Quick! WWYD...re: Babysitting

[cozystitches]

Hey All,

My mom called and she knows a lady who is looking for some babysitting. She would be subbing for my mom's school. She has 2 kids (3b, 1g) and it'd be an on call type thing, so I could get a call in the am at 7:30am to have the kids. It'd be an 8hr day, roughly. Mom suggested $30/day. Would you all do it? Or not? I have my 2 girls (almost 3 and 8mos). I would love your opinions...

Hugs,
tammy

[Meredith]

I am VERY stingy with my time, and I would have to say no. But then, I also have a different situation with having to work a full-time job in the house. So my answer is no.

ETA: the on call thing would grate on my nerves, I think. It would be ok for the first couple of times, but then after that, I don't know if I would care for it. If they were more self-sufficient, then maybe yes. But with those ages, it will be more difficult. And you don't have self-sufficient little ones, either.

So Scrooge says no. We need a Scrooge ocon. How about this one... :rain

[blueskymama]

$30 a day for 2 kids? Thats below minimum wage! The sitters in my area are over paid($15/hr), but still. I've had a eleven grader asking $12/hr.

[Susan_WW]

It would depend on how often it would be. A few times a month? or almost every day?

And I would ask for way more than $30 a day...I think most moms in my area make around $500 a week, which is $100 a day (but then again I do live in a very high COL area.) Maybe ask for $75 a day, and if she says that's too much then you know it wasn't meant to be :)

[marnie]

not enough money. and on call? would you have to cancel your kids' (or your own) dr. appointments if you got called on a day you had something scheduled?

i wouldn't do it for $100 a day, never mind $30.

[jmo]

$30 is not enough for me to watch 2 other children.

With that said, if she's substitute teaching, it's probably 1/2 to 1/3 what she'd make in a day. The highest paid sub positions in the school district I work at make about $90 a day. These subs are permanent full-time personnel based at a specific school (no benefits). Since her position is on-call, she'd make much less. It's probable that the $30 might be a substantial portion of her pre-tax paycheck

[cozystitches]

:) Thanks gals for your responses!!! I called my mom and told her no, I wouldn't do it....she said: You just don't want to do any type of work do you? :cuss :splat :rant :getu

Hugs,
tammy

[marnie]

sounds like my mom. sorry she doesn't see the value of your time.

[Meredith]

:) Thanks gals for your responses!!! I called my mom and told her no, I wouldn't do it....she said: You just don't want to do any type of work do you? :cuss :splat :rant :getu

Hugs,
tammy

DUDE! I SO would have said "yeah... I guess the job of raising your two grandchildren isn't enough, is it? Maybe I should start charging YOU for the time you want to spend with them! Gotta make money somewhere, ma."

[pmcgary]

I know you already decided what to do, but I thought I would add some food for thought - particularly if it comes up with your mom again....

In home providers around here get 20-25 a day per kid. I don't know what kind of discount a mom might get with two kids but I wouldn't think much since they are pretty limited in how many kids they can be supervising. (Where I am at you have to be registered if you watch just one kid)

I don't know how it works with occasional stuff...but my dh frowned on my doing day care b/c you need a rider to your homeowner's insurance ---if the kids get hurt in your care it is possible that your insurance (renters/homeowners might not cover it since it is a "business" and not a home related injury.)

When I looked at working a job with bizarro hours I planned on paying a college student to be "on-call" - She would get paid something each week whether I needed her or not. She would get more if she actually had to come watch the kids. (It would have been covering late afternoons and evenings)

If you wanted to "babysit" I am sure you would get a more consistent gig and make more money.

For me when I read the post I thought-would you have to assure them you would always be available or would you be free to say...."not today".....Keeping life on hold for the possibility of a "little" income just isn't worth the hassle...

I hope your mom doesn't give you are hard time about it...But you know there isn't a day care I can think of that allows "drop in" which is essentially what she is trying to get.

[Sabrina]

grrr....that sounds exactly like my mother. She said that the only reason I want to homeschool is because I'm lazy. WTF?

