https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 00:26:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1698572 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:42:29 +0000 Cole 1698572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am contemplating this option as well. I am really only interested in part time though and it would need to be a fair wage. It's also important to me that we be able to go and do things and some parents aren't comfortable with the caregiver being out and about with their little ones. I have been a nanny for a long time though and I hope it would make it easier to market myself. The liability side of things does make things tricky, I am not sure how we will cover that. It's one thing if a kid falls down the stairs in their own home (heaven forbid) but at someone else's home and in that person's care it starts to become a different situation. I am worried I would feel the need to baby proof in ways I might not otherwise with my own child etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1698448 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:05:41 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1698448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: This is what I was thinking. Part time would definitely be better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1697938 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:44:16 +0000 brownie 1697938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I got to stay at home I would love to do this. We did this for my guy when I went back to work null he was 18 months old. It was the best thing for us. He thinks they are am extension of his family and loves them. We paid $30 a day. Yes this is low but she was a contractor (dropped off at her house and she had control of him). So she wasn't a nanny. With her own kids I wouldn't pay nanny prices ($20 an hour here). She did drive him places and was able to do all of her kids stuff. If she watched him later than usual (once a month my hubs goes out of town and I taught at night) we did pay $10 an hour for those hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1697906 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:35:52 +0000 NovBaby1112 1697906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am definately going to look into this once we have another LO (I am probably going to SAH once we do). I would probably look to charge $10/hour and do this maybe 2-3x a week. I wouldnt want to do it everyday, part time would be ideal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1697648 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 05:30:06 +0000 Sparkler 1697648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's a fine idea. I live in the northeast and know people who use this arrangement and charge $10 per hour. You should look into your house insurance, because that likely will provide some protection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1697619 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:08:21 +0000 Sapphiresun 1697619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I considered it briefly when we did the math that sending LO to day care would eat half my salary, but in my province, someone like that can only charge $40 per day, which is sooooo not worth the hassle of losing a lot of the reasons I wanted to stay at home with LO to begin with. </p> <p>And then when I went into talk about potentially coming back only part time I was offered a huge promotion to come back full time and the idea of being a SAHM became a pipe dream. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1697600 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 02:12:53 +0000 Cherrybee 1697600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend is doing this but she's taking it super seriously and has gone back to colleage to get her childminders qualifications. She will be registered with Ofstead (the governing body here in the UK), able to take childcare vouchers and have all the required insurances etc. She's going to be charging a pretty penny too - almost as much as my daycare centre charges! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1697556 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:56:19 +0000 birdofafeather 1697556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i looked into hiring someone like this and honestly, i would only be willing to pay $10-12 an hour. i would absolutely NOT do it for $5/hour. that's crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696904 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:06:51 +0000 Silva 1696904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I considered it, but am glad I didn't. It would have been a lot, and there was only a 3 month age difference between the kids.<br /> As she is getting older, I would consider it again- I could probably do two toddlers who are on one nap a day, provided I had car seats/ double stroller. I am going back to work part time instead!<br /> Maybe when I have my 2nd I will look into it again- something part time, like after school or whatever, feels manageable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696875 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:02:17 +0000 mrsbookworm 1696875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend asked if I would consider watching her daughter who is the same age as my son. After talking it over with DH, we decided the income wasn't worth the risk if something happened. Plus, he pointed out that I wouldn't be able to do some of the things that I really enjoy about being a SAHM like taking LO to classes, going to the library, taking a vacation whenever, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696860 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:59:32 +0000 Anagram 1696860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I think it depends on your area. I know 1 person in my town who pays a SAHM to watch her LO too and she pays her $1500-$1600/month. Daycares here tend to be $1900+ and nannies are similar or more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696807 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:52:18 +0000 sorrycharlie 1696807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I'm paid 15/hour. NE area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696803 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:51:08 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1696803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: yeah... I think i will stick to tutoring where i make $40 per hour. Yikes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696799 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:50:19 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1696799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsStormy: that just seems so crazy to me. I pay my teenage babysitters $10 per hour while my kid is sleeping. Why are nannies paid so little? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696796 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:49:36 +0000 immabeetoo 1696796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I hate being the wet blanket, and you never think it will happen to you, but yeah.. If I were to pursue it, I would set up an LLC or something and have it be a formal arrangement in order to be legally protected. Instead, I'm working on my blogging income where no one can claim I injured them :silly: </p> <p>But obviously tons and tons of people do it without any issue. So there's that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696783 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:48:01 +0000 MrsStormy 1696783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was my daughters first daycare situation, a SAHM with a 2 year old, it was only 3 days a week. I would totally do it, it worked out great for us, and it worked out great for her, we paid about $35 a day, I would say that would be the going rate for a home daycare in my area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696780 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:47:54 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1696780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: yikes. That does not make less than $5 per hour sound appealing. At all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696776 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:47:32 +0000 MrsF 1696776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is pretty much our daycare situation too. We take M to a SAHM's house. One of her kids is in half day kindergarten and the others are school-aged. She is with M herself in the morning but M gets to play with her kids as they get home. She LOVES the kids. She is only there 1-2 days / week (I work part-time) and it works out great for us.</p> <p>We pay her $10/h (she's there for 10 hour days). We're in Boston where that's pretty much a steal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696769 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:46:32 +0000 immabeetoo 1696769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: I've considered it, but the legal liability frightens me to be honest. I know a few folks who have found kids to watch at home via care.com</p> <p> ((Long backstory short, my parents &amp; I were sued due to an injury my horse caused when the horse was in the care of another person, and it was the injured person's fault.. yet it dragged on for almost 5 years and cost my parents' thousands in increased insurance, lawyers, etc.)) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696745 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:42:20 +0000 yellowbird 1696745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahm-caring-for-another-child-at-home#post-1696723 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:37:36 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1696723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anybody have experience with this? Not a home daycare...just one additional child. Would you do it? What would you charge? </p>