What to Charge for Lastnight/This Morning?

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  • Breezy
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jun 2011
    • 1271

    What to Charge for Lastnight/This Morning?

    DCM asked me the week before last if I would watch DC baby last night as his daddy woupd be In town for training (army stationed on otherwise of country). He is 6 months old and Is drop in right now and will be full time end of this month. He is such a joy usually!!

    Well her plans fell through as of Thursday but lastnight around 8:30 she said that she was i.voted to a movie with girlfriends would I still be up for taking him even though It was super late. I said I would as we were just watching a movie. She brought him over around 8:45 and it was decided I would keep him overnight so it was easier on everyone. I had DCG in the morning anyway!

    He went to sleep for the night around 10:00 and is still asleep now at almost 8:30. Super easy and they will be here at some point before church to get him.

    Now the hard part: what to charge? I know I should have the money up front but we ha e done this sort of thing before (never overnight) and they have always paid me no problem. I usually charge $15 for an hour or two like for dinner and a movie. And $30 for the whole day.

    Should I charge less because he was only awake a few hours? More because it was overnight? The same as a full day?
  • Truly Scrumptious
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jun 2012
    • 211

    #2
    Originally posted by Breezy
    DCM asked me the week before last if I would watch DC baby last night as his daddy woupd be In town for training (army stationed on otherwise of country). He is 6 months old and Is drop in right now and will be full time end of this month. He is such a joy usually!!

    Well her plans fell through as of Thursday but lastnight around 8:30 she said that she was i.voted to a movie with girlfriends would I still be up for taking him even though It was super late. I said I would as we were just watching a movie. She brought him over around 8:45 and it was decided I would keep him overnight so it was easier on everyone. I had DCG in the morning anyway!

    He went to sleep for the night around 10:00 and is still asleep now at almost 8:30. Super easy and they will be here at some point before church to get him.

    Now the hard part: what to charge? I know I should have the money up front but we ha e done this sort of thing before (never overnight) and they have always paid me no problem. I usually charge $15 for an hour or two like for dinner and a movie. And $30 for the whole day.

    Should I charge less because he was only awake a few hours? More because it was overnight? The same as a full day?
    Did his quality of care go down just because he was sleeping? If I charged $30 for the day, then I would charge the same for overnight. JMO.

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    • Breezy
      Daycare.com Member
      • Jun 2011
      • 1271

      #3
      Thank you!

      And no his care surely didn't go down. I don't think I slept at all last night listening to both his and DSs monitor.

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      • EntropyControlSpecialist
        Embracing the chaos.
        • Mar 2012
        • 7466

        #4
        I would charge at least the same rate for overnight as I do for daytime.

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        • Breezy
          Daycare.com Member
          • Jun 2011
          • 1271

          #5
          I ended up charging $40 just because it was over 13 hours!

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          • EntropyControlSpecialist
            Embracing the chaos.
            • Mar 2012
            • 7466

            #6
            Originally posted by Breezy
            I ended up charging $40 just because it was over 13 hours!

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            • Truly Scrumptious
              Daycare.com Member
              • Jun 2012
              • 211

              #7
              Originally posted by Breezy
              I ended up charging $40 just because it was over 13 hours!
              That sounds about right...good for you!happyface

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