Hi everyone!
I have a quick question for you, as I am a SAHM, with a 13month old girl, I was considering watching another child ( 10 months of age) full-time for 8-10 hrs a day.
Now, I wouldn't mind taking this on, but the mother is wanting to pay about $35 a day . I find that pretty low, considering I am not a daycare /child minding center who has a few other kids they take care of well.
She is going to provide Bottles, and diapers, but would prefer if I cook the meals and provide the snacks.
I was going to counter offer with at least $50-60 a day, $50, being she provides her own food/snacks and $60 if I Have to , and thats just from thew few posts the came up on google .
Any thoughts/suggestions? What would you be willing to pay for a lady with her own baby, for 8-10 hrs a day?
oh, and I live in the Toronto, Ontario Area.
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Re: How much would you expect to pay?
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I personally wouldn't do it for less than $10/hr here but we are in a HCOL. Daycare center here was going to be over $350 a week per child so in home should be less.
My sis have in home nanny to her 3 kids and pays $12/hr.
In NYC the going rate for watching someone is $15/hour. If you are not experienced then you can get by with $12/hour.
Everything is done on an hourly basis and not a daily rate.
ETA: Since you are also watching your own kid though, I would expect to pay you a bit less than what I would pay someone who was tending to my child only. Also, if you viewed this as a traditional nanny-share, it would be $18/hour for both children, or about $9/hour per family. So her giving you about $7-$10 an hour would be a fare rate.
I pay $48 a day, and Z goes for 13 hours (DH and I are both shift workers), and I find it more upscale than a lot of others in town. They're the only 24 hours daycare in town, so even though I think it's expensive (even though it's not compared to bigger cities), it's completely necessary.
ETA: This is a licensed center in Eastern Ontario, not a home daycare.
Check out kijiji for childcare or ask moms in your area and you will get an idea for what others are charging. I am in in Eastern ON, and $30-35 is approx what you would expect to pay in Ottawa area so I would think you could charge a bit more in TO not sure by how much. $10 an extra per day for food is ridiculous, maybe $5. To me though, food is just part of your rate.
But, as a parent paying daycare, I wouldn't pay more than the going rate just because you choose to only have one child in your care. I would take it into consideration since it would mean more attention for my little one, but I don't think I would pay $10-15 more per day for it. It actually might deter me from picking you because it doesn't feel like you are treating it as a "business" which would concern me on how reliable you would be. You probably aren't going to make min wage if you only take one child in.
In the end, it would just depend on how much you actually want to watch the other child. Offer whatever makes it worthwhile for you and the parents will decide if they are will to pay that.
Between 50-60 is kinda high.
I am from Mississauga, and the going rate for home childcare is around 30-40. If I wanted to pay more I would send my kid to a center.
I am a SAHM too, but friends of ours have a nanny and they pay $50 a day. The nanny lives on the same street and comes to their house, so it's all their food, diapers etc. We are in the New England area.
$35 seems too low in my opinion, especially if she expects you to provide food/snacks too.
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$35 would sound about right to me - I'm in Montreal.