Big babysitting day today: This morning I met with a new family who needs help over the University's Winter Break. They seem like a really nice couple. My first time babysitting for them will be Monday night, but if all works out, there should be ~ 40 hours of work over the next several weeks (the Mom is also a PhD student, and she needs 2 hours / night M-F to do her own work uninterrupted since she spends part of the regular work day home with the kids).
Then, at 2:00pm I went to the home of another family and babysat their 14 month old for 4 hours. Mom and Dad are professors and need uninterrupted time to work (I'm sensing a theme here!). If the weather isn't bad, I'm supposed to come back tomorrow and again for the Saturday-Sunday after Christmas.
I'm charging both families $10 / hour (I've just decided to say that's my rate).
This evening I'm going to my regular babysitting family- but as a guest at their Christmas party! I was happy to be invited. I bought Webkinz for the kids... I know they'll be thrilled!
Old Total: $3150.86
+ $40.00 babysitting
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New Total: $3190.86
New babysitting jobs
December 15th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
December 15th, 2007 at 10:50 pm 1197759059
If I liked kids at all I would consider babysitting. I just like my own kids though.
December 16th, 2007 at 04:06 pm 1197821200
I was never very much of a kid person, but the couple of times i babysat when i was just out of college, the little ones seemed to gravitate toward me. Maybe becus i never did all that cutesy goo goo ga ga kind of baby talk to them. I used to babysit for Joan Snyder, a well-known NY abstract artist who i met when living on the Cape. I guess her daughter is all grown now. Maybe even married with kids of her own. Amazing.
December 21st, 2007 at 01:48 pm 1198244923