Parents of UWS - what do you currently pay your date night babysitters?
Hey parents of UWS! I'm a resident of the neighborhood with two new prospective families to be a date night babysitter for. I'm curious what the going rate is for these size/age families, when hiring a date night sitter with my kind of experience. Not sure how much to quote either family, any insight from people who are currently hiring sitters would be so valuable!
One family has a 7 month old, the second family has two children who are around 5-7 years old and from what I understand are a little challenging.
About me: 30 years old, corporate career that lends myself to being very organized and multitask well (with an impeccable ability to have lights out exactly by the child's bed time), CPR certified, very communicative with parents, and I do not require an uber to/from the house. I do not have child/education related degrees, but my recent childcare work experience over the past couple of years include:
Part time nanny a few days a week for a family with three children, starting at ages 5, 9, 11 for almost three years. Performed typical nanny duties - pickup from after school activities, prepare and serve dinner (I was not invited to eat their food--I brought my own and ate after the kids were asleep or waited until I was home), clean dishes made during dinner, get kids online for their tutors, play, make sure homework was being done and help to study, mediate arguments between the kids, bathing, bedtime routines, clean any messes left by the kids, etc. Was being paid $17/hr (I know 😒) and then $20/hr when I asked for a raise maybe a year and a half in.
Date night sitter for family with two children, starting at ages 3 months and 15 months for nearly 3 years. Usually would do a bottle before bed, rock the babies if either woke up, but now that the kids are older we just hang out for a little after I arrive and then do bed time routines (pullups, pajamas, teeth brushing, reading, singing night time songs). They usually offer to pay for my food but I rarely take them up on it and usually bring my own. Was being paid $20/hr when it was just the first kid, then they bumped me up to $25/hr once the second child came along.