Babysitting pay...?
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I have two kids in daycare full time M-F 9 hours a day and my day care provider charges us $2/hour per child and we pay her bi-weekly. Our previous day care charged $2.65/hour for toddler/preschool age and $3.10 per hour for infant/baby and we paid them bi-weekly.
BI-WEEKLY WOULD BE BEST.
I'm a nanny, and I have worked in the field for years. It really depends on where you live. Ask other parents in the area what the going rate is. If you don't know any other parents, look for your community online (most larger communities have their own website) and ask on there.
As far as a payment schedule goes, make it either weekly or bi-weekly...whatever suits you best. Most nannys will think it ridiculous to be paid daily, and it is the law in most places that you must be paid at least twice monthly.
weekly $350
It all depends on where you live and what type of care you need. My wife watches kids in our home and charges $30 a day for 6-9 hours a day. Weekends would be $50 a day. Weekly payments are best for both parties involved so no one gets screwed either way.
i personally like weekly paychecks
Depends on what all you did. If you were really good, meaning that you played with the kids, read them stories, cleaned any dishes you used, picked up toys, and left the house in the order you found it, then I would pay you whatever day you would like (most like daily), and I would give you a good wage. But if you just came in, plopped down on the couch, watched TV, and only interacted with the children when they were hungry and didn't bother to clean up afterwards, then you would get whatever I gave you on whichever day I choose. All depends on your work ethic.
I would not go below $10/hour some sitters may be more qualified than others and in that case I would pay up to $12 for the one baby. We started paying our nanny at the beginning of every month, at her request, so she was getting one payment per month. About 6 months ago we switched and now are paying her weekly. We all agree (my husband, our nanny and myself) that the weekly payments are a lot easier for everyone.
For the weekends when our nanny works for us we throw in some extra money depending on how long she was there since she is giving up her weekend to work for us. We also have friends who just increase the hourly rate for the weekend time since it is basically like over time.
Hope this helps you out!
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