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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're a stay at home mom taking care of another person's child, expect $10-12/hr at the most.

Keep in mind: if you're watching someone's child, you won't necessarily be able to run errands or things like that. It will potentially limit what you're able to do during the day. [/quote]
You don't have any actual experience, do you?[/quote]

Any actual experience with what? 
If you're asking about the rate: No one in their right mind is going to pay a SAHM $15/hr (or more) to watch her own child and a second in the SAHM's home. That doesn't benefit the 'employer' family at all. Why wouldn't they pay for their own nanny and not have to deal with drop off/pick up? If they paid for their own nanny, the nanny comes to them, child gets to sleep in his/her own bed, play in his/her house, etc. The ONLY benefit would be a built in buddy. $10-12 is a very fair rate (if anything, it's a little high, depending on the SAHM's experience) because in a way it's a share.

If you're asking about the errands comment I made: Typically, if you're a SAHM watching your own child, you don't have to be a stickler for things like naps. You're the mom. If you want to stay out shopping a little bit longer and just let baby sleep in the car, you can. If you want to go to the gym and workout and put the baby in childcare, you can. If you want to go out to lunch and feed the baby a bottle while you're there, you can. That entire dynamic changes once you take on a second child. What if the new family respects the nap and wants their child in an actual bed for naps? What if the family doesn't want the child in a gym daycare while the SAHM works out? What if the family doesn't want the SAHM running errands with both kids?

These are all things to consider. One option would be for the SAHM to take on a child part time/a few days per week. That way she still has some 'free' days to run errands or do what she wants. [/quote]

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