KiwiGTI

What's the normal hourly rate you would pay someone to look after an 18 month child for an evening?

£5ph + cab fare?

sti-04!!

Ask Rita or Sue

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

We pay £5.50 ph

hectic

MattW

£5 ph + cab if non driver.

tmo

or Bob too

Turbohot

I used to pay £8/hour in London 9 yrs ago.In Wales, paid £5.50/hr until 3 yrs ago.

ScoobywagonGl

Rough rate for babysitters is about £5 per hour, unless they are qualified in childcare then they tend to charge a little more.

paulwrxboro

i paid £5 per night

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

i wouldnt let no-one apart from family look after my girls, they are 3 and 18 months,not until they are about 5-6 will i let strangers/sitters around, then at least the gibberish the 5 yr old talks can be translated if they hurt her/them.

MY00PPP

we use one of the nursery girls - £8 p.h but she will be qualified and first aid trained etc.

Ted Maul

i bet that statistically you'd have more chance of something nasty happening from one of the family than a sitter

supna

I pay £6 ph up to midnight then its £7 ph she is the deputy manageress at our little girls Nursery so she knows her very well.

Cost should'nt be an issue it should more about trust.

image doctor

Is this with **** on the way home or not?

KiwiGTI

Thanks, sounds like £7ph will be the agreed amount (London, Sat night etc)

Sadly she won't have any opportunity to earn any extra as there is probably no way my wife would let me drive her home

KiwiGTI

Where I live you would be in the minority, most of the families have nannies. And just how many headlines do you ever see about babysitters being accused of doing something? None, it's always an uncle or someone closely related.