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#1
07-29-2008, 02:15 PM
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How much to pay a baby-sitter?
Hi,
I am wondering (since I've never had a sitter before) how much you guys pay a sitter for occasional baby-sitting? Thanks! Ariah 
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#2
07-29-2008, 02:36 PM
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I am in the Denver metro area and $10/hour seems the going rate for an adult babysitter. After wondering and worrrying the best advice I have received is ask the person what they charge. I have a friend who won't take any more than $40 for a whole day.
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07-29-2008, 02:49 PM
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we pay $10 an hour for an adult sitter and $7-10 for a teen who cannot provide transportation to and from events if needed (such as soccer practice) We are in the Philadelphia area.
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07-29-2008, 05:12 PM
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Yep, $10/hr is what I pay.
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07-30-2008, 05:10 AM
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WOW! I remember paying $50 a week for my two sons while I worked. Did I just date myself? LOL I am glad you posted this thread.
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07-30-2008, 05:25 AM
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Wow, we pay 20.00/day which is includes meals.
Weekends, we hire a teenager for 20.00 for the entire night. We live in a rural area.
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07-30-2008, 05:41 AM
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We are getting ready to pay a teenage girl to watch our kids on a sat. probably about 6 hours for 3 kids 2 hours of it will fall at nap time and we are going to pay her $40.
On the flip side I work part time still so my 18 year old daughter watches the kids 2 days a week for me while I'm at work and we are paying her $50 a week for those 2 days.
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07-30-2008, 06:01 AM
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I pay $10.00 an hour for a sitter to watch my 3 and 4 year old occasionally. If they use there own car to take them to the park or an event, It goes to $11.00 to cover the gas expenditure.
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07-30-2008, 08:38 AM
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How long does it take for your sitters to pass their background checks, or do you use licensed sitters?
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#10
07-30-2008, 08:44 AM
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we pay $10 an hour for an adult sitter and $7-10 for a teen who cannot provide transportation to and from events if needed (such as soccer practice) We are in the Philadelphia area.
WOW I need to put up my rates!!
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#11
07-30-2008, 11:19 AM
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How do you all get the occasional sitter to LET you pay them? None of my sitters will let me. Guess I shouldn't complain.
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#12
07-30-2008, 12:53 PM
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Wow, I need to move to a rural area...I pay $15.00 an hour for my three boys for a hourly sitter (when I can't use grandma to watch them) and for my youngest I pay $140 a week for full time care in a licensed daycare (it was $200 but I switched sitters.)
I love threads like this that give me a better idea of what to pay as we don't use a babysitter all that often.
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