I am a mother of 3 kids, age 2,4,10. I need babysitter to take care of my kids for 1-2 hours during the weekend, so that I can run other errands. But it seems that babysitters typically look for more work (money) than 1-2hrs ($30)/job (with typical rate of $15/hr). I am willing to pay $30 to $60 per hour if the babysitter can teach the kids music, dance, gym, drawing or other arts and can involve all three of my kids.
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posted by akomom
on Jan 24, 2013 -
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What to do about a babysitter who appears to be having a mental breakdown/serious depressive episode?
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posted by Scattercat
on Dec 6, 2012 -
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I'm a mother (of a toddler) who works part time and is looking to make some extra money. I've considered babysitting jobs, but aside from raising my own son, I don't have much experience with kids aside from babysitting jobs I had when I was a teenager. No recent references. Could I get hired?
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posted by trillian
on May 2, 2012 -
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We have an awesome babysitter for our one year old. And (but) she's also the kind of person who I would make serious efforts to befriend, if she weren't already our babysitter. Mixing business and friendship is not a good idea, right? What would you do?
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posted by Omnomnom
on Apr 28, 2012 -
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What's appropriate for me to do in terms of providing food for the person who provides occasional date-night childcare for my eight-month-old son?
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posted by handful of rain
on Aug 5, 2011 -
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What do you look for in a babysitter? What specific skills or traits do you consider to be most important?
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posted by lowlife
on May 13, 2010 -
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Our nanny, who is otherwise *perfect*, just informed us that she is pregnant. She would like to continue working through the pregnancy and after her child is born. Is this a good idea?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 31, 2009 -
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NPR or PRI story- About a year ago, I heard a story in which the narrator was attempting to find his long lost baby sitter- a woman named Susan or Sharon?! It seemed like a TAL type story but I don't believe it was Ira Glass.
Sadly I missed the ending and have been searching for it ever since. Has anyone heard of the story?
posted by rlm-job
on Jun 16, 2008 -
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How much do you pay your nanny? I'm in the process of hiring a regular babysitter for my kids. I've found someone I like, a college student with tons of experience who's really great with my little ones. She'll just be here two mornings a week-- one morning with just my infant and the other morning with my toddler as well. How much should I offer her? What about tips? What else do I need to know? This is in Chicago, but I'm also curious if the going rate varies in different parts of the country/world.
posted by bonheur
on Jan 12, 2005 -
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Where can you have sex (together, as a couple) in NYC when you can't do it at your place? In our case, it's hard to get wild when the babysitter is taking care of our baby daughter in the other room. We don't want to pay $150 for a hotel room when all we need is a couple of hours. What are our alternatives?
posted by anonymous
on Dec 9, 2004 -
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