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[quote=Anonymous]Hello ladies! I am hoping to find some helpful advice in here on what is right and what is wrong when it comes to caring for your children at sitter's home.
Here is my situation:
I have a 1 year old boy and I drop him off M-T (1pm-5pm) at his sitter's house. She cares for him and many other kids. The amount of kids she has dropped off daily is very random, but I would say she has about 6 regular kids. There was a time when I counted 9 kids. My son is the youngest one. She was the first sitter I spoke with and she was referred by a friend who knows her for a long time. She is extremely loving with my son and I trust her a lot.

I am a nanny in Bethesda and I work M-T (2pm-7pm) total of 20 guaranteed hours weekly and I drop him off at his sitter at 1pm on my way to work and I have someone else pick him up at 5 as I work unit 7pm. I live far away and between the commute to work and dropping him off I get out of my way the total of 40 mins besides my regular 40 mins commute to work with no traffic. With that being said, it is not a very convenient set up as far as the driving and the time I spend on the road and my mother picking him up, but I do it for the price and because I trust her. She charges me $25 for the whole day but DS only goes for 4 hours and sometimes even less. I feel so blessed and lucky to have found her because she is trustworthy and of course because of the price. BUT, I have also said some things I don't like on her and the things I see when i go to drop off my son.

That is the background on my childcare set-up (thought it was important to mention those details) but my question is this--- What is the "appropriate etiquette" when you have a sitter who cares for your child at her home with all this other children (sometimes 9)? When I don't work I get paid, but what is the right thing to do? Pay her or only pay for the days he goes?

I have been off work for almost 3 weeks due to my bosse's vacation, I am getting paid and I paid her for 1 week and a half because that is what she asked for, to pay half the time. When my son doesn't go, I still pay her, I pay her for the 4 full days regardless if he goes or not. But I have been told this is not expected when the sitter cares at her home and for many other children. I am confused on what to do as I want to do the right thing. I guess I am looking forward to know what is expected and what is not when you sit for more than 6 kids at your home.

Any comments?

TIA[/quote]

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