$1000 flat for weekend babysitting
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Anonymous
| I found several English speaking nannies with 5+ years of experience that I felt comfortable with for $100 for overnight. $1000 is ridiculous. |
Anonymous
I'm a nanny making $25/hr now, and I have done overnights for other family, most recently one with 3 kids, for as little as $75. If I can get $75 for sleeping and be at work the next day why not. I'm not so stuck up that I won't sleep at your house for anything less than $25/hr from 7pm-8am. |
Anonymous
way too high. they'll just fly in a relative or good friend if you are attempting to charge that. especially for the 9-12 sleeping hours times two. |
Anonymous
I do $17/hour during the day for two toddlers and $100 flat per night. Every major city does the same. |
Anonymous
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I do $100 flat for the night if the children don't wake up, hourly rate for all time they are awake, even if it's during the night. I did have one family that belly-ached because I charged for every single hour and the $100; there were 4 kids, they started vomiting an hour after the parents left, and I got no sleep, so yes, I charged for every hour plus the $100 and felt it was quite reasonable.
$1000 for 48 hours is more than reasonable. |
Anonymous
| I think this is a very fair rate. I care for 3 kids and make $20 per hour. I charge my normal rate for awake hours (usually 7AM-10PM) and a flat fee of $100 for the overnight hours. When the kids were small and waking up throughout the night, I charged all hours at my full rate. |
Anonymous
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It is typical to charge/pay $75-100 for the overnight, and an hourly rate for the daytime/awake hours (except in the case of infants who aren't sleeping through the night.)
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Anonymous
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Even children who normally sleep throughout the night may sleep differently knowing their parents are not home + that they are in the company of a nanny/sitter.
I have accepted jobs where the child is school-aged and the parents assure me that they sleep all night w/out getting up. And that is probably true...When they are at home. But kids react differently to things and many of the kids I have watched overnight will wake up and tell me they miss their parents or ask me if they can call them, etc. It is totally normal for a child, even an older one to feel like something is "off" if their parents are not home when they go to sleep. So the overnight flat rate has zero logic. |
Anonymous
Whether you think it's reasonable or not it's what happens in the marketplace. |
Anonymous
No. Over 4p hours, OT for extra 8 hours. However, 99 out of 100 will jump at offer. |
Anonymous
Legally you only have to pay for 16 hours each day. 8 hours at night nannies don't have to be paid for if they are aloud to sleep. So it's really 32 hours. 16 at night go unpaid. This is why 24 nannies are becoming more common. It's free labor really at night. |
Anonymous
Awesome! I can go home to sleep in my own bed and just go back to the children in the morning. |
Anonymous
IF the nanny has a private room with a bed, IF the children sleep through the night, and IF the nanny agrees. |
Anonymous
Unfortunately no it's just free labor the families get. |
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PP, I do not see working a full weekend for $300 as "normal" either. I would expect my typical hourly rate, and if all kids slept through the night from, say, 9p - 7a, I would accept a fixed rate for the hours of 10p - 6a.
If kids still woke at night, I would charge hourly a round the clock. The only way I would accept such a low rate is if I were doing a HUGE favor for a former family or for friends. |