Momnod’s first match!

Kate’s sister is friend’s with Stephanie.  Kate and Stephanie live less than a mile away from eachother.  Kate and Stephanie connected on momnod and Stephanie is going to babysit for Kate next week . An amazing 24 year-old gets to watch the most darling baby in the world and aparticular new mom can leave her daughter with a woman she really really trusts.

Yey! 

The wiki how of babysitting

This site might actually help a newbie babysitter or mom.

“Here’s step 1: Check your calendar to make sure you are available when asked to babysit. This will help avoid the frustration of a last minute change of plans due to poor planning. Find out what time you will be needed, night or day, and again check to make sure you are available. If not, you can ask the person if you can babysit another time, or babysit another child. All of us can’t babysit at the right time, whether you go to school, whether working, whether busy or you have a kid to take care of yourself.”

Babysitting rate calculator?

Sittercity has a calculator which is great except they don’t explain their methodology. They ask for a zip code, number of kids and years of experience belonging to the sitter.

Let’s assume you’ve got 2+ kids and this person has been on and off babysitting since they were 12. Here’s what I think is the market rate for good help by age and driver’s license (note the bump).

Babsyitter rates by AGE

11-13 $7.50/hr

13-16 $8.50/hr

16-18 $10/hr

18-22 $12.50

22+ = $13+

That’s assuming your in an area with a slightly higher cost of living like San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles etc.

Babysitting according to Wikipedia

I love Wikipedia because it is so elementary that it actually surprises me with some of the topics it will define.  The babysitting entry has some interesting hourly stats, but I’m pretty sure $15 an hour is rock bottom in New York.  Read the excerpt below and check out the entry wiki entry here.

Babysitting is the practice of temporarily caring for a child on behalf of the child’s parents. Babysitting is most commonly performed as an odd job by teenagersfor extra money, stereotypically, but not necessarily, girls. Babysitting can be quite lucrative in some countries, but rates vary considerably according to the location. According to Runzheimer International’s Mobility Report, average hourly rates in September 2005 in the United States of America are $6.04. In New York City, the average is $11.08, whereas in Portland, Oregon, the average is $2.90.[1]