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WOW! People pay more for pet care than she is offering you to watch two very young children. Her daycare cost would be well over $1400/month for that amount of time. She is trying to take advantage of you and you will be so exhausted, not to mention the time you would be taking away from your own son. I'm not sure what the going rate is for in-home childcare, but I would charge at least $250/week for the daytime services. I wouldn't agree to an overnight commitment like that. Wow, how disrespectful of her to even offer you such pay. Terrible.

I agree with the previous posts--WHOLE-HEARTEDLY!!!! No way is that enough money. No way!! Also, you do need to take proper steps to cover yourself in the event something happens to one of them in your care. The Friday night thing--FORGET IT!! Good luck handling this one. Be strong, and don't do it because you're too afraid to say "no!" I know it can be difficult, but you must take care of yourself and your son first.

Please say no to her. That is rediculous. I pay $230/week for ONE child in day care. And with only three kids for you to watch, her kids will get more attention than if she sent them to a non-in home day care.

Um, wow! $20 a day for 9 hours?! That's only $2 an hour. I charge $25 a day for one child and $45 a day for two.
For overnight, I would charge her another full day rate for each child. That's alot of responsibility!

She is taking advantage of you big time. The bare minimum she should be paying you is like $45.00 as that's just $5.00 an hour. I would personally ask for $60.00 for two kids for that length of time (9 hours). She should not get a break for the overnite either, in particular given the ages of these kids. I would suggest you call a couple babysitting services and ask them what they're going rate is and then tell her that you're willing to do the job at a 30% discount. I would also make sure that you get an authorization for medical care in case anything happens to the kids while in your care AND call your insurance company and find out what your liability might be for this situation. Personally, I would avoid the situation altogether - this mom sounds like trouble.

When my son was in an in-home daycare I paid $35/day for one child. She provided snacks and lunch. I provided breakfast, formula, diapers and wipes. I still had to pay when she took vacation or when my son was sick. I would definitely charge more and definitely charge even more for keeping them overnight. My son is now in a daycare setting and I pay $147 for 3 full days. Hope this helps