Is all I’m asked to do normal?
Hi all! Writing this post wondering if this is normal to be asked everything I have been asked to do while babysitting.
So basically I am 20F and I babysit two children, 1M and 3F. So I normally babysit at night 5-10. Sometimes I babysit during the day too.
So what the parents want me to do is cook dinner, bathe the kids, put all the dishes in the dishwasher (includes the dishes that they have made and are already in the sink), clean the living room and playroom, and vacuum. Recently they asked me to feed both of their dogs and let them out in the backyard and be outside with them until they come back in.
So I don’t mind the dinner part but I’m not comfortable with bathing them. The baths started recently as did the making dinner and everything else. I feel like they are expecting me to do more than what is required of a babysitter.
On top of all of this now their neighbors will sometimes bring their kids over if I’m babysitting during the day. So from 2 kids I’ll be watching more like 5-6 kids total.
Now they want me to cook, feed and bathe their 2 kids and have them up in bed by 6:30. I’ve brought this up to them but they told me their last babysitter, who was from the Philippines, did all of this and that’s what is normal around this area.
Any thoughts? I feel like I’m being taken advantage The pay is 20/hr