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How much do you pay babysitters?

McsweetsMcsweets member
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I know it depends on location/experience - but how much do you pay your babysitter hourly?  We aren't talking anything regular - just a few nights a month.
1st FET 2/14/2013 Happy Valentines Day! - BFN
2nd FET 6/14/2013 - BPF!!! -
1st Beta: 1046!!!!! - 2nd Beta: 2754!!!!!
First u/s 7/11/2013 - TWINS!!! 120 and 124 heartbeats <3
Second u/s 7/29/2013 - wiggley babies! 178 and 184 heartbeats!
Third u/s 9/9/2013 - 157 and 161 heartbeats ... a BOY and a GIRL!!!! Cervix on the "shorter side" (3-3.3) - going to check again in 2 weeks.
Fourth u/s 9/23/2013 - Baby A = 157 Baby B = 150 heartbeat. Cervix now 2.3-2.6 ... being referred to a MFM
MFM Appointment 9/26/2013 = Both babies healthy, cervix now measuring at 4 - Playing tricks on me ... will follow up in 2 weeks.
Cervical check 10/7 with regular OB - 2.1cm  --- going BACK to the MFM armed with ultrasound pictures from my OB of my cervix. *sigh*
MFM Appointment 10/8 - confirmed my cervix at 2.1cm - putting me on Progesterone for a week.
MFM Appointment 10/17 - Cervix unchanged! Keeping me on Progesterone - followup 10/29


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Everett Alan James (3lbs8oz) and Eliana Lee (3lbs7oz) born 12/28/13 at 30w6d!
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  • minirellaminirella member
    We usually only need a sitter when the preschool is closed for staff development days or in the summers when we piece together care cause the preschool is closed summers. So we tell whoever is coming (we have 2 sitters that we use) that it is a whole day.

    With that said, we pay $50/day regardless of the hours - sometimes I'm at work for 4 hours, sometimes 9. That is for a single child but I also pay the sitter that when we share her with another family (have no idea what the other family pays when we share but it doesn't happen often).
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  • PGwithNo3PGwithNo3 member
    We pay 12/hour.  I have 4 y/o twins.
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  • auntjessyauntjessy member
    I pay 10/hr to a 22 yr old with a college degree in Christian formation.  18 hrs/wk, 4 mo twins.
    Seems like most people on Care.com and SitterCity wanted 15/hr.
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  • zazu13zazu13 member
    My sister has my 5 month old girls once a week and I pay her $9.50/ hr. I offered more but she wouldnt accept it.

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  • carrotcake06carrotcake06 member
    Anywhere between $10-$15/hr seems to be the going rate depending on COL.
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  • Wishing35Wishing35 member
    We pay 10$ an hour, usually only need a few nights here and there and also mostly at night when they are sleeping.
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  • CNYBride05CNYBride05 member
    If we got a sitter, it would be about $20/ hr
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  • PinkinProvencePinkinProvence member
    $20/hour

    D & L are here at 34 weeks 4 days by vaginal and breech delivery on 11/19/2013
    Two healthy boys weighing 4 lbs 15 ozs and 4 lbs 5 ozs.  Only 6 days in the NICU and getting bigger, stronger and cuter every day! 
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  • skeppler1skeppler1 member
    $10/hour for our 6.5 month old twins
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  • KDR1979KDR1979 member

    My husband's 18 yo cousin charges $10/hour. We use her for occasional weekend nights (like 6-10pm). I usually start dinner for the kids, so she finishes up dinner, plays with them and puts them to bed @ 8:30pm.

    We have a part time nanny that works Tues/Thurs 745am-645pm (I work two 10 hour days) and we pay her $14/hour + we pay fees for a payroll service (she wanted to be paid "legally") and we also pay fees to the state for worker's comp. We figured out that it is more like $16/hour when we add in the fees. We do love her though. Before we hired her, we checked out a local daycare. They offered part time care for babies (up to 30months) @ $75/day/kid!

    I have a SAHM neighbor that also helps me out sometimes and I pay her $10-12/hour.

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  • minirellaminirella member
    iheartthe80s said:

    I don't understand the poster stating she pays $50 regardless of hours. As someone who babysat for about 20 years, that would have been unacceptable.
    About 90% of people that I asked IRL paid a daily rate for all-day childcare, most of them paid $35-40/day so I thought I was doing well. We have 2 babysitters we use, not a single complaint, and never been turned down. I was also a babysitter growing up but I always told parents they could pay me what they thought was fair (got paid in m&m's once by a neighbor but we were taught to accept with a smile and move on).
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  • minirellaminirella member

    But I guess if you break it down, 3 kids at $15/hour = $5 per child/hour. I have 1 child and pay between $5.55 - $12.5 per hour. When you consider that, I think I'm on par with what others are paying per child/per hour.

     

     

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