Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

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

Anonymous wrote: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?

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.

Anonymous wrote:I think your rate is too high, but if you're getting overnight jobs for that rate, your employers think it's fair.

what do you think would be more reasonable?

If people pay you $190 stick to your rate and skip this family that is digging in their heels.

You are upfront about your rate.

They probably feel they are entitled to someone to to do their job as parents or $80 a night.


If they think it's too much or so easy they can hire someone else within their desired budget or do it themselves.

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?

What exactly are your qualifications OP?
Maybe you are getting some push-back because you are charging night nurse (ie. someone with an actual RN) rates without the degree/credentials to back it up.

Also, laundry at night? In most city homes/apartments this would be more annoying than helpful, in my experience. And it's not as though "preparing bottles" is that strenuous of a task...

I should clarify I care for newborns or older infants that have not yet started to sleep through the night so I get up feed, change diapers, settle back to sleep etc I also do infant laundry and prepare bottles.
A night or me is 10:00 pm to 6:00am I only book a night as a whole it's up to the family if they use all or part of that time.

I recently had a family say it's not fair so I started to wonder.

My stance on a reduced flat overnight rate is this:

If a child sleeps reliably all night and the nanny is allowed to sleep in the home along w/the child, then a flat rate would be fair for both sides.

However, if caring for a child who tends to wake up during the night (I.e., a newborn infant, a teething toddler, an anxious 5 yr. old who misses "Mommy" being home, etc.) and/or the nanny is instructed to stay awake, then hourly should be paid accordingly.

I think your rate is too high, but if you're getting overnight jobs for that rate, your employers think it's fair.

I don't think fair/unfair comes into it. As a mb, I'd be thrilled to pay that rate for a baby that wakes frequently. I wouldn't pay it for an older infant that reliably sleeps all night. But it wouldn't bother me that you charge it.

I am a nanny that works both days and nights.

For days I charge $19 per hour.

I also nod night infant care when I work as a night nanny I charge a flat rate of $190 per night it's the same no matter the age of the baby or if there is 1 or 2 or more babies.

Is this fair?