overnight care options

[agileflower]

Hi there. I'm wondering what the going rates are for overnight care - if I wanted to have someone be with my son from say Sat am (early-ish) to Sunday night, staying at our place including board etc obviously. I have no idea what this would cost - just fishing out there to see what other folks have paid in the past. ALso if you have any suggestions on how to go about looking for someone I'm all ears! Thanks!

I've been known to do this sort of thing and typically for what you have requested so far, I would charge £300. Location can be a factor that affects cost, so I feel my fee is typical for Surrey/Berkshire area.

Not sure how you go about looking for someone to do this kind of thing... when I've done it, I've already known the family due to nannying/babysitting for them.

Hi,

I do this kind of thing too, its usually called proxy parenting. I have 10yrs exp, am a qualified nanny, crb check etc and am based in West London. I charge £175 for 24hours (additional hours £10ph) so a very similar rate to nannynick.

my website is www.sleeptitenannies.co.uk if you want to see a bit more about overnight care

Try Gumtree for other people looking for weekend work.

Jenna

I charge £200 per 24 hours and £12 per hour after that.

Maybe you could put your fees up Jenna?

How much do you charge generally for a 10 hour night?

for my fees

Phraedd- LOL

Charges depend on the age of the children! If overnight is for a baby under 1yr I charge £12ph so would get £120 a night. Over 1yr is £10 ph or 24 hrs for £175 I charge less as if over 1yr it means I usually get to sleep at night so don't feel I need to charge as much..also means I get work above other nannies working in the area who charge more

Are you still busy with the twins..or are you back on the lookout for night jobs?

Jen xx

I charge £150 per 24 hours, but then I have less experience than nick, Jenna and phraedd

This is all a bit disheartening - no offence to anyone! I can just see that my SO and I are going to split up due to a sudden dynamic change that involves heavy introduction to life with my DS. I was hoping we could have some more time together before that happened (before his dad moved away) but I just totally cannot afford this kind of rate twice per month (two weekends). Ugh.
Thank you guys for the info - now I know what I'm faced with!

Another thought was: my place has a small second bedroom. Maybe I could find someone who was willing to do weekends in trade for a room and I can pack DS in with me? Might be cramped....but....?

Can I ask what an SO is? I can't find it in the Acronyms list.

Alas agileflower, childcare during unsocial hours (which would generally include the entire of the weekend) is always going to quite a bit, especially so when it involves overnight care.

Sorry - SO is Significant Other!

Maybe I should check out the acronyms list ;-)

Ah that makes sense... I'm so used to seeing DP used for that term, that I could not figure what SO meant. Obvious now that you say write it.

In a earlier post (today) you mentioned your DS sleeping in with you... so does that mean you would be around at night?
When I have done overnight care, the parents have always been elsewhere (local hotel for example).
If you are going to be around at night, perhaps you could just get someone to help during the day - may be lower cost.

Perhaps a way forward for you is to decide how much you want to pay, and then advertise stating the pay amount.

I would not be around every other weekend for a bit - I am trying to sort out a way that I can ease my DnewP into the relationship without wham-bang-his dad is leaving and wham-bang we are now a DP-me-3.5yo triad....right now DS spends weekends with his father and I spend them with my DP...

(I like DP better than SO!)

So are you offering all week accommodation for alternate weekend sitting?