How much does an overnight nanny cost?

[Anonymous]

We have an excellent 24hr nanny who works M-F. She has been mentioning how burned out she is. So we are considering getting an overnight nanny to work 4 nights from 7pm-7am. We have a 3 year old boy who usually sleeps through the night. Nanny will have private bedroom and bathroom while on duty.

We currently pay our nanny $12 an hour (we pay 70hrs at overtime rate). How much should we offer the overnight nanny? We were thinking $15 a hour, plus over time.

Don't worry, we would raise our current nanny's rate to $18 hr, with the cut hours.

[Anonymous]

175 a night.

[Anonymous]

18 per hour

[Anonymous]

I usually do 160 per night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have an excellent 24hr nanny who works M-F. She has been mentioning how burned out she is. So we are considering getting an overnight nanny to work 4 nights from 7pm-7am. We have a 3 year old boy who usually sleeps through the night. Nanny will have private bedroom and bathroom while on duty.

We currently pay our nanny $12 an hour (we pay 70hrs at overtime rate). How much should we offer the overnight nanny? We were thinking $15 a hour, plus over time.

Don't worry, we would raise our current nanny's rate to $18 hr, with the cut hours.

If you have interested I can do for $16 by hour,

[Anonymous]

Wow OP! You realize you are offering someone almost ($780) $800 a week to sleep for 4 nights???

[Anonymous]

I mean no harm in asking, OP, but is there a reason you need a night nanny for a child who sleeps through the night the majority of the time? Do you or DB work odd hours, etc?

[Anonymous]

No harm taken. We have a busy & somewhat unpredictable social life in the evenings, and both have to get up early in the mornings. We like having a solid person at all times in case child wakes up in middle of night. Easier than finding a last minute babysitter all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No harm taken. We have a busy & somewhat unpredictable social life in the evenings, and both have to get up early in the mornings. We like having a solid person at all times in case child wakes up in middle of night. Easier than finding a last minute babysitter all the time.

this the parents job



This your job,why did you make him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No harm taken. We have a busy & somewhat unpredictable social life in the evenings, and both have to get up early in the mornings. We like having a solid person at all times in case child wakes up in middle of night. Easier than finding a last minute babysitter all the time.

I have to echo the other poster and really wonder why you have a child at all...

[nannydebsays]

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.

[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.

Somehow I doubt you'd want a job for $12., but I may be totally wrong.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.....

[Anonymous]

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.

This is good advice.