Op here

Thank you.

I took the job to help out a the family I babysit every once in a while. Not sure where nanny to this family came in?

The parents just told me they slept on the floor. No there is no guest room. I'll have the parents bed while I'm there. I could bring the child in bed with me, but I think I might sleep less.

To1535 what do you suggest I do? Let the child scream all night for a week? I am open to suggestions but again I am his babysitter I don't stay with him at night. I normally pick up from daycare and feed and bath til parents come home. If I let him scream I will be up all night and the children I do nanny during The day suffer because I'm exhausted.
Am I to sleep train him the week I am there even though his parents don't?

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Anonymous wrote:

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Just hourly. If nanny sleeps on the floor, that's her choice. No bonus for foolish decisions.

Yep, if the parents make stupid decisions, nanny just has to grit her teeth and suffer. No extra money, no nothing!

Ok Deb, it's not an ideal situation for a sitter - I get that. But I wouldn't call it a stupid decision. It's called co-sleeping and as a nanny you should support a boss's parenting choices instead of putting them down.

Sleeping on the floor beside a crib is NOT co-sleeping and it IS a dumb decision.

Says the 20-something babysitter with no kids of her own

These parents are doing what their child needs to feel safe and comforted at night. No one is being forced to take the job!

The parents can sleep wherever they wany but I sleep in a bed.

Anonymous wrote:

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Just hourly. If nanny sleeps on the floor, that's her choice. No bonus for foolish decisions.

Yep, if the parents make stupid decisions, nanny just has to grit her teeth and suffer. No extra money, no nothing!

Ok Deb, it's not an ideal situation for a sitter - I get that. But I wouldn't call it a stupid decision. It's called co-sleeping and as a nanny you should support a boss's parenting choices instead of putting them down.

Sleeping on the floor beside a crib is NOT co-sleeping and it IS a dumb decision.

nannydebsays wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Just hourly. If nanny sleeps on the floor, that's her choice. No bonus for foolish decisions.

Yep, if the parents make stupid decisions, nanny just has to grit her teeth and suffer. No extra money, no nothing!

Ok Deb, it's not an ideal situation for a sitter - I get that. But I wouldn't call it a stupid decision. It's called co-sleeping and as a nanny you should support a boss's parenting choices instead of putting them down.

Anonymous wrote:No. Just hourly. If nanny sleeps on the floor, that's her choice. No bonus for foolish decisions.

Yep, if the parents make stupid decisions, nanny just has to grit her teeth and suffer. No extra money, no nothing!

No. Just hourly. If nanny sleeps on the floor, that's her choice. No bonus for foolish decisions.

Hourly plus for sleeping on floor.

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Anonymous wrote:You will be sleeping and the baby will be sleeping so I think a flat rate is reasonable. A slightly higher flat rate than usual since it will require different sleeping arrangements.

Ummm, she will be sleeping on the floor, with a 2 year old she says isn't sleep trained and wakes up during the night. I doubt she will be sleeping much, or well. More than a "slightly higher" flat rate is needed, or an hourly amount that is fair.

I assumed there would be a matress on the floor.

If you are not able to sleep through the night, OP, I think you should be paid your regular rate for overnight hours and any OT that may result in.

Anonymous wrote:You will be sleeping and the baby will be sleeping so I think a flat rate is reasonable. A slightly higher flat rate than usual since it will require different sleeping arrangements.

Ummm, she will be sleeping on the floor, with a 2 year old she says isn't sleep trained and wakes up during the night. I doubt she will be sleeping much, or well. More than a "slightly higher" flat rate is needed, or an hourly amount that is fair.

haven't they heard of an air mattress? Sleeping on the floor sounds crazy to me. Do they have a guest room with a bed? can you put the child in a pack and play in the guest room so that you can sleep in an actual bed?

You will not be sleeping normally on the floor in the kid's room. Ask the parents what rates they had in mind.

You will be sleeping and the baby will be sleeping so I think a flat rate is reasonable. A slightly higher flat rate than usual since it will require different sleeping arrangements.

So I'll be doing some overnights (about a week) for a family I babysit. I'll be taking the kid to daycare before I go to my nanny job and also pick up after. He's normally in daycare all day - so him being there long hours while I have him will be ok.

I'll than of course have him all night during that time.

He's kinda never been fully sleep trained and his parents just started sleeping on the floor next to his crib when he wakes up in the middle of the night.
I've only kept my charges (nanny job) and they sleep thru the night. So I charge a flat rate for all night sleeping hours.

Would you charge an hourly rate for having to sleep on the floor next to the crib.

The child is almost 2yrs by the way.

Any feed back is most appreciated.

I don't want to short change myself but I also don't want to have this family break the bank just because they went away.