Paying nanny for evening babysitting

[LovelyDear]

I pay my new nanny £8p/h (london..) to look after the kids during the day. She's babysitting for me tonight and they'll be in bed. Would you in the same situation expect to be paid the same as a day rate, or less? Don't want to offend her, don't want to set too high a precedent....

I always paid my nanny the same in the evenings. Although there is less to do than in the day, it does make it a very long day to be working. Has she suggested anything? What have you paid babysitters previously?

did you not discuss overtime/bs at interview and have written in contract?

I charge £10 and have a minium of 4 hrs

why not ask her what she wnats and go from there?

some say that bs should be paid less as kids are in bed and the bs sits on bum watching tv, i think that the nanny/bs is still giving their time up and should be paid accordlingly

We had this and asked what she expected for babysitting. Told a v. def £8/hr. I'd rather pay that than less to someone who doesn't know kids so well. Mind you we barely go out as a result.

We paid our Nanny less for babysitting than for Nannying - but that's because that was the rate she charged friends of ours to babysit, and was the local competitive rate.

Also if we'd had to pay her Nanny rate (£10.50ph gross) then we wouldn't have been going out. I just asked her what her babysitting rate was (for my friend), and a while later asked her to babysit for us, and how much she charged (£6.50ph). Sometimes she's had an extra half day off for something, and made up the time in babysitting (so on those occasions we've effectively been paying the nanny rate), but it's give and take - and agree something that suits you both.

Thanks all. she's only with us one afternoon a week, we're sharing her with various friends, so this is a one-off. i'll ask my mates if they've used her in the evening. i feel inclined to pay her the same of course but it does mean i can't afford to do it very often. at all. i tried my other babysitting only sitters first, but they were all busy. i'd pay them 6 or 7 per hour, so really not much in it i know....

I think for a one-off I'd just ask her what she charges and pay it. It's not worth upsetting a regular nanny for one night's b-sitting fees. Say you save £10 but annoy the nanny in the long term. What have you really gained?

If she was a full time nanny, I would say she should show some loyalty and put you before other customers, but for one day a week I don't think you really get any special perks or rate cuts.

i am a nanny, and get the same hourly rate as daytime, if i babysit in the evening

HTH

thanks. we're home. we paid same rate. no discussion needed.

I'm also a nanny and I get paid same rate in the day and the evening

i charge £10 an hr for babysitting mon-thurs with a min of £30 per sitting and £12 an hr fri-sun with a min of £40.

i get very booked up over a weekend hence the higher hrly rate.

also because i get alot of bookings i charge a min amount so i dont take on a 2hr booking only to turn down a 5hr one.