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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Yes, my day nanny position is just for one child - a nearly 20 month old I have been with since birth.  All of the babysitting requests are coming from my charge's friends so same age and always just one child.

I charge my weekday employers my regular $27 an hour when I stay with their DD after hours so it seems fair that I charge others the same.  On the other hand it is a little ridiculous to charge that much for just babysitting when the LO is asleep.  [/quote]

It depends how much you want the gig. I would never pay a random babysitter (even if she was a super-qualified nanny for not my kids) $27/hour to babysit my two kids. I would certainly never pay that for hours my kids were sleeping. (And I'm not cheap. I pay my nanny $21/hour plus true OT; she's guaranteed 50 hours, so any extra babysitting hours are paid at over $30/hour. But she's my kids' nanny and that's the difference.) So, I think it's 100% fair for you to say that's your rate; I think it's very unlikely they will pay you that. MAYBE if the kids are awake so they are actually taking advantage of your expertise; NO CHANCE if they're sleeping unless maybe on a one-off/urgent basis. So, if you want some extra cash, I'd say $20/hour; that's the high end around me for 1 kid babysitting (Capitol Hill, DC).[/quote]

Thanks, PP.  But would you feel bad if you found out that your nanny was charging your friends so much less than you for babysitting?[/quote]

It wouldn't bother me at all. I pay my nanny a premium because she's my nanny and because of OT laws. Also, my nanny is by and large watching my kids when they're awake.[/quote]

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