Baby Sitter Cost - Buyer Experiences and Price Information

i like to babysit but kids uder months and 9 years old but im just a 13 year old gril but i got expirance

I work from home so this teenager all she does is watch him and play with him, she can eat all she wants watch tv, when my son is asleep. I feed him most of the time I change his diapers she watches him from 10am to 5pm.
it is not minimum wage but when I get 20/hr how can I pay her 15/hr ???
I think it is wrong to make your baby sitter clean your house of do anything apart from child care if you make them clean than prepare to pay 80- 100 a hr that's how much I pay for cleaning maid.

I charged 13 per hour for a family with a slightly autistic 11 year old girl with lots of meds to be taken everyday (sweet, but very manipulative) and another 15 year old girl(sweet, but quite bossy). I am 20 years old with about 9 years of childcare experience. I am told that that price is very unreasonable while I have lists of chores to do and errands to run daily while the house must remain completely spotless. Thoughts on that?

I worked in daycare for 9 years and would like to do some babysitting at my home but need to know how much should I charge for each child. per-hrs/day/wk.

I work part time for my aunt and uncle but I have many years experiences with ttaking care of babies and older. I'm 20 years of age without a drivers license. I work monday 8:30-5:00, thursday 8:30 am to 5, and friday 11:45 am to 6:30.

DAD NEEDED BABYSTR ASAP!!NITE A MERE7HR/ 3DAYS,DRV/TOTE UM BK N FORTH,(NO EXTRA$4 GAS, MY FAULT NOT2 SEE),IF I DO LITE CLEAN, HE'LL PAY 1-2HRS MORE! INSTEAD, HE "REALLY WANTS/EXPECTS" IS EVERYTHING, A STAYHOME WIFE!! rnMAID TO KEEP FIVE RM APT SPOTLESS; ALL FLOORS, KITCHEN,TAKE OUT TRASH,FRIG/COUNTERS/TABLE, TOILET,TUB, SINKS, ALL LAUNDRY-WASH,FOLD,PUT IN DRAWERS FOR 3MEN/BOYS. STRIP N MAKE BEDS WKLY, ORGANIZE/CLEAN TOYS-MEDIA ITEMS, "MAKE IT YR OWN HOME, I WANT U2B COMFORTABLE!" COOK BOYS DINNER ON FRIDAY NITE (HECK,I DONT EVEN DO THAT FOR MY KIDS! FRIDAY IS PIZZA NITE IN MY HOME). HMMM, & DID I MENTION(NO) HED ASKED IF I WOULD HELP HIM MOVE/REARRAGE THE BOYS FURN FROM 1RM 2ANOTHER. RU SERIOUS!!! I DONT HAVE A LAZY BONE IN MY BODY, HOWEVER, DONT DOWNPLAY EXACTLY HOW FREAKIN MUCH YOU EXPECT (#1)& THEN PAY WHAT A EQUITABLE 4THEIR HARD WORK. $13HR DOES NOT MEET THE DUTIES NEEDED/REQUIRED. PLEASE, ANY1, GIVE ME YR FEEDBACK ON THIS ONE.

You should be ashamed of yourself for paying anyone less than minimum wage to do something as important as care for your child. Clip coupons, find a bargain on something else. It is illegal and a smack in the face to all childcare workers and stay at home mothers, for that matter.To say by your actions that a mothers/childcare worker's job is not even worth minimum wage is despicable to me! Even when well payed, a good mother/caregiver for a child is a priceless blessing!

I pay a Mom w/kids $4 an/hr for my 4 yr old son from 7am-4pm m-f + S&S or working late extra hrs. She feeds him lunch and snacks as well as teaches preschool lessons 3X a week. Every so often she tells me I don't need to pay so much. She's great/certified///For a Daycare, it cost me twice as much and were not flexible if I had to work late or on weekends.

Most parents do not realize that they are paying more for a babysitter from sittercity than they should. Sitters on sittercity set their own price and often times charge the same as an agency (that is bonded and insured). sittercity babysitters charge parents the same rate and in most cases more.

I am a stay at home mother but also have experience babysitting since I was just 13 years old (16 years ago),I've also worked in child care, & attended child care classes.I myself do not like getting paid less than at least $7 an hour (preferably $10 an hour),& for the week depending on age and hours,the minimum of $75 & most $100,that's just for one child.That's just me.For my son,I usually don't need a babysitter,if I do,it's usually my husband's mom.I prefer someone else at times,so this coming up month we have something we are going to & are going to pay our babysitter who is a teenager $7 an hour but if it's past 5.5 hours then we offered to just pay a flat $40 if that was okay with her.She said yes,but I am thinking I'll give her $50 as a surprise if I feel she did a superb job.We plan on being out for maybe 8 hours max,not sure because it's a Christian comedian & it's out of town.I hate being paid less than I deserve for taking great care of someone else's child.

