babysitting gigs would phase someone?
You overestimate your importance.

Where did you get the idea they are folding clothes? The babysitters I hire are responsible adults and don't fall asleep on the job. They are not dcum variety dear.

"Or maybe you can give her kid related things to do to keep her awake" dear.

[Anonymous]

I find most of these responses to be ridiculous. When I do babysit my families know that I nanny all day long and I usually go straight to their homes with little to no break in between. If your kids are in the bed and you are out past dinner and I'm tired, you'd better bet your sweet delusional asses I'm going to sleep. They can wake me up when they come in. Especially if it's midnight or later and I need to be alert to drive home. Whenever I have toddlers or younger a monitor is on and I keep their door ajar. Of the kid is older their door may be cracked. You're paying me to do what you'd be doing so that you don't get arrested for leaving your child home alone. I don't do anything extra like chores etc for families I'm just a sitter for after the child is sleep. And my nf knows that when I stay late these feet will be put up and a book will be read or TV watched after dinner and baths. Yall better give me a break lol hilarious

[Anonymous]

I expect that if we're out past 11pm, that the sitter will likely take a snooze until we're home.

[Anonymous]

It really really really depends on a variety of factors.

If she is a high school sitter, and she is not that deep asleep that if one of the kids wake up and ask for something that she can hear them, then it is totally fine and expected.

If she is a professional nanny who knows our house, then I hope that she picks up some things.. dusts the playroom or something. If the house parts that she is in charge of usually are in decent order and she has had a full day and takes a light doze, that is OK.

Depends on the kids, do they usually sleep through the night? Do you have young kids or older who can get themselves a glass of water if they wake up?

If it is a professional nanny and she goes to some corner of the house where she can't hear the kids and go into deep sleep, that is not OK.

This is a really grey area. Only you know what is OK or not.

[Anonymous]

As long as she can hear the kids and the house is picked up, I don't care.

[Anonymous]

I pay a flat rate if sitter is going to be sleeping and hourly rate if she is expected to stay awake.

[Anonymous]

I always nap once the kids are asleep and I've never had a problem getting gigs.

[Anonymous]

My MB doesn't want me to sleep. I rarely take night jobs anymore. I'm there starting at 8am and end up staying till almost 12am. Then a 30 min drive home. She still expects me in at 8am the next day. I just cannot do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as she can hear the kids and the house is picked up, I don't care.

+1

As long as she's in earshot of the kids (monitor or close enough to hear), I'm fine. It's not like people fall into a deep, deep sleep sitting on the couch at someone else's house. I have no problem with her dozing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The difference is she is getting paid. I would never sleep on my job.
OP, if its one time thing she had a long day etc I would let it go. Or maybe you can give her kid related things to do to keep her awake



Have you ever considered the science of sleep? Next time your babysitter falls asleep and you get upset when YOU are the one out late, consider that maybe you should’ve stayed home with YOUR kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The difference is she is getting paid. I would never sleep on my job.
OP, if its one time thing she had a long day etc I would let it go. Or maybe you can give her kid related things to do to keep her awake!

Kids related things until midnight? That would probably the last time I babysat for you.

I never sleep when I babysit unless I know the family very well and know they're ok with it. I always bring things to keep me occupied so I don't fall sleep. But after a long day at work, I will not be doing kids related work for hours on a babysitting job.

Good thing I would never hire you either. You shouldn't be taking up late night jobs if you can't even stay awake!

I'd pay to watch you tell a decent sitter that you want her folding clothes and disinfecting toys after you kid goes down for the night.
No joke...I would pay to watch her reaction. You think that the loss of your crappy babysitting gigs would phase someone?
You overestimate your importance.

I'd pay to hear the babysitter laughing her head off as she walked out the door slamming it behind her.

[Anonymous]

I may have fallen asleep for a few minutes but would never be totally asleep unless I knew they were going to be passed midnight.

[Anonymous]

When I used to work late, the family I worked for had no problem with me watching tv and crashing on the couch. She also had 4 WILD boys (6, 4, 3yo twins) and knew that if I made it through the school pickup, snack, homework, dinner, bath, and bedtime routine and the twins stayed in bed, I deserved it, and I always got their messes put away first. Another family I nannied for would have me there at 3 am every other Saturday to keep the 2yo twins (different kids) while they took the big kids to whatever sport competition they had that weekend and didn’t mind if I went back to sleep or crashed at naptime because those were usually 12+ hour days. I guess what I’m saying is none of my bosses have ever had a problem with me falling asleep if I worked late/exceptionally early and got everything done that needed to be done. If your sitter is doing the bare minimum and then falling asleep, I would probably be a little peeved, but if she’s good otherwise, let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I used to work late, the family I worked for had no problem with me watching tv and crashing on the couch. She also had 4 WILD boys (6, 4, 3yo twins) and knew that if I made it through the school pickup, snack, homework, dinner, bath, and bedtime routine and the twins stayed in bed, I deserved it, and I always got their messes put away first. Another family I nannied for would have me there at 3 am every other Saturday to keep the 2yo twins (different kids) while they took the big kids to whatever sport competition they had that weekend and didn’t mind if I went back to sleep or crashed at naptime because those were usually 12+ hour days. I guess what I’m saying is none of my bosses have ever had a problem with me falling asleep if I worked late/exceptionally early and got everything done that needed to be done. If your sitter is doing the bare minimum and then falling asleep, I would probably be a little peeved, but if she’s good otherwise, let it go.

It sounds like a date night sitter, not a nanny or regularly scheduled weekend sitter.