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[quote=Anonymous]DH and I are thinking about asking our nanny to stay at our house overnight while we go to a friend's wedding downtown.  We would get home so late anyway.  Plus, a group of (childless) friends are staying in a hotel that night and DH wants to join them.  It would be out first night away from the baby, and I was hoping to get some insight about logistics.

First, nannies, is staying overnight something you would even consider?  Is this common?  I don't want to weird her out by asking.

Second, how does the pay work?  Obviously, we would pay her full hourly rate for all times the baby is awake.  DS is 11 months, and sleeps through the night - about 11 hours.  So, I was thinking maybe full rate for whenever the baby is awake, plus another $150 for the night, picking back up at full rate when DS wakes up?  Is $150 too little?

Finally, we live in a 2 bedroom apartment - no guest room.  We have a pull-out sofa, which I think is incredibly uncomfortable, and an air mattress.  My first thought was to offer our bed (with clean sheets, of course), but then I wondered if that would be weird.  Nannies -- if you've stayed over and there's no guest room, where do you sleep?  Would you rather sleep in your boss' clean, comfortable bed, or on a less comfortable air mattress or pull-out?  Or should I just offer all 3?

Oh, and also, dinner for the nanny.  Can we just leave her money to order a pizza? Should I make something for her to heat up? (She's always welcome to anything in the house as well - I just assume she won't want to cook a chicken breast or anything)

Thanks for any feedback!  [/quote]

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