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how much would you pay a sitter who is here after kids are asleep?

joycojoyco
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Jay and I are going to a thing tonight after the boys are asleep.  We've got my 16-year-old niece coming over to sit in our house and basically make sure no one kidnaps the boys.  :)  How much would you pay?  She's getting here at 8:30p and since her curfew is midnight, I'm going to come home around 11:45p.  Would $50 be too much or too little?  I told her she could bring a girlfriend over (we know her BFF), read, watch tv, whatever.  She's watched the boys before while they're awake and I (over) paid her $10/hr per kid.  Yeah, that's $20/hour.  My (dumb) idea.  Since she really won't be doing anything with the boys, I can totally pay less, right?
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  • kiarox2002kiarox2002

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    Jay and I are going to a thing tonight after the boys are asleep.  We've got my 16-year-old niece coming over to sit in our house and basically make sure no one kidnaps the boys.  :)  How much would you pay?  She's getting here at 8:30p and since her curfew is midnight, I'm going to come home around 11:45p.  Would $50 be too much or too little?  I told her she could bring a girlfriend over (we know her BFF), read, watch tv, whatever.  She's watched the boys before while they're awake and I (over) paid her $10/hr per kid.  Yeah, that's $20/hour.  My (dumb) idea.  Since she really won't be doing anything with the boys, I can totally pay less, right?

    Wow.   Let me know the next time you want to go out after the boys are asleep and I'm there.  :)  I think $30 or $35 would be fine.  That's $10 an hour.

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  • ditzydi_2000ditzydi_2000
    I think that's a little high.  When I babysat as an adult, CPR and First Aid certified, I would charge $10/hr.  
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  • NessiaNessia
    For 20 bucks an hour I'll watch them while they are awake. LOL (<--- just for you joyco). Seriously for my niece I would order her a pizza and give her a 20.
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  • molliedbmolliedb
    we pay the same amount awake or asleep, $12/hour
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  • MrsMillerTimeMrsMillerTime

    Generally speaking, I would pay the same amount whether they are awake or asleep.  BUT...you overpaid last time, so I wouldn't hesitate to pay less this time.  Big Smile

    Have fun at your thing tonight!

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  • rssnlvrrssnlvr
    I think $10 an hour is plenty to sit there and watch someone else's TV and eat someone else's food.
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  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    Wow.  I'm paying our sitter $50 tonight.  She'll have my kids from 5pm to about 1am.  She's a grown woman (my friend's mom) and she thought we'd be giving her too much.

    Generally, we pay about $7 an hour regardless of how long the kids will be in bed.

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