I am a stay at home mom, and there is a lady who wants me to watch her two children under the age of five....?

Question

....the weekend, I have no problem with this, except I do not know how much to charge. She will only pay me what I ask.... I do not want to be greedy, but I do not want this to be like ok what am I doing this for? I would like to know a reasonable amount to charge her for Sat-Sun 4am-2pm for two children under the age of five. PLEASE HELP!!!!!! The more the answers the better PLEASE..... also need to know by tonight 8pm az time

Answer 1

I am a SAHM too and recently watched a friend's 2 kids (under 3) for 2 days.  I think she paid me $65/day (8.5 hour days), which is what she would have paid her daycare.  4 am is kinda early, so I would think it would be ok to charge a bit more.  Of course, it all depends on where you live as to what is reasonable too.

Good luck!

Answer 2

depending on wether or not you have to supply food I would say any where from 5 to 10 an hour...so 4am to 2pm is ten hours so that could be $50 a day to $100 a day...most likely they dont eat that much so you'll make a decent profit and depending on how well you know the women might waiver your price :)

keep in mind...ask too little and she may always impose...ask to high and she might be forced to look elsewhere.

Consider what kind of income she gets and what she can afford so you know whats too high and whats too low :)

Answer 3

15 per hr. I would go

Answer 4

This is best answered in your own community because Yahoo Answers people come from everywhere.    Where I live (in South Dakota),   the going rate would be like $4 or $5 an hour for 2 kids.    That would be $80 or $100 for those 2 days.    That's for in-home child care providers.    

ETA: Here's a childcare provider in your town who claims to charge the going rate for child care.   She lives on East Stacy Street.   Sound familiar?   By all means don't rely on websites that claim to know what's going on in your town.   They likely give the same answer regardless of where you live.

http://florencedaycare.com/pricing.htm

Better yet.   Why don't you just call her tonight and discuss going rates for weekend child care.    After you click on the link below then click on to the word "contact".    You'll see her phone number there.

http://florencedaycare.com

Answer 5

1 million dollars ! :) Just kidding of course. Well reasonable would be 20 $ per hour, because there are 2 children. So that's 200 $ ....

Answer 6

I pay my Nanny 15 per hour, and it includes light housekeeping, and it's for one five month old.  For two children on a weekend, I would charge no less than $12, but I would shoot for $15 esp since you will be providing food.  FOOD IS EXPENSIVE.

Answer 7

I already answered this but forgot to mention that you get the deal in writing, the amount, and so on. You really could charge far more so she is getting a deal at 150.00 week. That is only about 7.50 hour. YOu could get at least 10.00 for those hours. But seriously, do get it in writing. It is funny how fast someone nice becomes not so nice whenmoney is involved. You need to make sure it is understood that you get paid for those hours whether she brings the children or not. That is common practice and insures your income. Also, if there is any time over the agreed hours, heaven forbid, you should put in writing that you will have to charge overtime. The common amount is 10.00 per half hour over the agreed period of time. Good luck.

Answer 8

are you going to have to supply food for them? I would probably charge her around 8 or 9 and hr for both of them unless you have to include food then add a couple of bucks onto the hourly charge

Answer 9

i would try and look on net and see how much childminders would charge don't forget your giving up your weekend to look after them and people tend to charge that little bit more don't forget 10 hours is a long time looking after to children that are not yours and if she is a close friend ask her what if you need to tell them off for doing anything naughty don't forget your ground rules make a list and stick to it also don't forget you will be feeding them to.