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[quote=Anonymous]I am currently a nanny for an awesome little boy and girl both of whom, I adore.

I also babysit for a woman I used to nanny for. When I first started working for her 6 years ago, she paid me $8 per hour. I was young at the time and I was happy to be getting anything from her. I've always done any housekeeping/chores she has asked me to do. This includes laundry, changing bed sheets, dishes, vacuuming, sweeping, etc.

I am now only her, babysitter as I have mentioned before. She is now paying me $14 per hour. Her kids are 10 and 6. When I go to her house, I am cleaning it nonstop, even though I hate it (I feel bad for her because she is a single parent, so I try to help her out).

I've come to the realization that I make $15 per hour for two children with no (or very minimal) housework at my full time job. In this case, I feel like I should be paid more when I babysit for the other woman/clean her house.

In your experience, what is a reasonable rate for someone who watches 2 children and does all housework (including deep cleaning) while she is there? I don't want to say anything to her about it without asking others.

P.s. on Saturday, I worked for 12 hours for this woman's two kids. Her sister also brought her two children over and I watched them as well. My mb told me shed give me more in my check to compensate me for the extra kids but when I left, I discovered she only paid me $166, which comes out to $13 something an hour (less per hour and double the kids, basically)[/quote]

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