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So we have a 20 month old and her cousin( my nieces daughter) is 26 months.
They are pretty close and play well together. I'm happy they have each other.
My niece has asked my wife to watch her daughter twice a week for 6 hours each day.
My wife is ok with it, although it will be alot. My wife does not work.
My niece is telling my wife she wants to pay her but my wife does and doesn't want to take the money..lol.
If she does she would take much less than a babysitter would cost.
Do you think it's right for my wife to take any money?
Sure, why not? She can use it for food and snacks and whatnot for the babies. It will make the niece feel better, like she’s not “using” your wife for free services.
Heck, you can even just put the money in a small fund for your grand-niece, if your wife really feels bad taking it.
So we have a 20 month old and her cousin( my nieces daughter) is 26 months.
They are pretty close and play well together. I'm happy they have each other.
My niece has asked my wife to watch her daughter twice a week for 6 hours each day.
My wife is ok with it, although it will be alot. My wife does not work.
My niece is telling my wife she wants to pay her but my wife does and doesn't want to take the money..lol.
If she does she would take much less than a babysitter would cost.
Do you think it's right for my wife to take any money?
Thanks.
Yes. 100x yes.
As you and your wife know, watching and taking care of littles is hard work. Man...I LOVE littles. I have a maternal streak a mile long and a mile wide...but let's be real...2 littles will be 2x the hi jinks, 2 times the temper tantrums, 2 times the curiosity and getting in to things they don't need to get into, etc.
I'm sure it's worth it to your neice to know her daughter will be loved and happy, and will happily be willing to pay something.
Yes, take the money. Everyone happy.
Niece = Yay! Cheap babysitter, but I don't owe them any favors or have to wonder if they're going to suddenly be unavailable.
Wife = Yay! Money for extra work I'd be doing anyway and I'm not being taken advantage of.
And children are exponential, not linear. 2 kids is 2^2 times as hard, not twice as hard.
Sure, why not? She can use it for food and snacks and whatnot for the babies. It will make the niece feel better, like she’s not “using” your wife for free services.
Heck, you can even just put the money in a small fund for your grand-niece, if your wife really feels bad taking it.
This. Even a small amount would add up in a year's time. If the arrangement continues until she's school age, and is put into a bond or other instrument, it could mature into a tidy little sum to help with college living expenses, or post-college rent, or whatever. Grad school, or anything else.
Yes, but if your wife starts taking money, there needs to be a formal work agreement outlining a schedule, how much and how often she will be paid, expectations around days off, disciplinary boundaries, etc. Don't make the mistake of being too casual about this arrangement.
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