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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The laundry thing etc I added because families wanted.

I'm not a nurse or an NCS.

I do have a few years of infant care experience.

What would be a fair range?[/quote]

Honestly I would go with $100 to $120 per night with $120 being the absolute tops. 190 works out to like $23/ hour which is a lot for no degrees unless you have like 15 years of infant care experience or something else impressive on your  resume.

However, if you regularly charge $190 a night and get plenty of business I'd stick to your rate.[/quote]

[b]I'd want at least $23/hr to stay awake all night and I don't have a nursing degree.[/quote][/b]

Agreed. Most on this board are in reasonable agreement that daytime nannies in this area should make around $15-20/hr. A $3/hr premium for overnight work with an infant (that does not include sleep for the Nanny) seems very reasonable to me. OP, I'd stick to your rates. Perhaps when in discussions with new families make it very clear that your rates get them an awake and alert Nanny that will take care of their child, and other child-related duties throughout the night. Maybe consider offering a "child-care only" rate, that allows you naps/downtime while the child is sleeping, and does not include things like laundry and bottle prep.[/quote]

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