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how much to pay ds's nursery nurse for occasional daytime babysitting on saturday
boo64 · 29/05/2007 13:50
Hi
I am looking at very occasionally having ds's keyworker at nursery babysitting for him in the daytime on a Saturday.
He is 2, knows her well know and she knows him so seems a good idea.
We have a friend who babysits in the evenings sometimes and we pay her £6 an hour and if any of the other 2 babysitters we use do it instead they get the same.
However I think babysitting in the day is different as it's much harder work than just sitting watching tv while ds sleeps so I think the girl from nursery deserves more per hour!
Anyone got a take on how much we should pay per hour and whether we should say there is a minimum to make it worth her while coming over on a sat for just 2 or 3 hours?
(we are in London btw)
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