My Neighbor’s Experience With A Nanny From Care.com

[Anonymous]

My next-door neighbor has two boys.
One is ten and her other is fourteen.
The fourteen yr. old has Aspergers & mostly keeps to himself in his room when not in school.

She rarely leaves her kids with a sitter, but had to on Fri. night.
She found a great sitter via Care.com who agreed to watch the ten year old for $16/HR.

Since the fourteen yr. old never leaves his room, my neighbor mentioned that he didn’t need a sitter.

Well when my neighbor arrived home, the sitter told her that since there were two kids in the home, then she had to charge for the extra child even though she wasn’t specifically asked to babysit him since he was “older.”

My neighbor paid the extra money but was peeved at the sitter.

I agree w/the sitter.
Anyone under 18 should be included in the babysitter’s overall rate, while my neighbor thinks the sitter should only have been charging for the younger son since the eldest son didn’t need any hands-on care.
He warmed up his own dinner and entertained himself.
Who is right?

[Anonymous]

Your neighbor is cheap.

Same as parents saying they won’t pay when children are napping.

If the child is in the home, the sitter is responsible.

What happens if the child has a medical emergency?

[Anonymous]

OMG, OP - learn to write in actual paragraphs! Your bullet points are so ridiculous.

Was the babysitter filmed with audio? Now that is what is most important!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG, OP - learn to write in actual paragraphs! Your bullet points are so ridiculous.

Was the babysitter filmed with audio? Now that is what is most important!

That I do not think so.
But great point.
I will ask her and let you know!

[Anonymous]

Did she know before she got there that another child was in the home ?

[Anonymous]

Did the Mom tell her upfront that there would be 2 kids but the older one didnt need care? or did she lie and say she only had one kid?

[Anonymous]

If the parent said one child, there were two present, I would demand more as well, because in the event of an emergency, I would be responsible for both.

If the parent said two, and that only one needed care, then the babysitter accepted the job at the advertised rate, and should not ask for more.

[Anonymous]

OP Here-My neighbor told the sitter that there were two kids in the home and that the oldest didn’t require a babysitter because he usually kept to himself & warmed up his own dinner.

The sitter was okay with charging for only ONE child, but when my neighbor returned the sitter had changed her mind + said that she HAD to charge for the other child too.

[Anonymous]

In that case, sitter was completely wrong.

However, your title is misleading. This was a babysitter, not a nanny. Nannies have contracts, babysitters do not. Nannies usually have a trial day and meet the child(ren) prior to working; babysitters frequently just show up. Nannies work on a schedule every week (bi weekly if shared custody), while babysitters work infrequently, usually not scheduled the exact same hours every week. Nannies may spend more waking hours with a child than the parent; babysitters don’t even get close.

I don’t mean to say that the babysitter did the right thing. But this is a random babysitter... This post would be more appropriate in the babysitter section of the forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP Here-My neighbor told the sitter that there were two kids in the home and that the oldest didn’t require a babysitter because he usually kept to himself & warmed up his own dinner.

The sitter was okay with charging for only ONE child, but when my neighbor returned the sitter had changed her mind + said that she HAD to charge for the other child too.

I mean, the babysitter is obviously in the wrong here, because they agreed to terms upfront once she had all the info. That said, I can totally understand her perspective and she probably should have objected as soon as she found out about the other kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My next-door neighbor has two boys.
One is ten and her other is fourteen.
The fourteen yr. old has Aspergers & mostly keeps to himself in his room when not in school.

She rarely leaves her kids with a sitter, but had to on Fri. night.
She found a great sitter via Care.com who agreed to watch the ten year old for $16/HR.

Since the fourteen yr. old never leaves his room, my neighbor mentioned that he didn’t need a sitter.

Well when my neighbor arrived home, the sitter told her that since there were two kids in the home, then she had to charge for the extra child even though she wasn’t specifically asked to babysit him since he was “older.”

My neighbor paid the extra money but was peeved at the sitter.

I agree w/the sitter.
Anyone under 18 should be included in the babysitter’s overall rate, while my neighbor thinks the sitter should only have been charging for the younger son since the eldest son didn’t need any hands-on care.
He warmed up his own dinner and entertained himself.
Who is right?

The "great" sitters that I know get more than $16/hr.

[Anonymous]

Seriously! Babysitter was ridiculous! A 14 year old does NOT need a babysitter! One of my babysitters IS 14!! (DC is 10).

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing the older child didn't stay in his room, and instead came down an chatted with the nanny after the younger one was in bed and she wanted to relax.

[Anonymous]

Not all nannies from care.com are the same. OP sounds dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing the older child didn't stay in his room, and instead came down an chatted with the nanny after the younger one was in bed and she wanted to relax.

this is what I was thinking as well. The kid was needy and not what the sitter expected when she agreed to the rate.