I'd consider it. How do we reach you, OP?

sign-up for and post on sittercity. you will get some responses. interview the sitters who respond. you need an adult sitter. 20-somethings and younger are not going to give up every saturday night until 10 pm. some grown-up professional or retiree wont mind that its every saturday night. but you need a larger pool than the neighborhood babysitting listserve to find that person.

I'm a teacher. I would do it. Don't ask me for tutoring though.

Anonymous wrote:I'm seriously laughing at these ridiculous responses. OP, your rate is perfectly fine. Plenty of people would take this kind of consistent gig. I've been a date night sitter for 20+ years and this isn't out of the norm at all. Good luck with your search and NO, no need to go up to $200+ for 5 hours of care, smh.

You're impressively wrong and we're "seriously laughing" at you.

What's your email OP? So I can apply

Anonymous wrote:You never want to spend a Saturday night with your kids? That stinks, OP.

What’s special about Saturday night as opposed to the other 6 nights?

I'm seriously laughing at these ridiculous responses. OP, your rate is perfectly fine. Plenty of people would take this kind of consistent gig. I've been a date night sitter for 20+ years and this isn't out of the norm at all. Good luck with your search and NO, no need to go up to $200+ for 5 hours of care, smh.

I easily found several people willing to do 2 sat nights a month for $25/hr for 3 kids. I said I’d work with their schedule generally for which 2 weekends. Found someone else for occasional sat mornings for breakfast date instead. We easily get out 4x a month for $25/hr with lots of eager sitters for the work, but don’t expect any of them to reserve the time for us every week

A weeknight would be much easier and less expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:Your rate is fine. Using multiple sitters instead of asking someone to commit will make the difference. If you stay out til 10 tip, if you come home early pay full rate anyway.

Nope, that rate is no good. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have trouble.

I think that’s more about having someone commit to every Saturday night. we pay $25 an hour and have no issues finding sitters.

^ meant to say, AROUND true unfit parents -- my own parents were decent -- but grew up in environment where I witnessed awful parenting daily.

my point still stands. PP is a major jerk.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you need a babysitter for consistently Saturday nights? That seems odd.

Our marriage therapist suggested we set one night aside a week for us to do something together. We are going to be taking up a hobby together.

So yes, we may be odd, but weeknights with school and work commitments don’t work. Figured we try this before we split on just resent each other more. /s

The weekly date night thing is so hokey.

It's really not. It's improved my stress levels a ton since becoming a parent.

OP, a lot of sitters are young and don't want to give up Saturdays. Try for a daytime weekend slot or a weeknight.

Then you weren’t got to become a parent.

Incredibly harsh and rude, even for DCUM. I'm a perfectly good parent who loves to spend time with my spouse. 3 hours a week of date night (2 of which the child is ASLEEP) during the most intensive, crushingly hard years does not an "unfit parent" make. P.S. I grew up in a high-poverty area with TRUE unfit parents - addicts, negligent, abusive. You don't know what you're talking about.

I would think a few younger teens would be the best match for you. Its hard for teens to commit to every weekend because parents travel, there are sports and such that bump up against 5 pm even if the evening is free.

I would do most Saturdays as I'm used to working 4 pm to 12 am the last 20 years, but I can make $300-$350 a night on Saturday.
I you are nearby, I'd keep your kids safe for $200 and use the time learn a new foreign language while they sleep.

Your best bet would to have seven or eight people you can rotate through or be able to call for your Saturday night. Maybe book people three weeks out at a time so in case you can’t find somebody for a week you can look for someone else.

Or check and see if there is a mom‘s night out type of program. It might not be such a long period of time, maybe two hours but it’s some thing. The little gym by me used to have a mom‘s night out program, maybe the karate studio has one.