https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:51:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781594 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:56:27 +0000 jmarionsmith 781594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: i have a friend that is a sahm also and we keep each other's kids occasionally if one of has a doctor's appt or needs to run a kid free errand. since it's so sporadic and not that often we just trade babysitting duties instead of paying each other.</p> <p>if it something that you're going to do routinely then you definitely should be getting paid unless she's watching your LO just as often... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781589 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:52:34 +0000 MrsStormy 781589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Well I think if you had a trade planned it would be okay, but to regularly watch someones child with no reciprocation seems weird to me. I think once in a while is a whole other story though, I don't mind watching friends kids for a date night out occasionally. Does that make sense? Maybe I'm weird.... I would just feel so weird about not paying someone to do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781580 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:50:03 +0000 Mrs. Pen 781580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsStormy: really ?! the mom I nannyed for before I had J was always watching her friends kids and the definitely didn't pay her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781557 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:39:00 +0000 MrsStormy 781557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I think it would be really weird to not pay someone if they were watching your child regularly, unless you had a regular trade going on.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781552 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:36:09 +0000 Mrs. Pen 781552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the thing that is always confusing for me is once you're a mom and you babysit for a friend, do they pay you (awkward) or is it simply a friend-to-friend thing and they'll do the same for you sometime? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781540 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:26:10 +0000 Koolbreeze 781540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I babysit. </p> <p>Monday-Friday. My SO's cousin's baby. Somdays 6-10am. Somedays 3pm til whenever, normally 5-6 (when her dad gets off). And one day a week our 4 year old niece. All for family so its nice to have my boys play with their cousins. If we have an appointment I tell them as far in advance as possible. If I need a vacation I tell them and we work something out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781527 Tue, 14 May 2013 19:14:31 +0000 sarac 781527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take my niece one day a week - it's fun. Two toddlers (easy, relaxed ones) are generally easier than one, in my experience. They entertain each other. I don't schedule appointments for that day. We just hang around the neighborhood all day, go to the park, play in the kiddie pool. Very fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-who-babysit#post-781513 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:51:56 +0000 Mrs. Polish 781513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been approached by a few people now that word is getting out that I quit my job about babysitting for them. </p> <p>Do any of you do this? Do you have any tips? What do you do if your own lo has an appointment? What about vacations? </p>