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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many years of experience does this college student have? And what do you mean you’ll have a separate rate for babysitting hours? What’s the different between the mother’s helper and babysitting? If she has little to no experience then $15 is a good rate. If she does have experience with newborns and infants maybe bump it up a little higher to $17/h[/quote]

Good questions - for Mother's Helper, she won't be solely responsible for the child.  She'll just be here helping me out.  For babysitting, I will be gone and she will be solely responsible for the kiddo.  I view those as separate levels of responsibility and thus separate rates of pay.  Does that make sense?  Am I off?[/quote]

To be honest, I think you ARE off.  She's not going to change a diaper any differently whether you're there or not. She's not going to feed the baby any differently whether you're there or not. I think of mother's helpers as kids who are LEARNING how to babysit. So the idea that you're hiring a college student rather than a 12 year old seems WAY off base to me to begin with. I'd hire a middle schooler for while you're there, and the college kid for when you're out.[/quote]

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