Not getting anywhere with date night babysitting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I don’t want to lower my rate. I’m in LA sand most nannies here claim to make $20/h or more. I have experience and training. It could be possible they’re not calling my references. I have no idea. I work full time so that’s why I really don’t care much that they turn me down but i would like to babysit here and there to pay off student loans faster.

[b]

Do not lower your rate, especially in LA! Go to one of the agencies and you’ll probably be able to ask for $25. Avoid sittercity and care, they are junk. Go to the help company, Westside or educated nannies and you can ask for even more than $20. I’m make $30/hr here in LA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After a brief phone conversation, I would agree to meet them in person.

Then after that, I would supply them w/my references.

Because providing them before meeting people face to face means you likely are giving them out prematurely to complete strangers.

I live in SoCal and for nighttime sitting, if the child(ren) will be asleep the majority of the time, I may charge $15/HR.

It irrelevant what the children are doing.so if a family needs you 8 pm - 12 pm you’ll charge 15? What if the same family needs you in the morning on the weekend? Or from 2-6 pm? You’ll charge more? Makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I don’t want to lower my rate. I’m in LA sand most nannies here claim to make $20/h or more. I have experience and training. It could be possible they’re not calling my references. I have no idea. I work full time so that’s why I really don’t care much that they turn me down but i would like to babysit here and there to pay off student loans faster.

[b]

Do not lower your rate, especially in LA! Go to one of the agencies and you’ll probably be able to ask for $25. Avoid sittercity and care, they are junk. Go to the help company, Westside or educated nannies and you can ask for even more than $20. I’m make $30/hr here in LA.

Nannies make more than babysitters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I don’t want to lower my rate. I’m in LA sand most nannies here claim to make $20/h or more. I have experience and training. It could be possible they’re not calling my references. I have no idea. I work full time so that’s why I really don’t care much that they turn me down but i would like to babysit here and there to pay off student loans faster.

[b]

Do not lower your rate, especially in LA! Go to one of the agencies and you’ll probably be able to ask for $25. Avoid sittercity and care, they are junk. Go to the help company, Westside or educated nannies and you can ask for even more than $20. I’m make $30/hr here in LA.

Nannies make more than babysitters.

Not true. I would make $15/h at my full time nanny job. I would charge $16/h for babysitting. I worked long hours so it has to be worth my time to babysit

[Anonymous]

I paid my nanny $20 for regular care and OT etc. for date night I can get a local hs girl to play with my preschooler, feed her dinner and put her to bed for $15 or less and everyone is happy. It ends up being a special fun play date for my kid too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I paid my nanny $20 for regular care and OT etc. for date night I can get a local hs girl to play with my preschooler, feed her dinner and put her to bed for $15 or less and everyone is happy. It ends up being a special fun play date for my kid too.

Yea exactly. Until you find out all she does is text and put your child in front of the tab. I highly doubt you pay your nanny $20/h. You sound cheap good luck to your nannies. Also would this child know how to perform cpr if your child is choking on food?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I paid my nanny $20 for regular care and OT etc. for date night I can get a local hs girl to play with my preschooler, feed her dinner and put her to bed for $15 or less and everyone is happy. It ends up being a special fun play date for my kid too.

I post on a forum where all of us are adults so if they’re looking for a high school student then why are they on this forum? I assume they compare prices between babysitters and go with the cheapest one.

[Anonymous]

My sister is a retired elementary school teacher in LA and is now a nanny. She charges $35 for 3 kids (one is an infant.) The neighbors are always offering her a job if she is ever not happy with the current one so they are definitely not put off by the rate.

I think general babysitting is $20 per hour, especially for a college-educated sitter. I also just retired from teaching and do neighborhood babysitting here in the DC suburbs and i charge $20 (up to 2 kids, then $25 for 3-4 kids.) I have no shortage of clients, but then, I am a retired teacher, infant/children CPR, first aid, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister is a retired elementary school teacher in LA and is now a nanny. She charges $35 for 3 kids (one is an infant.) The neighbors are always offering her a job if she is ever not happy with the current one so they are definitely not put off by the rate.

I think general babysitting is $20 per hour, especially for a college-educated sitter. I also just retired from teaching and do neighborhood babysitting here in the DC suburbs and i charge $20 (up to 2 kids, then $25 for 3-4 kids.) I have no shortage of clients, but then, I am a retired teacher, infant/children CPR, first aid, etc.

Op here. I’m a teacher. I am college educated have infant/ child/ and adult CPR and first aid I also have nannying experience. So I’m guessing no on here is really paying their sitters $20/h

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister is a retired elementary school teacher in LA and is now a nanny. She charges $35 for 3 kids (one is an infant.) The neighbors are always offering her a job if she is ever not happy with the current one so they are definitely not put off by the rate.

I think general babysitting is $20 per hour, especially for a college-educated sitter. I also just retired from teaching and do neighborhood babysitting here in the DC suburbs and i charge $20 (up to 2 kids, then $25 for 3-4 kids.) I have no shortage of clients, but then, I am a retired teacher, infant/children CPR, first aid, etc.

Op here. I’m a teacher. I am college educated have infant/ child/ and adult CPR and first aid I also have nannying experience. So I’m guessing no on here is really paying their sitters $20/h

I dont need you to be college educated for date night babysitting. I need you to like making slime and building legos. I have a 17yo sitter who can do this, She also has CPR because I paid for her to do it last summer.

If you want to charge $20 an hour I think thats fine but it lowers your eligible families. Do NOT give out references until you have gone and met someone though.

[Anonymous]

They probably just decided they don't need a babysitter anymore or they find a high school student or an illegal. Come on it's California. It's like when people say they want to make plans but they never do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After a brief phone conversation, I would agree to meet them in person.

Then after that, I would supply them w/my references.

Because providing them before meeting people face to face means you likely are giving them out prematurely to complete strangers.

I live in SoCal and for nighttime sitting, if the child(ren) will be asleep the majority of the time, I may charge $15/HR.

It irrelevant what the children are doing.so if a family needs you 8 pm - 12 pm you’ll charge 15? What if the same family needs you in the morning on the weekend? Or from 2-6 pm? You’ll charge more? Makes no sense.

Date night babysitting usually runs past a child’s bedtime.

So $15/HR is a decent rate imo.

Usually you won’t need to prepare meals, give baths + do any driving children so commanding less pay makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After a brief phone conversation, I would agree to meet them in person.

Then after that, I would supply them w/my references.

Because providing them before meeting people face to face means you likely are giving them out prematurely to complete strangers.

I live in SoCal and for nighttime sitting, if the child(ren) will be asleep the majority of the time, I may charge $15/HR.

It irrelevant what the children are doing.so if a family needs you 8 pm - 12 pm you’ll charge 15? What if the same family needs you in the morning on the weekend? Or from 2-6 pm? You’ll charge more? Makes no sense.

Date night babysitting usually runs past a child’s bedtime.

So $15/HR is a decent rate imo.

Usually you won’t need to prepare meals, give baths + do any driving children so commanding less pay makes sense.

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[Anonymous]

I’m in LA and tonight I’m babysitting for $22/hr. Kids will be asleep when I arrive in half and hour.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in LA and tonight I’m babysitting for $22/hr. Kids will be asleep when I arrive in half and hour.

Care to give me any referrals? I’m in the San Fernando valley though. How long have you been babysitting these kids? I’m going to lower my rate to $16/h for one child and $18/h for two.