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What do you pay a babysitter?

leneae10leneae10 member
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We are going to a concert on a weeknight, gone for about 5 hours.  I have a really awesome nanny that is willing to watch him, and she says to "pay us what we can afford."  Boo.  She's a friend of a friend, I've met her quite a few times, and I feel comfortable with her.  I know she's nearing 30, so it's not like she's a poor college student.

Is $12/hour too cheap?

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    SonadoraSonadora member

    Around here they get $10-$15 an hour. So $12 would be fine.

    Sheesh, I earned $3 an hour when I started babysitting at 12 and I thought I was ROLLING in money, lol.

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    NavyPilotWifeNavyPilotWife member
    We pay $15/hour for 2 kids, so I think $12 is fine for 1.
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    Amanda78Amanda78 member
    $10/h. So I think 12 is fine.
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    leneae10leneae10 member

    Okay, thanks! 

    Sonadora, I know what you mean!  When I made $4.25 at my ACTUAL JOB in high school, I thought I was rolling.  Of course, gas was only $.99 a gallon then, for all three formulas on Fridays.  Surprise

    This concernt is now costing us $250.  It better be freaking good!

    SOUNDGARDEN, here we come!

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    ksulliksulli member
    This is fantastic to know. I was getting nervous about what it may run because I made 10/15 an hour when I babysat 10-15 years ago, so I was afraid it'd be 20/25 and we'd never go out!
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    vlewis515vlewis515 member
    imageleneae10:

    Okay, thanks! 

    Sonadora, I know what you mean!  When I made $4.25 at my ACTUAL JOB in high school, I thought I was rolling.  Of course, gas was only $.99 a gallon then, for all three formulas on Fridays.  Surprise

    This concernt is now costing us $250.  It better be freaking good!

    SOUNDGARDEN, here we come!

    I made $6/hr babysitting about 15 yrs ago and I remember my parents being impressed with that!

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    Stephanie2167Stephanie2167 member
    $12 an hour is good. We pay $10 an hour.


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    nicobean1nicobean1 member

    Our babysitter charges us $3 an hour if DS is sleeping. Yes, you heard me. $3

    She's 12, and she lives across the street. She's awesome with him (she's got 2 half-brothers), and her parents are home when she's babysitting, in case she get's into a situation where she needs help.

    We pay her more than that, but yea, 3 bucks.

    ETA: She's infant cpr-certified, too. And took a babysitting course.

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    vflipovflipo member
    Grandma is FREEEE!!!! Stick out tongue But we went out once... for like 40 minutes....
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