How clean do you expect after babysitter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We occasionally hire a teenager to babysit our young children, ages 2.5 and 3.5, while we take care of errands on the weekend. In her defense, our kids are a little wild and don’t nap or sleep when she’s there. But we pay her well ($25 an hour) and she can easily make $200 plus tip on a Saturday afternoon. But she leaves our house a total disaster area. Toys and books everywhere, in every room. Dishes, while clean, stacked on one side of the sink. Pillows in disarray in both the family room and living room. Water splashed all over the bathroom sinks. It’s like she doesn’t even try to pick up as they go. Am I expecting too much? We spend a good hour/hour and a half cleaning the next morning. I’m just wondering what level of clean you expect to come home to when you have a sitter watching your kids for the day.

You hired her to BABY sit not to clean up after your disastrous children. As long as she is BABY sitting then she is doing the job for which she was hired. You should have been teaching your children long ago to put their toys away and to stop making messes when they eat.

[Anonymous]

Your children sound heinous. I think you should be careful what you ask of her bc she’s clearly running after your kids the entire time with no second to breathe. If she tells her friends how miserable it is watching your kids and that you’re a nightmare to work with how will you be able to find another sitter so you can get away from your kids ?

[Anonymous]

Why are you leaving your kids for 8 hours on a Saturday when they are so young?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We occasionally hire a teenager to babysit our young children, ages 2.5 and 3.5, while we take care of errands on the weekend. In her defense, our kids are a little wild and don’t nap or sleep when she’s there. But we pay her well ($25 an hour) and she can easily make $200 plus tip on a Saturday afternoon. But she leaves our house a total disaster area. Toys and books everywhere, in every room. Dishes, while clean, stacked on one side of the sink. Pillows in disarray in both the family room and living room. Water splashed all over the bathroom sinks. It’s like she doesn’t even try to pick up as they go. Am I expecting too much? We spend a good hour/hour and a half cleaning the next morning. I’m just wondering what level of clean you expect to come home to when you have a sitter watching your kids for the day.

Are you hiring a baby sitter? Or a maid?

[Anonymous]

Babysitting = $25/hr

Maid= $50/,hr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you leaving your kids for 8 hours on a Saturday when they are so young?

+1 What kind of errands take 2 parents 8 hours? That is honestly outrageous. Part of raising children is involving them in family life, which includes chores, errands, etc. If you actually have a day's worth of errands to do, split the list with your DH and each of you take a kid. You'll be home in 4 hours instead of 8, have spent some quality time with your kids, your house with be exactly as you left it, and you'll have saved $200. Put your kids down for a nap/quiet time when you get home and you and DH can have an hour to yourselves. Then you can watch your kids while simultaneously doing the tidying you want done.

[Anonymous]

The toys are reasonable but the dishes, sinks and pillows are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you leaving your kids for 8 hours on a Saturday when they are so young?

+1 What kind of errands take 2 parents 8 hours? That is honestly outrageous. Part of raising children is involving them in family life, which includes chores, errands, etc. If you actually have a day's worth of errands to do, split the list with your DH and each of you take a kid. You'll be home in 4 hours instead of 8, have spent some quality time with your kids, your house with be exactly as you left it, and you'll have saved $200. Put your kids down for a nap/quiet time when you get home and you and DH can have an hour to yourselves. Then you can watch your kids while simultaneously doing the tidying you want done.

What a troll 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be glad she's willing to watch your hellions. Toys put away would be a bonus.

+1

Your kids sound nightmarish.

[Anonymous]

I think you should be working on their behavior and starting to learn to clean up after themselves.

[Anonymous]

Just hope she takes away any used condoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$25/hr is NOT enough to deal with this hell spawn. Good lord, you sound like you're doing her a favor when she's the one watching these kids!

No, I would not expect her to be cleaning when she's watching wild children who don't nap when she's there.

$15 an hour is plenty, not $25 and yes, babysitter should be picking up after the kids or having them do it.

HAHAHA. You’re precious.

DP, Mom, not a babysitter