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cristinefry
Dec 8, 2008, 01:35 AM
I will be babysitting starting at 4:30am. 3yr. 7yr. 12yr. & 9yr. 10 hours a day 5 days a week. How much should I charge?

sares_bears
Dec 8, 2008, 02:21 AM
I'm a qualified childcare worker and work for $24 an hour on casual rate. When I do babysitting throughout the day I generally go on about $10 an hour, more for weekends, nights or longer hours ~ like you!
Seeing as 430 will be hard :) well would be for me! I would suggest approx $80-100 day and therefore appro $500 a week.
Goodluck with the early mornings*

jillrenee15
Dec 10, 2008, 06:45 PM
Where do you live? I think you have to go by regional prices. I live in mid-michigan, and the going rate for daycare for one child is $30 a day, say 8-10 hours, and all I bring is the diapers. (My son is two). The daycare lady provides the breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack with subsidies from the state food program. This is a home daycare not a facility by the way, those run $45 a day. If you are not licensed by the state you live in, I would get licensed, it can be illegal to accept non-related children for pay. Check around with some other providers. Just call some up out of the book and ask them their daily rate. Hope this helps.

Fr_Chuck
Dec 10, 2008, 06:54 PM
Yes it just all depends we have programs here in Atlanta that cost 100 dollars a week per child, others cost more.

Are you going to watch them in your home or their home ?
Are you insured for daycare in your home if one of the children get injured.

Also when is since three of the children should be in school during the week