How much to charge for this?

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Hello,

I have been asked to look after three children and two cats for a weekend from Friday to Sunday while the parents are away.

What would be a reasonable salary to ask for?

I have over five years experience looking after children.

What would you be happy with?

Do the children sleep through the night or at least 8 consecutive hours?

I would probably £180/£200 per 24 hours. If it was a family I work for full time I'd also ask for a two days off in lieu to be taken at a mutually agreeable time.

In the past I've done weekends for ex families where I've charged a lot lower rate eg £100 for whole weekend, this is because I the children were so easy and the parents so flexible that it didn't feel like working.

One of the children is 4 months so I would have to get up during the night and feed him. I don't work full time for this family. They current nanny is unavailable then and they need to find somebody else.

Oh and its Friday from Around 7pm until Sunday 4pm.

I'd charge 350 for the weekend

i would charge £350 - £400 for the weekend (gross)

I am a bit surprised that the parents are happy to go away and leave a 4 month old baby especially with someone who the baby is unfamiliar with

I'd be looking at more like £500 for a proxy-parenting gig, especially with the cats and the getting-up-in-the-night.

I'd charge £450 (£10ph x 45 hours). With a very small baby I would charge normal rate for all hours because you're not going to have an uniterrupted night.

Don't maternity nurses charge £150 per 24 hours? On that basis, I'd ask for £350. Don't understand MrsWishy's point - how is it right to be paid AND given time off in lieu? Surely one or the other?!

A maternity nurse charges minimum £120 per 24 hours however as they get more experienced we can charge more. So the range for a single baby is £120 - £200 per 24 hours. The above weekend position is three children and cats so more responsibility I would say minimum £350 but at the end of the day its what you and the family are happy with.

I always have had in my nanny contracts and also my long term MN contracts that if I work my days off I'm paid but also get time off. I've worked for many families where I work six days a week and also have worked many weeks in a row without a day off - from my point of view it is fair and right to to be paid for all days off but also to have days off in lieu.