Is there a need for after hours babysitting?

amother

Mon, May 23 2022, 11:34 am

Ages 12-18 months? What hours do you think would be appreciated? What amount should I charge per hour?
Thinking of opening a group.

amother

Oldlace

Mon, May 23 2022, 11:47 am

Do you mean long hours or you would only offer after hours?
Yes there's a need. 8 to 5pm
it would have to be cheaper than daycare rate to be interesting. Or small group. Or bag less drop off.

amother

Mon, May 23 2022, 11:50 am

amother [ Oldlace ] wrote:

Do you mean long hours or you would only offer after hours?
Yes there's a need. 8 to 5pm
it would have to be cheaper than daycare rate to be interesting. Or small group. Or bag less drop off.

No I mean only offer after hours. Small group of 3-4 kids plus my own little one

AllThings

Mon, May 23 2022, 11:53 am

Or till 6 for the people who work ft and commute.

amother

Mon, May 23 2022, 12:00 pm

AllThings wrote:

Or till 6 for the people who work ft and commute.

So you think there is no need for a 2:15-5:15 group?

lollypop2

Mon, May 23 2022, 12:02 pm

I would definitely be interested for my newborn. I work until 4:45ish (I work in the healthcare system so parents want us to work after school hours).

amother

Mon, May 23 2022, 12:07 pm

lollypop2 wrote:

I would definitely be interested for my newborn. I work until 4:45ish (I work in the healthcare system so parents want us to work after school hours).

That’s the thing. So many ppl asked me if I would consider doing newborns but I prefer the 12-18 month age.
Anyone know if there is a need for that specifically? And what is the going rate for after hours

AllThings

Mon, May 23 2022, 12:08 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

So you think there is no need for a 2:15-5:15 group?

There is almost for sure a need for that too.

amother

Mon, May 23 2022, 12:14 pm

AllThings wrote:

There is almost for sure a need for that too.

Ok great. Waiting for others to chime in

amother

Brown

Mon, May 23 2022, 12:17 pm

There is a strong need for afternoon hours but I would recommend starting at 12/1 for people that work in schools second half of the day. Elementary / high schools are having a really hard time hiring teachers partially because they don’t have childcare that runs until 4 or 5 o’clock…

amother

Ebony

Mon, May 23 2022, 12:39 pm

I'll leave others to comment on exact times. If you don't get a response here you can put a classified in the bp saying you're creating an afternoon babysitting group together and call for details. You can use the feedback to create a schedule.

For reference though, I know someone who switched from morning babysitting bais feiga schedule to afternoons high school. One of the mothers put together the group of afternoon hs teachers. I don't know what the per hour is but she told them she needed to earn the same edit: per month as if she did the morning despite the fewer hours (no Fridays, fewer hours per day, and more vacation for hs).

Also, she took all ages as many afternoon teachers don't send their preschoolers out jn the morning. So she might take a family's 2 year old and newborn

She had already turned her mornings into a monthly, (she added up total babysitting hours per year and then divided by 10) so she was very clear on her monthly.

This friends kids were all older elementary through married and she tried it put the first year to accommodate her grandchild. However, in the end she really liked having her mornings for errands and stayed w afternoons.

amother

Quince

Mon, May 23 2022, 11:44 pm

I do clubs from 2-4 when I started I used to pick up kids from there playgroup, now most of the kids come from playgroups on the block or the next, some do get dropped off from carpools.

If you are doing 2-6 how are the kids getting to you?
Are you offering transpiration or are the parents going to have to figure it out?

That is some thing to thing about.