For the 100th time, how much do you pay a sitter?

Re: For the 100th time, how much do you pay a sitter?

• biochemgirl

  March 2011

  We pay one of my DD's daycare teachers $15/hr.  It's that price no matter time of day but so far we have only gone out once she is asleep for the night.

  BFP #1: 3/28/09: DD born 12/11/09
  BFP #2: 11/16/11: M/C at 7 weeks
  BFP #3: 03/24/12: C/P 03/28/12
  BFP #4: 04/26/12: please be our baby

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• DCtoLowcountry

  March 2011

  Hourly sitter? $10 - $15 / hr depending on experience and knowledge.

  If this is weekly childcare rates, under 2s seem to go for $200 - $400/wk depending on other factors.

  

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• VAJuneBride07

  March 2011

  DCtoLowcountry:

  If this is weekly childcare rates, under 2s seem to go for $200 - $400/wk depending on other factors.

  A nanny is  more than this.  We pay our nanny $9 as part of a share, so she gets $18/hour.  We alone pay $450/week, which includes some overtime.

  From the nannies I interviewed, I would expect $15 - $18/hour for one child.
  

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• nolebride

  March 2011

  Thanks ya'll. I was specifying during the day b/c I think day time work is much harder since they have to actually keep the child entertained, fed and changed. IMO, night time sitting is really just an opportunity for the sitter to watch TV and relax since our LO goes to bed at 7 doesn't wake up until the morning. We've never had a sitter put him to bed.
  

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• hokies94 member

  March 2011

  We generally pay $15/hr. 

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