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the Cost of Baby Sitting

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Location 
Time 
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Description
$ 10
Mar 2008
Jackson, MI
varies from 2 to 10 hours

1 child age 11

Casual childcare for 11 year old  more... close row
$ 30
Mar 2008
Westbrook, ME
5 hours

3 children

9 months, 5 years, and 8 years

Alternative to daycare and occasional weekend care  more... close row
$ 45
Mar 2008
Phoenix, AZ
4 hours

Two children, boy age 6 and age 3.

15 Year old babysitter watchign two children  more... close row
$ 40
Feb 2008
Brighton, Michigan
6.5 hours

two boys, ages 5 and 8.

Trusted babysitter is fairly paid  more... close row
$ 100
May 2007
WIchita, KS
5-8 hours

One son, who was 18 months at the time we employed the teenager.

One week of daily babysitting  more... close row
$ 50
Mar 2008
athens,ohio
6pm-10pm

I have a daughter 8 and a son 9

High school student found in the newspaper  more... close row
$ 20
Apr 2008
Detroit, MI
4 hours

$4-$5 dollars an hour for 2 children.

Teenage girls babysitting two children  more... close row
$ 50
Feb 2008
Columbus, Oh
5-6 hours

Five kids aged 4 months, 2 years, 5 years, 9 years and 10 years.

Babysitting teaches teenagers the meaning of work  more... close row

Description of service

This service is for a babysitter to come to my house and babysit my five children for the evening, usually about four to five hours at a time. I expect that the chilred will be fed a snack, but I usually offer more if the sitter agrees to clean and or cook a full meal. The sitter, my two sitters are both teenage girls, show up around 6:00 PM and I get home about midnight.


Review of Service

My baby sitters are friends of our family, so I usually get good service. They do usually clean well, and make healthy snacks for the kids. At the end of the night, when I come home, the kids are always in bed and the house is already picked up. It works out well because it teaches teenage girls the meaning of work and they can save some money. I get to get away for a while, five kids will drive you crazy if you never get away.


Tips

Don't just trust anyone to watch your kids. My baby sitters are friends of the family and know my children really well. You could intimadate children by having a different baby sitter everytime you go out, so sticking with one or two particular sitters is also a good idea.


$ 40
Mar 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Four hours

2 Children. Ages 3 and 4.

Four hours of in-home baby-sitter for two young boys  more... close row
$ 50
Mar 2008
MN
2 1/2 hours

3 yr old and 2 yr old

Misled by babysitter about price  more... close row