Nanny becomes night nanny?
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Anonymous
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I am due in six months and I’m need of a nanny. We are willing to pay $20-22 an hour on the books and will offer four weeks paid vacation. 40 hours a week. One toddler girl. No driving required.
Issue is that I have six months of paid maternity leave and don’t need a nanny during this time. Sure I could use a few hours of help here and there but we have a small home and I doubt it would be ideal to retain the nanny. Would it be out of the question to try and hire a nanny who would be comfortable changing those 40 hours as a nanny into 32 hours as a night nanny during the first four months of leave? Or should I just plan on trying to find a temp nanny for six months until I have baby #2? Tia |
Anonymous
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You might actually like having the nanny around so you can divide and conquer. You take older kid out while nanny stays home with napping infant. Nanny takes older kid to park while you feed baby. Nanny takes both kids while you nap! Your older kid getting to maintain his / her toy into and go places will be good for him/her. The younger one getting to nap on “schedule” and in crib (not on the go) will help with healthy sleep habits. Plus, if your #2 is super fussy, challenging, needs to be held all the time, you might be glad to have another adult who can help.
Night shift work is hard and someone might not want to do 4 months of late night / overnights (and if your house is small it might be weird to have someone in close proximity while you sleep). But maybe you could shift the hours for those 4 months. Have nanny come from 11-7 or 12-8. Give you maximum help at hardest time (dinner, witching hour, bath and bedtime). |
Anonymous
| It is really hard to work at night. I did it for my last employers for a month - staying all night with the newborn - and then switched to days for the next three years. It was really hard on my health and I truly hated it. Regular night nannies have lives that revolve around their daytime sleeping but regular nannies generally don’t. You might be better off hiring a night nanny for the length of your leave and interview day nannies before you go back to work. |
Anonymous
| Night nannies make more than $22/hr and do sleep when baby sleeps. Sometimes people think the nanny will stay up all night doing laundry or whatever. Just so you know. |
Anonymous
+1. Our night nanny was $45 an hour. |
Anonymous
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Since your home is small, I agree w/you that you likely will not need a Nanny during your Maternity leave since it would be a little too close for comfort even if you did need daytime assistance.
(Especially since a newborn likely won’t require getting out of the house as an older child may.) I would look into hiring a Night Nanny, then when it’s time to go back to work, I would begin my Nanny search. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| Night nannies are expensive |
Anonymous
LOL unless you have triplets, you over paid. |
Anonymous
NP here. Not in Los Angeles. $45 an hour is a steal for a night nanny/night nurse. |
Anonymous
I would love to talk to you. What area are you in I've actually been looking for a night nanny position. I have been the night nanny for 3 different families and two of those families had twins. You can email me if you want at Kimberlyn.claxton@gmail.com or call me at 7032493652. For other references feel free to look at my website www.bridalbabychildcare.com |
Anonymous
This is a DC forum |
Anonymous
It would be $28 an hour since it wouldn’t be 40 hours. I’d pay $28 for 32 hours. |
Anonymous
Going rate in LA is $35. So $28 in DC isn’t that far off. |
Anonymous
DC isn’t that different. NP here and I started in LA. Educated and experienced night nannies are on par with here. |
Anonymous
Ok well most of my friends have had night nannies and not a single one has paid $35 an hour. |