How much do you pay a babysitter?

Glittermonkey

I used to do a lot of baby sitting when i was a teenager. I think i used to get about £10 or a fiver if it was for a very short time (driving lessons etc)

I have no idea what i would pay someone, so far i have only ever used friends and family so it has been free.

10 years ago i used to babysit in a hotel it was great. £8 per hour before 12 and £13 per hour afterwards plus my cab fare home(I only lived across the road lol). Occasionally the parents would invite for dinner with them in the hotel as well.
It was great for me but now im a parent i look abck and think how did those parents do it? There would be no way i'd be leaving my child in a hotel room with a complete stranger!

Spendless

zoeleigh wrote:

), although I thought the legal age was 14 to babysit and 12 to be on their own at home? (obviously not for long periods).

No there isn't one, just if you leave a child under 16 on their own or in charge if anything happens you could be prosecuted. I think a lot depends on the circs though, and the babysitter and children. There are some adults I know that I wouldn't leave my goldfish with.;)

Rachie_B

Glittermonkey wrote:

I used to do a lot of baby sitting when i was a teenager. I think i used to get about £10 or a fiver if it was for a very short time (driving lessons etc)

I have no idea what i would pay someone, so far i have only ever used friends and family so it has been free.

10 years ago i used to babysit in a hotel it was great. £8 per hour before 12 and £13 per hour afterwards plus my cab fare home(I only lived across the road lol). Occasionally the parents would invite for dinner with them in the hotel as well. It was great for me but now im a parent i look abck and think how did those parents do it? There would be no way i'd be leaving my child in a hotel room with a complete stranger!

:eek: and that was 10 yrs ago !

god im gonna get me some babysitting work in a hotel ! :rotfl:

LifeisEvenbetter

We pay £7 p/h for an experienced Nursery Nurse to come and babysit.... having read some of the other posters on this thread I think we might be paying too much!

Lyndsay_21

when i was at college doing my NNEB we where told by our tutor when we qualified we would be able to charge £8ph!! however i used to get £20 a 'sit' which i think is about right for what i used to do.

toria27

I used to get paid £3 an hour 14 years ago, when I was 14, and now the girl I used to babysit for babysits for us and she only charges £3 an hour (shes also 14) She gets dropped off at our house and we take her home its 20 mins away.

Rachie_B

Lyndsay_21 wrote:

when i was at college doing my NNEB we where told by our tutor when we qualified we would be able to charge £8ph!! however i used to get £20 a 'sit' which i think is about right for what i used to do.

Did she mean during the day ? ie nannying as thats sounds about right

Its different if its just evening sitting IMO, as mostly the children are already in bed ,so you are just literally "sitting" lol in someone elses house.

The amount of duty needs to be reflected in the fee I think

Poodlecrazy

Hi

I tend to pay around £5ph but rounded up generously for pure sitting i.e. turning up after lo is in bed and literally just sitting there. This is also for unqualified people i.e. teenagers that live in the same village. If someone was qualified and / or doing the getting to be routine I would expect to pay more. I think it largely depends on the circumstances and I personally have never had a babysitter under 16 (in fact I am reluctant to have anyone under 18) but if the right teenager was available then I would prob be ok with it.

I also pay slightly over the odds for our area as I live in a rural village so if the person is travelling there is added time out for the sitter.

Hth

plane_boy2000

16 Year old neighbour gets £4 PH from us

bunty109

Rachie_B wrote:

Did she mean during the day ? ie nannying as thats sounds about right

Its different if its just evening sitting IMO, as mostly the children are already in bed ,so you are just literally "sitting" lol in someone elses house.

The amount of duty needs to be reflected in the fee I think

A local Nanny told me she babysits for £8 a hour in the evening. It seemed quite pricey, but I would ask her as I trust her and the kids know her. Thankfully, I have parents who babysit and I just want emergency backup!