Taking care of other kids?

Has anyone ever taken care of other's kids for extra money? A friend of mine was telling me that a friend of hers is looking for a place for her 1 year old daughter & she doesn't really want any kind of childcare environment. I was thinking of maybe watching her. The only thing is How do you go shopping with 2 toddlers? I mean, I guess I could just do my shopping other times, but I was thinking about other errands too. I would also bring her along to the playgroups & things I go to. The only one I'm not sure of is MOPS - they provide childcare, but not sure how it work with someone else's child. How much would you charge for something like that? It would be M-F 9-5:30 or so.

I've watched another child but only 1 or 2 days a week. I didn't do anything those days but take care of the kids. I didn't want to risk losing them while out or being responsible for them in the car or exposing them to illnesses, etc. You can always ask the mom what she prefers. She may not feel comfortable with her child being out and about without her and lugging a carseat around may not be too convenient either. As for cost, call some day cares and ask how much they charge for a 1 year old. Also, call some home day cares and ask them. I would think you'd want to be registered and insured if you are taking the child out.

I did at home daycare the first two years with my oldest son. I had my newborn, one other newborn for 4 hours a day and a three year old full time. It worked out great with the three year old and my own, but was very hard with the other little one.
And this past year I watched a little girl full time, I never took her anywhere as I didn't feel comfortable with that with her. But with the other little three year old, he went every where with us and his mom was fine with it. I did all my shopping and errands after the little girl was picked up though. It was tricky but it worked out ok and it gave us some spending money for the weekend.

I've watched children before. I loved doing it but have been on "break" since by son was born.
I watched one little girl from the time she was three months old (for about a year). I did take her everywhere with me. I only watched one child at a time (besides my own). As she got older we'd go to parks, bookstores, playdates etc. I treated her like I would I would my dd.

Her parents were completely comfortable with me taking her with me, they actually preffered that over me keeping her at home all day..but I understand every parent is different.
If I didn't feel comfortable watching both at a certain place I wouldn't go. You get the hang of it pretty quickly and after awhile it becomes second nature. I would also email her mom everyday at around noon so she'd know where we had been and/or where we'd be going.

I did inhome daycare for about 2 years. For a 1 year old I charged $75 a week. I provided breakfast,lunch and an afternoon snack. I took my daycare kids everywhere with me. There is a fieldtrip form that I have thats covers fieldtrips such as: trips to the store, to pick kids up from school and about anywhere else we went. My kids were older but I did make an id tag for them that I carried with their picture on it and they wore one that had the daycare name and my cell number on it, so if something happened they knew who to contact. I have alot of forms for daycare if you need some let me know and I will get them to you.

I do at home child care, mine is by word of mouth though. I usually charge at least $6/hr or $30 dollars a day, unless I know that their financial situation can't allow that. I've never taken a child in my care out of the house except to the pool(my fiance was there so he could watch Lexi) and to the park here on the apartments property. But I will take them with me on walks if the parents allow it. I'm actually looking for a new kid to take care of. The last child I watched was just temp(she was the first since I had Lexi). She was adopted by some friends of mine and they were called at 9pm and were told to come pick her up right away. They didn't have anything for her at the house, and hadn't made any arrangments for pre-k since they were told they probably wouldn't get her for another six months. I'm looking for ways to "advertise" that i'm able to take another child...if anyone has any ideas pm and let me know...

I have no idea, honestly. But I get charged $100 (less than that but I give $100) a week to watch my lil 16 mo!

You might consider becoming licensed with the state.

http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/child_care/child_care_training.php#familyhomes

i watch another child from my home (i am not licensed) but i started with my neighbors child (until he went all violent on me and my daughter) he is now in daycare where they can control him better and he isnt around little babies. now i watch my friend from LLL's child who is 6 months. this has worked out well aside from when naptime comes for DD she knows he is here and wont sleep if she knows he is here. it has helped her become very gentle. we just found out that we are expecting and she sits next to him handing him toys and gently patting him...soooo sweet. i watch him 1 or 2 times a week for about 4 hours each and get $20. but for the 3 yr old i did it 7-6 and made 125-150/week. mostly i would recommend calling around also and then because i needed the money i went a little lower that the other places were charging.

I used to be a Nanny and it is along the same lines as you are talking about. Ithink $25-$30 a day is good. Also if I were you I would want to get out of the house with them. I used to go all kinds of places. The zoo, shopping, kid places. You name it. As a parent now. I would love a caregiver to do stuff like that. I think you really have to trust them to let them go places with them. So it is really up to you and the Mom. I know I would go crazy at home all day with no escape.

I am a license in home day care provider and you have to fill out a form and give it to the parents to let them know where you are going with their children