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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A teacher from our private preschool in the district offers $15/hour.

I don't think it's a bad attitude to want to know pay and hours immediately. [/quote]

+1. I think asking the hours and pay is pretty basic. How can you accept a job if you don't know when it is?

We pay $15-20 for babysitting in DC proper. That's standard in DC. We paid on the low-end ($15) when baby was an infant and all the babysitter had to do was come over and literally sit in the house while the baby slept because the sitter came over after baby was down for the night.  Now that baby is older, we pay $20 an hour.

I would not be comfortable letting baby go to the babysitter's house. Is the sitter's house babyproofed? Yikes. Also, you don't know who else is coming and going from the other house. At a minimum I would find out if they kept firearms in the house and if any other children would be over there when my child was. [/quote]

Did you not read my post ? This is his daycare provider. She has a home daycare. She also has children of her own who will be at home while she's babysitting. Her rate is $10 per hour which I think is reasonable considering I am bringing him to her and she is also going to be caring for her 2 year old at the same time. [/quote]

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