Newborn babysitter

amother

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 6:49 am

Where am I supposed to find!?! This town is crazy. I need to go back to work soon and there does not seem to be any availability. Nothing at all in the BP or masa umatan.
What do people do. ;(

amother

Goldenrod

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 7:20 am

I would NEVER trust a newborn babysitter - she'd have to be way older than that LOL

stillnewlywed

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 7:30 am

Which area are you in? What hours are you looking for?
I started looking for a babysitter when I was 6 months pregnant...

Crookshanks

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 7:35 am

Maybe it's worth it to send to a daycare until you can find something cheaper. They all have newborns.

stillnewlywed

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 7:37 am

Crookshanks wrote:

Maybe it's worth it to send to a daycare until you can find something cheaper. They all have newborns.

It is almost impossible to get into the Newborn groups at daycare

amother

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 7:42 am

I live in ridge area. Looking from 9-2.

Daycare is unaffordable. ;(

amother

Apricot

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 8:33 am

From Purim until the summer finding a babysitter is very hard,most babysitters are full(or over filled) and will not take anther kid.
I wish I could help you

ddmom

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 9:17 am

If I was looking right now I would find 2 or 3 other mothers who just had a baby and find someone who is looking for a job. You divide hourly rate by the number of babies.
Find someone who just got married or somebody who just moved to Lakewood...

amother

Linen

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 9:28 am

It is the most stressful thing!!! Wish I can be of help. at least I wish you luck and hope you find something really really quick!!

amother

Apricot

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 8:43 pm

ddmom wrote:

Do you also read the back of the BP? I don't know about this week there are a lot of ads like that, I know someone who put in such an ad and only got calls from people looking for a baby sitter

You really have to know someone.

amother

Blue

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 8:45 pm

I’m looking for a babysitter in the Princeton ave area. Please let me know if you hear of anything

amother

Mustard

Tue, Mar 16 2021, 8:54 pm

Did you try the typical routes like Care.com?

Or post an ad with an incentive. Higher than usual pay etc

amother

Thu, Mar 25 2021, 4:25 pm

Bump. Any other leads? I'm getting desperate. I must have called 20 phone numbers and everyone is full full full....

I gave up on getting anything near my house, I've been calling people in all areas.....

This is only my second child and we just moved so I'm not used to the Lakewood scene yet. I really like it here except for things like this; why can't I find one open spot in an entire town!!
What am I supposed to do, quit my job!?? 😢😢

amother

Seafoam

Thu, Mar 25 2021, 4:35 pm

My sister is going through this too. There aren’t enough babysitters to go around. Sad

I feel bad for her and would love to help but there’s no way I could watch her newborn every day like that.
The good news is that slots will open up end of June.

amother

Apricot

Mon, Mar 29 2021, 10:48 pm

I know some one who found one neighbor to take her baby 2 days a week and another neighbor to take her her baby another 2 days a week. Her Aunt took her baby on Friday in return for picking up her aunts kids from playgroup.

Would this work for you? If you can find such neighbors

amother

Seashell

Mon, Mar 29 2021, 11:12 pm

How much do you pay for a newborn babysitter?
I used to babysit a while ago... thinking of jumping back into it.

amother

Tue, Mar 30 2021, 9:44 am

Going rate in Lakewood is about $4-500 a month. No such neighbors.
Trying not to think about over yt cuz I'm so stressed ;(

Crookshanks

Tue, Mar 30 2021, 9:45 am

For future reference, I think people at this point find babysitters before their kids are born Confused

Everyone is otherwise full!

amother

Linen

Tue, Mar 30 2021, 9:49 am

No one charges for $4 hr anymore. Standard is 4.75 to $5. And yes you literally need to look for babysitter when you get a positive preg test in their town. It’s beyond crazy