Babysitter Report
I just realized I never posted on how the babysitter with Kaia went.
It went awesome!! :-D Man, I couldn't have been any happier. Babysitter K came over at 5 pm. We went through the house and showed her everything and did the whole schpeel of what goes on and when stuff happens for Kaia and all this and that and we were good little parents and we left numbers and told her our house is her house and all this good stuff. And then when we were ready to go we were giving Kaia hugs and kisses and she was READY to play with Babysitter K and so she shoed us out the door!!! She was all, "Ok, have a good time! Bye bye." ha! That felt good, in an odd way, to know that she loves us and will miss us but she is OK with us leaving :-)
We called during intermission and Babysitter K was just getting Kaia to bed and everything was going smoothly, no crying for us at bed time and no being a brat!
We got home and Babysitter K reported that all was well, Kaia only got out of bed for various things 3 times, which is Kaia's limit, and she was asleep when we got there at 10:45ish.
We paid Babysitter K (someone please tell me how much babysitters should make nowadays?? We had no idea) and she told us some funny stories and how Kaia knew everything she was suppose to do at bed time (of course! We do it the same every night :-) )
Now, if we need a babysitter again, we are good to go! So exciting. The only problem is they cost money :-) So, whatever we're doing that night that needs a babysitter tack on the cost for the babysitter and that's how much the evenings is going to run us.
Oh, and Thoroughly Modern Millie was really good, of course! Loved it :-)
It went awesome!! :-D Man, I couldn't have been any happier. Babysitter K came over at 5 pm. We went through the house and showed her everything and did the whole schpeel of what goes on and when stuff happens for Kaia and all this and that and we were good little parents and we left numbers and told her our house is her house and all this good stuff. And then when we were ready to go we were giving Kaia hugs and kisses and she was READY to play with Babysitter K and so she shoed us out the door!!! She was all, "Ok, have a good time! Bye bye." ha! That felt good, in an odd way, to know that she loves us and will miss us but she is OK with us leaving :-)
We called during intermission and Babysitter K was just getting Kaia to bed and everything was going smoothly, no crying for us at bed time and no being a brat!
We got home and Babysitter K reported that all was well, Kaia only got out of bed for various things 3 times, which is Kaia's limit, and she was asleep when we got there at 10:45ish.
We paid Babysitter K (someone please tell me how much babysitters should make nowadays?? We had no idea) and she told us some funny stories and how Kaia knew everything she was suppose to do at bed time (of course! We do it the same every night :-) )
Now, if we need a babysitter again, we are good to go! So exciting. The only problem is they cost money :-) So, whatever we're doing that night that needs a babysitter tack on the cost for the babysitter and that's how much the evenings is going to run us.
Oh, and Thoroughly Modern Millie was really good, of course! Loved it :-)
We rarely use a sitter - (we're losers that way... lol) But the last time we used one we paid her $5/hr - it was a friday night, kids were fed, in pj's etc before she got here. Some say that's too much and others will say that's not enough. Did she seem happy with what you paid her?
Posted by
momma of 2 |
10:44 AM
Yeah! Good to hear all went well... I was waiting patiently for updates.
Oh - and the cost? This is why we went out only 8 times in 10 years total. NOT JOKING. Eight. In 10 YEARS. 5 of them friends watched for free... LOL.
(BabyGirl gets about $5 an hour for one kid.)
Posted by
Me |
3:12 PM
I think $5/hour for one kid is pretty reasonable. I never babysat, but my friends who did would charge $5/hour for one kid, and then $3 per kid per hour for more than one.
Glad it went well!
Posted by
~renata~ |
9:58 PM
I usually give Nature Girl $5 an hour. Sometimes it's more, sometimes it's less, but it seems to even out.
Posted by
Jody |
6:20 PM
it depends on the babysitter and effort involved. honestly, if someone is only coming over to put my kids to bed then watch a movie or play online for three hours, I don't pay as much as I would for a Saturday afternoon.
Glad you cut the apron strings a little bit and got out! ; )
Posted by
LITTLE MISS |
7:50 PM
Thanks all! $5 is actually what it was...we just had no idea if that was close to normal or not :-)
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Lars |
6:55 AM
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11:50 AM