“How much do babysitters cost these days?” My husband asked when we were about to go on our first date after my oldest was born. “I don’t know. I was paid $20 an hour, but that was for 2 kids. So…” I trailed off. My husband’s boss had a teenage daughter that came over later…
I was a teen nanny and babysitter in high school. In fact, I started watching kids as young as 2 when I was just 11 years old. I am pretty sure I would have never let a pre-teen watch my own children that young; nonetheless, it’s something I did in the summer, on weeknights, and…
The first time we ever left our oldest with a babysitter, she cried until she fell asleep on the kitchen floor. She was devastated we would ever leave her. But it was our anniversary, she was a toddler, and we hadn’t left the house on a date since before she was born. But we sought out…