How much does an overnight nanny cost?

[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.


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!

NP here. Nannies don't give up their lives and they don't take over as parents. They do a job and get paid for it. Some people don't think of this as any kind thing to bless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Lol. Really, I'm disgusting? You need a reality check because you sound way too entitled. I'm a nanny and don't go around blessing myself for a job I'm paid for. Thanks for the laugh.

[Anonymous]

I do overnights for good sleeping children- I charge $18, and I believe this is low. Good luck finding someone legal to do it for less seriously???!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do overnights for good sleeping children- I charge $18, and I believe this is low. Good luck finding someone legal to do it for less seriously???!!!

OP will definitely find someone legal and qualified to work overnights for less than $18/hr. You must live in a small bubble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:175 a night.

Agree with $175-200 a night.

[Anonymous]

Haven't read this entire thread but there are two types of overnight nannies. The kind for infants who work all night except for a few winks of sleeps here and there with a baby who wakes up throughout the night. You pay the overnight hours for this kind of overnight nanny. For the kind who just stays overnight for your toddler and older kids because you are not home, you do not pay for the hours she is sleeping. It is the labor law.

[Anonymous]

Here is the text of the law "the employer can only take credit for a maximum of 8 hours of sleep time. If an employee’s sleep time is interrupted to perform work and the employee does not get a good night’s rest (defined as a minimum of 5 hours of sleep), the employer cannot take any sleep time credit and must count all time, included any hours the employee slept, as hours worked. If the employee is required to perform work during sleeping time, but is otherwise able to get a good night’s rest (more than 5 hours of sleep), the employer only need to pay the employee for the time the employee actually worked. 29 C.F.R. 785. 22"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Thank you! From one nanny (who has done 24/7) to another, thank you!

[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!

NP here. Nannies don't give up their lives and they don't take over as parents. They do a job and get paid for it. Some people don't think of this as any kind thing to bless.

And some do, as another thread showed. However, I agree that nannies are paid, hopefully paid well, and no, there's no need to bless them.
--nanny who worked 24/7 for 7 kids and was basically Mom