fellow nannies wwyd?

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Im a nanny for 2 children, mum just asked if her friends two children could come round for afew hours to give their mum a break.
So i will have 2 bosy 4 year olds and two potty training.

Do you do this?
Do you get paid a little extra?

I would agree under the rules that it is a couple of hours and agree a set pick up time and also ensure you get more for this time.

tbh if you are having mb friends children to give mum a break, you should be paid extra

hopefully 4yrs will both play together and maybe both pt children will sleep

i think it is a bit unfair for you to have to pt/keep alert for another child that isnt your charge and i would say put in pull ups (but that then confuses the child)

i have had mb friends children over very occassionally if her cm has let her down and yes i get paid

I wouldn't think it was a big deal as a one off. But I think you should expect either to be paid or arrange to swap your two over in return sometime if the situation arises again.

But as a one off for 2 hours, is it really worth making an issue of it?

I have personally not asked a nanny to do this, but I have arranged swaps on numerous occassions. For exampl, tonight so that nanny doesn't have to go back to school on the bus to pick up DS at 6:00 I have arranged for another mum whos DS will also be at the party to collect him for her, and i will collect him from friend's house after work. In return, I will stress that other mum should feel free to call on us when she needs to offload her darling and get some work done. Nanny will I'm sure be happy to do this.

I'm not a nanny but in your shoes I'd probably say Ok this time (but agree exactly how long) but say if going to be a regular thing then you'd need to discuss additional payment.

I would say it's fine as a one-off. It might be an emergency, mother might have something she really needs to get done and can't with children around and it means you have a favour in hand if you're ever sick/need someone to have one child for a couple of hours.

I would, however, make it clear that it's not on to do this on a regular basis without being renumerated somehow.

This has happened so many times for me, the odd one time - when a set pick up or drop off is arranged i don't normally tend to say anything.

However, depending on how many children and whether they are staying over dinner/bath/bed i would (more than a long play date would last)

I then in my last job had 2 charges, 1 baby 1 toddler and they offered me out as nanny to another child nearly same age as eldest, for wed/thur/fri/sat plus they didnt come home until 2am for 2 nights of this.
She didnt pay me extra. When i questioned she gave me (a week later) £20 for the 4 days and 4 nights.
Wasn't very happy i must say!
(This happened the week after for two days and she never paid me either!)

Agree that if it's a one-off, i wouldnt say anything. besides, if the kids are more or less the same age, could almost be like a playdate. and who knows, maybe one day, could call on the other mum to reciprocate. However, again, agree that if it becomes a regular thing, then some form of extra payment is in order

octopus nanny - think your ex-MB was taking the mick! i pay my nanny for any extra hours at the rate she is contracted and would be appalled to even consider otherwise. good you are not in that job anymore

Yes if it were a one off it would be ok but i think you have to make it clear that you are doing it as a favour and not as a regular thing unless you will be getting paid for it.

It's such a shame that some people think if you'll do it once then you'll do again and again and end up talking the mick out of you. Been there, done that and won't do it again.

I would cheerfully agree to it this time (but I'm the sort that thinks when you've got 2, having another 2 isn't a big deal), but if it became a regular thing I'd say something.