And I agree, i probably wouldn't have done it either. You can't plan anything because you don't know if she might need you, plus it works out to be less than $4an hour!
I feel for the other mom though. Substituting around here only pays $50 or $60 a day. That's one of the reasons they have such a hard time getting subs, especially ones w/kids. By the time you pay day care or a sitter, it's not even worth going in.

[CraftyMommaOf2]

"grrr....that sounds exactly like my mother. She said that the only reason I want to homeschool is because I'm lazy. WTF?"

omg!!!

[Sabrina]

Yeah, didn't make much sense to me either.

[pamelamama]

Thirty dollars a day!!?? Thirty Dollars A DAY??

:lol:

No Freaking Way.

I used to substitute teach for about $100/day in the NYC schools. Loved it, too. But ahh.. I'd rather babysit for someone as a favor for no money rather than take a wimpy $30. That wouldnt' pay for my coffee.

[cozystitches]

You know..good has come of all this. Because I was so pissed (and I do mean really pissed) I cleaned:

The Bathroom (scrubbed the :cuss toilet) and the outer bathroom
Picked up and vaccumed the Master Bed
Picked up and vaccumed the Living room (ok..my desk area is still a disaster, but who the HELL cares..her highness isn't coming over)
Cleaned off the hutch (including the layer of dirt that was on there as I have yet to clean it of in the 7 mos we've lived here)
Re organized the tupperware that was just tossed into a box on said hutch
Did dishes (be careful when you clean knives while pissed, I poked my finger)
Picked up dd's room, didn't vaccume there though..pulling the vaccume out twice is my limit
Took out the trash twice.

maybe I should get this pissed everyday???

Hugs,
tammy

[dandelions2]

I always clean when I'm pissed too. lol

Add me to that list too...oh I am going to use the :getu rolling pin

[trishshack]

Wow that is way low. The three months that I had to work after having Bill I paid $120 per week and he only went for 30 hours MAX, usually less than that. What a witch!

[Quinlonsma]

grrr....that sounds exactly like my mother. She said that the only reason I want to homeschool is because I'm lazy. WTF?

Mine too, even the homeschooling bit. Of course I was in full time private school (read 60 hours a week) from age 2 on. So to HER parenting is easy. Anyway.... :decision I am grateful for the great education and not having to be home with Mom all that time. So..... Know that you are doing the best you can, your kids love you, and hopefully they won't be writing stuff like I just did about you when they are 30 :yikes

[littleturtlemama]

$30 a day is downright insulting, and I'd tell my mom to f&^k off if she ever said that to me. But then again, I have a horrible relationship with my mom and she's always telling me that I should go back to school to "get an education so that I can do something with my life" I suppose the succesful business that I run, or the kids I'm raising, or I dunno, the freakin' bachelor's degree I've got don't count as an education, LOL.

/rant over, sorry for hijacking your thread, LOL!

[cozystitches]

OMG, Theresa!!! Ok..I'll be your mom, and you can be mine...so now that we're family and all..I get the deep "family" discount right??? :brow :brow :D :D

Yeah, I'd love to tell her off..but that whole What Would Jesus Do issue comes up..and Honor thy mother and father (which I"ve had thrown into my face..<sigh>)..anyway.. I just need to finish that Boundaries book....

Hugs,
tammy

[pmcgary]

Yeah, I'd love to tell her off..but that whole What Would Jesus Do issue comes up..and Honor thy mother and father (which I"ve had thrown into my face..<sigh>)..anyway.. I just need to finish that Boundaries book....

Hugs,
tammy

I don't think Jesus was asked to babysit....And if I recall correctly, I don't think his parents berated him b/c he was "lazy" and didn't have a "real" job....

(In fact I think he could have been subject to a lot of criticism if his parents were so inclined...."why don't you find a nice Jewish girl and settle down and start a family?" )

[Quinlonsma]

I just need to finish that Boundaries book....

Hey! I have one of those! I got about a third of the way through, broke up with my Boyfriend and kicked his sorry ass out of my house. Got married, got pg and stopped reading. That was 3 years ago but it's still on my nightstand ;)

:balloon this kinda looks like my ex. vapid doopy and kinda scary.... wierd huh?