Overnight Babysitting: For Those Nights When You Won’t Be Home Until Late

There are always those occasions when you need to organise someone to look after the kids for a little longer than usual. Like a wedding, a work function, or an event that involves travel. Sounds exciting! You’re looking forward to going, but the question of what to do with the kids remains, especially when you know you won’t be home until the early hours of the morning.

Did you know Coastal Babysitters offers overnight babysitting?

It’s one of those services you might not have thought about before, but once you know it’s available, it opens up a few more options!

Instead of organising someone to watch the kids for a few hours and rushing home, you can arrange for a babysitter to stay overnight, keeping the littles in their own home and familiar surroundings.

They can have their usual routine, sleep in their own beds and wake up at home the following morning.

And you can enjoy your night knowing that an experienced and trusted sitter is there to look after them.

How Does Overnight Babysitting Work?
Coastal Babysitters offers overnight bookings from 7pm to 7am, giving parents the option of having a babysitter stay in their home for the entire night.

Your babysitter will care for the littles during the evening, help with their usual bedtime routine and stay overnight.

Once the children are asleep, your babysitter is permitted to sleep too, provided the children are settled. They will be there when the children wake during the night or in the morning.

There are a few things to keep in mind when booking an overnight stay:
– Children need to be asleep by 10pm for the overnight rate to apply.
– A clean, comfortable bed with sheets, or a suitable clean couch, needs to be available for the babysitter.
– The overnight rate applies to the full 7pm – 7am booking.
– If a child wakes more than twice during the night, the standard hourly rate applies instead.
– Any hours outside the overnight booking period are charged at the usual hourly rate.

These arrangements help make sure overnight bookings are suitable for both your family and your babysitter.

What If You’re Not Going to Be Home Until the Early Hours?
That’s perfectly fine, and it’s one of the reasons parents choose overnight care.

For example, your event finishes at 1am, and you have got a long drive home. Rather than trying to arrange a babysitter to leave at 2am or 3am, you can book them to stay until 7am.

It also means you don’t need to disturb the kids when you arrive home. You can simply head to bed yourself and get up with them in the morning.

And if you need care beyond 7am, you can discuss the additional hours when arranging your booking.

You can find the full pricing, booking conditions and overnight safety requirements on our website.

As parents, we get pretty good at organising our lives around the kids. But every now and then, something comes up that doesn’t fit neatly into those usual hours.

And it’s nice to know you’ve got options.

Coastal Babysitters offers overnight babysitting across the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Byron Bay, helping families arrange care for those occasions when a few hours simply won’t be enough.

 

Have an upcoming event, work commitment or night away?

Get in touch with Coastal Babysitters to discuss your plans and find out more about booking an overnight babysitter.