How to Pay a Baby Sitter

Series Summary

Early childhood is a special time for both kids and parents. It is widely held that during the first few years of a person’s life, some of the most important physical and emotional aspects of development are set in place. Young children are dependent upon their mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles or grandparents to meet their needs during this time. To grow into healthy, happy adults, kids require many things, including safe surroundings, a good diet, peer interaction and a variety of experiences. In this free video series, learn some basic child care advice. Veronica Baragas has been professionally watching children for the last 10 years. She discusses a variety of topics, such as temper tantrums, nursing, teething and enhancing child development. Learn how to relive gas in an infant. Also, get tips for cleaning a baby's eyes, ears, and nose. Not sure how to cope with a clinging toddler? Help them break the habit with Baragas' advice. In addition, get ideas for what to do with used baby gear, clothing, books and toys. So, take a moment, and get some tips for raising happy, healthy babies.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Veronica Baragas, and I'm with my wigglesandgiggles.com, and I'm going to share with you, how to pay a baby sitter. Now we all know that it can be a little touchy when it comes to paying someone for watching your baby. Don't worry, babysitters are use to accepting money all the time, so what I would do is definitely set up a pay, arrangement before she even starts to babysit. Determine how much you're going to pay, how long you're going to be gone, and what they should be expecting. Most of the time I really appreciate when the parents don't have to come home and ask, how much do I owe you, you know how long you were gone for, you know how much you have to pay them, so it makes it a little uncomfortable when the babysitter has to tell you, well personally speaking, you know, you owe me, X amount of dollars. So to be a great parent, and have your babysitter come back for more, I would definitely have the money ready and calmly give it to them whenever you walk into the door, and go through your, what happened for the night. But definitely just be ready, and almost 9 times out of 10, I think we most likely like to accept cash, so make sure you have enough cash to pay them, no IOU's, because that's not the- those are the worst, so definitely use cash, and make sure that you just don't have to ask them, you just automatically have to give them some money. So those are the steps I would take to pay a babysitter."