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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm not really sure why all the nanny PPs are jumping all over you.  We have a long-term professional nanny whom we occasionally use for overnights and weekends.  She has asked to have her husband come hang out with her after our kids go to bed, and we refused.  Nothing personal- we have met him and like him- but I am paying my nanny to work, not to socialize.

Re: the overnight payment- when our nanny stays over, we lay her her full overtime rate until our kids go to bed, and then a flat overnight fee of $100.  I have never heard of a nanny getting their full overtime rate for each hour that she "works" overnight (while she is sleeping)- that would be quite odd, and for us, cost prohibitive.[/quote]

"She would sleep the nights (kids do not wake up), so there is no night shift. 
It is not much different from me being home for 2 days alone with kids, when my husband travels."

It is because of this attitude.  OP has insinuated that she shouldn't have to pay her nanny more for the privilege of her staying at her home for 48 hours and then wants to deny her the small joy of seeing her husband for dinner.
There seems to be no real motivation behind her sentiment other than she just doesn't want to feel like the nanny is getting one over on her. It's petty and mean spirited. Why wouldn't you want the employee, who you trust enough to sleep in your home with your children, to feel comfortable and appreciated?
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