What to pay Mom's helpers?

I have two different 12 & 13 year old girls coming to help me (singly)
with our 5 month old son. I will be home, but will have them watch DS
while I clean. What is the going rate for such help? I live in
Portland, OR area, if that matters.

TIA for any info

-L.

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I have two different 12 & 13 year old girls coming to help me (singly)
with our 5 month old son. I will be home, but will have them watch DS
while I clean. What is the going rate for such help? I live in
Portland, OR area, if that matters.

TIA for any info

-L.

If they are just playing with your child and doing not much else I would pay
them about $3 to $5 dollars a hour..... Its really hard to say... It depends
on a lot of things.

If they were to come two to three hours a week the money would still stack
up that the girls could save for something big, or spend it during the week
whilst out shopping or at school canteen. (and it might help the parents out
with a few extra dollars a week they save to spend elsewhere )

I know the local babysitter rates around here are terrible and cost a lot
hence Im lucky to have my parents willing to look after my children.

Nic

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"Nik" nottelling wrote:

"-L. :" wrote in message
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I have two different 12 & 13 year old girls coming to help me (singly)
with our 5 month old son. I will be home, but will have them watch DS
while I clean. What is the going rate for such help? I live in
Portland, OR area, if that matters.

TIA for any info

-L.

If they are just playing with your child and doing not much else I would pay
them about $3 to $5 dollars a hour..... Its really hard to say... It depends
on a lot of things.

If they were to come two to three hours a week the money would still stack
up that the girls could save for something big, or spend it during the week
whilst out shopping or at school canteen. (and it might help the parents out
with a few extra dollars a week they save to spend elsewhere )

I know the local babysitter rates around here are terrible and cost a lot
hence Im lucky to have my parents willing to look after my children.

Nic



I used to pay my "mother's helpers" abut 1/2 to 2/3 what I would pay a
babysitter. I also developed something of a mentoring relationship with
them, which was satisfying for me and for them. The one who worked out
really well, when she turned 12 I paid for her to take a babysitting
class that included first aid -- she ended up continuing to babysit for
me until she was in college, so it was an excellent investment!

meh
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

dragonlady wrote:

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"Nik" nottelling wrote:

"-L. :" wrote in message
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I have two different 12 & 13 year old girls coming to help me (singly)
with our 5 month old son. I will be home, but will have them watch DS
while I clean. What is the going rate for such help? I live in
Portland, OR area, if that matters.

I preferred to pay someone to clean and look after my kids myself,
although I sometimes combined the cleaning and went out shopping when
the kid took a nap.

If they are just playing with your child and doing not much else I would pay
them about $3 to $5 dollars a hour..... Its really hard to say... It depends
on a lot of things.

If they were to come two to three hours a week the money would still stack
up that the girls could save for something big, or spend it during the week
whilst out shopping or at school canteen. (and it might help the parents out
with a few extra dollars a week they save to spend elsewhere )

I know the local babysitter rates around here are terrible and cost a lot
hence Im lucky to have my parents willing to look after my children.

Nic



I used to pay my "mother's helpers" abut 1/2 to 2/3 what I would pay a
babysitter. I also developed something of a mentoring relationship with
them, which was satisfying for me and for them. The one who worked out
really well, when she turned 12 I paid for her to take a babysitting
class that included first aid -- she ended up continuing to babysit for
me until she was in college, so it was an excellent investment!

meh

grandma Rosalie

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dragonlady wrote:

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"Nik" nottelling wrote:

"-L. :" wrote in message
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I have two different 12 & 13 year old girls coming to help me (singly)
with our 5 month old son. I will be home, but will have them watch DS
while I clean. What is the going rate for such help? I live in
Portland, OR area, if that matters.

I preferred to pay someone to clean and look after my kids myself,
although I sometimes combined the cleaning and went out shopping when
the kid took a nap.

I hired mom's helpers when the twin's were tiny -- with a 3 yo and
infant twins, I just needed a break! Sometimes I cleaned, sometimes I
napped, sometimes I slept, and sometimes I played with the three year
old, giving her some much needed one-on-one mom time. Since the "mom's
helper's" I hired were only 10 or 11 years old, I couldn't leave them
alone with napping kids -- they really needed to be supervised.

I'd have loved to have been able to afford someone to help clean, but
the $$ just wasn't there for it.
--
Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care

dragonlady wrote:

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Rosalie B. wrote:

dragonlady wrote:

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"Nik" nottelling wrote:

"-L. :" wrote in message
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I have two different 12 & 13 year old girls coming to help me (singly)
with our 5 month old son. I will be home, but will have them watch DS
while I clean. What is the going rate for such help? I live in
Portland, OR area, if that matters.

I preferred to pay someone to clean and look after my kids myself,
although I sometimes combined the cleaning and went out shopping when
the kid took a nap.

I hired mom's helpers when the twin's were tiny -- with a 3 yo and
infant twins, I just needed a break! Sometimes I cleaned, sometimes I
napped, sometimes I slept, and sometimes I played with the three year
old, giving her some much needed one-on-one mom time. Since the "mom's
helper's" I hired were only 10 or 11 years old, I couldn't leave them
alone with napping kids -- they really needed to be supervised.

I'd have loved to have been able to afford someone to help clean, but
the $$ just wasn't there for it.

My cleaning lady came in half a day on Saturday. I think I paid her
about $10/week (this was in 1962-everything was cheaper then).
grandma Rosalie

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Rosalie B. wrote:

dragonlady wrote:

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"Nik" nottelling wrote:

"-L. :" wrote in message
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I have two different 12 & 13 year old girls coming to help me (singly)
with our 5 month old son. I will be home, but will have them watch DS
while I clean. What is the going rate for such help? I live in
Portland, OR area, if that matters.

I preferred to pay someone to clean and look after my kids myself,
although I sometimes combined the cleaning and went out shopping when
the kid took a nap.

I hired mom's helpers when the twin's were tiny -- with a 3 yo and
infant twins, I just needed a break! Sometimes I cleaned, sometimes I
napped, sometimes I slept, and sometimes I played with the three year
old, giving her some much needed one-on-one mom time. Since the "mom's
helper's" I hired were only 10 or 11 years old, I couldn't leave them
alone with napping kids -- they really needed to be supervised.

I'd have loved to have been able to afford someone to help clean, but
the $$ just wasn't there for it.


That's where I'm at - as much as I love him I need a break from DS!
Also, I don't trust adult cleaning help. Too many things that can
"disapper" without me realizing until it's too late. I figure the
kids need the experience and I need the help, so it's a win-win.

-L.