I a 19 and getting the training in CPR and other child care lince's. I babysit a 3 year old 13 hours a day/ 4 days a week. I receive $3.00 an hour and have to teach the child, potty train, feed three meals, clean up after, give baths,.... I am a full time collage student on top of babysitting, walk a dog 4 miles on days I babysit and volunteer teaching line dancing to seniors 3 days a week and sports to grade school children 2 days a week. When I can i also house/dog sit to make money to pay for collage.

I think $3.00 an hour is a rip off but don't know if asking for a raise would be a good thing...What do you think?????

I am 13 and my friend is 14 we want to start babysitting in our community. There are over 400 houses in it and most have children under 13. Do you think that 7.00s per hour is good. I think we should start out at 5.00s then when we get more experience we can do 8 dollars when we clean, make meals, read bedtime stories and fold laudry. We don't do kids under 4 though.

I'm in my early 20's and since my job didn't have enough business for me to survive soley on that paycheck, I started babysitting for someone. I like kids, but never babysat before so I didn't know what I should charge. This persont told me that he would pay me $20 a day to watch a 2 yr old, then 2 other kids for a couple hours after school. I had a bad feeling about this, but I started working for him anyway because I needed money. Well that only lasted a month. He was giving me $20 a day to baby sit for 10-12+ hours a day!!! And half the time he didn't pay me!

I pay $80 per week for 2 children; it's 4 days a week and 8 hours per day. I've been told this is a great deal for our area. (thank goodness because I'm in college full time!)

This is for 4-5 kids and usually the teenagers tell me that I am paying well. I even had one say that I always pay too much. I think it depends on the area you are in. I am in Indiana. I think it makes a difference if you are hiring for an evening or for a week... perhaps or adults vs teenagers.

i have interned at several daycares throughout my high school years and all which recommened i return. But i recommened that i try working from home

I am the oldest of five kids. Have gone through all the CPR training, and infant watch programs. I usually charge 3.50 an hour per child. I also never watch more then five children at one time.

I can't believe people are paying their babysitters $5 an hour! You are trusting these people with your childs life! Isn't that worth a little more than $5 an hour for good care?
I charge about $15 for two boys under the age of 5. One isn't potty trained, so that factors in. I also do house cleaning.

I'm 15 I am certified, years of experience ranging from 3 months to 11 years, and I only charge 5 dollars and hour flat no matter how many kids. I mean if I can tell they are abusing it I will just not babysit for them agian . If they wanna pay ne extra that's fine but 15-20 is crazy!!!

Well I'm 13 and its going to be my first time babysitting and I'm charging 5 dollers an hour plaus 2 dollers for each aditional child.......dose that seem right????

I pay $5 to teenagers. It is not minimum wage but it is called a first job that you aren't paying taxes or social security on. I have two easy kids that go to bed with out a problem so I think it is very reasonable.

I usually charge 5 dollars an hour, but last week I told a coworker I'd babysit for 7 dollars an hour. I love in Kansas and she seemed a little put off by that amount. I'm only 18 so I thought it was appropriate, even considering she has four children.

We're very fortunate to pay only $13 an hour for the sitter who watches our son; the going rate around here is $15-$20 an hour. Our sitter is an elementary school teacher who is fantastic with kids...love him!

I can't believe some people here are paying $5 an hour--is that even minimum wage?

i have 3 kids 5 year old ,3 year old and 2 year old so i know how to take care of kids .we play games have snack time read books and my kids love playing with other kids. im im trying to earn extra money for christmas and for my husband and i to going on a trip when he returns from overseas

If you live in Savannah Georgia. I know the most responsible teenager to watch your precious children. She did an excellent job for my family while we were there visiting relatives. The fee is $5dollars an hour, and worth every penny.

I babysit kids and I charge $10.00 per hour, or $50.00 for up to five hours. If you need a Nanny or Babysitter in the Metro Atlanta Area area send me an email [email protected]

I babysit 2 kids and get paid $17 per hour. I have 10 years experience and kids of my own.
My prices range from $15-$17 per hour. I prepare the meals or dinner for them as well as give them baths and play hide and seek!

We have a teenage girl (16) that has taken a babysitter course and has infant/child first aid certification. WE give her $5 an hour, and coonsidering that the kids are fast asleep, and she is more than welcome to use the phone, tv, raid the fridge, it's not a bad paying gig :P

One tip we got from friends is, if you use daycare, to see if any of the caregivers there work nights/weekends babysitting. We tried that, and were thrilled to find out the same person who takes care of our baby by day was available sometimes on weekends. At $10 an hour (about $50 for an evening), it's a pricey addition to a night out, but nice for special occasions. Another person at the daycare was letting it be known she babysits at $15 an hour, but that seemed kind of expensive...