Finally looking to start hiring babysitters - we have a 3yo and twin babies - what's the going rate for this circus?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this for Friday/Saturday night babysitters? $30 is insane. I’ve hired a babysitter every weekend since my oldest was born. $15 is the going rate. If you want them to put the twins to bed- $20. This is way more than minimum wage and they also aren’t paying taxes. We put the youngest to bed, then we leave and they play with our oldest and then put her to bed. And then they watch tv for hours or study.

I think there are too many Nannie’s on this board skewing the wages.

This. Pp. In real life no one is paying 30+

I beg to differ, I was paying $35 for my 4y and 2yo before the baby was born. I haven't hired for 3 yet.

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Anonymous wrote:I have twin high school daughters who periodically babysit for a family with 1.5 year old twins and a four year old.

They hire them both for the night, and pay both of their typical hourly rates of $16.

So it is $32 an hour for the parents, but they get two babysitters instead of one.

I think this is about right.

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Daycares are not licensed for 6 week olds, usully 10 week is min age. No sane parent would send 6 week old to daycare, or you are a troll

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Anonymous wrote:Daycares are not licensed for 6 week olds, usully 10 week is min age. No sane parent would send 6 week old to daycare, or you are a troll

In Maryland it’s six weeks and up.

Thousands of parents send their six week olds daycare because it is what they must do to survive. It’s not a question of sanity most of the time it’s a question of necessity, so don’t sit there judging people.

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Yo le podría cobrar $40/h. Dependiendo del horario que ofrezca

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Anonymous wrote:I have twin high school daughters who periodically babysit for a family with 1.5 year old twins and a four year old.

They hire them both for the night, and pay both of their typical hourly rates of $16.

So it is $32 an hour for the parents, but they get two babysitters instead of one.

I love this!

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Anonymous wrote:My gut is telling me $30/hr but curious what the DCUM braintrust has to say.

It has everything to do with where you live, nothing to do with DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:I always put my babies to sleep and then went out. I pay $15 and babysitters are thrilled. I use local girls in our neighborhood

I pay more than that for cat sitting.

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Anonymous wrote:I would want an adult with experience for this. Not a HS kid or college kid.
I think you could do $30-$35 an hour.

We had three under three and were lucky to find a recent college grad. This is too much for a sixteen year old.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in DC and babysit evenings and weekends (I have a ft job in another field). I would do it for $30 if you got the twins to sleep before you left and the 3 yo was reasonably easy to put to bed. I charge 20-25 for similar situations now but with only one younger kid.

This. The hard part is getting both babies to bed and handling the 3 year old. You need an experienced sitter for that. Min $30/hr.

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Dear parents, you are a bit delusional suggesting "experienced sitter" for $30 per hr. It is still nanny market and they mostly get full-time jobs at that rate for 1-2 children, with benefits. If they want extra hours with someone with whom they have no contract, no holidays paid, etc, they will charge more than their regular rate. All the nannies are now busy working full time, and once the job ends they usually have another one lined up! so, offer better rates if you want "experienced sitter", and mind you do not call the nanny a "sitter" to her face, we hate that. We are not "sitters".

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Anonymous wrote:Dear parents, you are a bit delusional suggesting "experienced sitter" for $30 per hr. It is still nanny market and they mostly get full-time jobs at that rate for 1-2 children, with benefits. If they want extra hours with someone with whom they have no contract, no holidays paid, etc, they will charge more than their regular rate. All the nannies are now busy working full time, and once the job ends they usually have another one lined up! so, offer better rates if you want "experienced sitter", and mind you do not call the nanny a "sitter" to her face, we hate that. We are not "sitters".

An experienced sitter does not have to be a current nanny. It could be a sitter with years of childcare experience who works for several families nights and weekends to bring in extra money in addition to their day job or working towards a degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear parents, you are a bit delusional suggesting "experienced sitter" for $30 per hr. It is still nanny market and they mostly get full-time jobs at that rate for 1-2 children, with benefits. If they want extra hours with someone with whom they have no contract, no holidays paid, etc, they will charge more than their regular rate. All the nannies are now busy working full time, and once the job ends they usually have another one lined up! so, offer better rates if you want "experienced sitter", and mind you do not call the nanny a "sitter" to her face, we hate that. We are not "sitters".

An experienced sitter does not have to be a current nanny. It could be a sitter with years of childcare experience who works for several families nights and weekends to bring in extra money in addition to their day job or working towards a degree.

Exactly. I'm a nanny pp who responded earlier. What I earn in my full-time job, I accept less hourly as an an occasion care sitter. Works for me.

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That does not sound very smart, pp.

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Anonymous wrote:That does not sound very smart, pp.

Works great for me. I receive full benefits at work and a great salary so any side care dates I take, I'm fine with a lower hourly rate, especially with it being evening care so usually just a couple hours or less with kids awake, then my own time to read, watch something, heck, nap. 👌