Seminole Sitters brings years of child care experience to local families! We can consult on selecting a daycare or preschool, planning for child care at an event (e.g. weddings), and interviewing/choosing babysitters and nannies on your own according to best practices. We also consult with businesses regarding offering in-house child care for clients (e.g. gyms, yoga studios) or employees. Please contact us directly for individualized pricing on specific consulting services.
Services:
We are no longer offering full-time care at this time.
Recurring Part-Time Care / Regular Schedule
No more than 25 hours per week, often booked within the dates of a university semester
Two sitters may be needed to share a schedule
Non-refundable deposit equal to one week of care is due before scheduling; it is immediately available as a credit toward any babysitting.
Availability is limited and we often have a waiting list; please provide as much notice as possible. Contact us to learn more.
Overnight babysitting
Care for newborns while parents sleep!
Care for all ages while parents travel!
Group / event childcare (2+ sitters)
Contact us for pricing.
Churches (excluding Sundays), weddings, meetings, events
Out-of-town / vacation babysitting
Your favorite sitter can travel with you!
We also have sitters in other cities!
Virtual Sitting (click link for details!)
Special request? Not sure if we can meet a specific need? Just ask!
Babysitting
Date nights
One-time and occasional needs
Sitters available Mondays through Saturdays, day and night!
“Parent’s Helper”
Let a sitter help out with the kids while you’re at home!
Have a sitter join you and kids on errands!
Seminole Sitters “To Go”!
We get the kids out of the house; you get the house to yourself!
Please pay your sitters directly for driving expenses according to the current IRS business mileage rate.
After School Pick-up and Homework Help
Please pay your sitters directly for driving expenses according to the current IRS business mileage rate.
After school homework help can also be offered virtually to students (K - 11) who don’t need a sitter to drive them home.
On-Call Care
Sitter is paid 50% if not needed, or full rate if called to babysit
Sitter must remain 45 minutes from your home and sober
We are the only insured and award-winning babysitters in Tallahassee — and we do the footwork for you! We perform interviews and background checks, so you don't need to unless you'd like to! We also stay up-to-date on our CPR and First Aid certification. We have a large staff so if your usual sitter is unavailable, a substitute might be available!
Rates for In-Home Care:
We handle our own taxes! Check with your accountant to see whether you can write off your childcare costs; at your request, we can provide a letter with our Tax ID stating your childcare expenses for the year. We have also qualified with many employers' FSAs for reimbursement of childcare expenses.
Our rates are $20/hour for one child and $3/hour for each additional child. Sitters are paid for the full time scheduled, even if they are relieved earlier. There is a flat fee of $8 added to appointments outside of Leon County.
We encourage families to share sitters! The kids love having their friends over to play and it makes childcare more affordable for parents. We're happy to split the bill between families. All families present must be enrolled as clients before scheduling a sitter.
One sitter can watch up to six children or four children if there is a child present who is not yet walking, or under 12 months old.
For requests made with short notice (36 hours’ notice or less), there is an additional charge of $20.
On some days, we charge a premium rate. Seminole Sitters pays our sitters a little extra for these days that they spend away from their loved ones; it also serves as incentive for them to be available on days that are typically very high in demand. The premium rate is $30/hour for one child and $4.50/hour for each additional child. It applies to the full day. The flat fee for appointments outside Leon County remains the same. These days are:
ALL Florida State home football games against opposing teams, as scheduled
Thanksgiving Day, the Wednesday preceding it, and Friday following it
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
Valentine's Day (exception: if weekday, premium rate begins 4:00 pm)
Labor Day
There is a one-time $45 fee for enrollment and consultation. Click here to enroll!
Other Important Information:
We recommend at least five days' notice of your childcare needs. Clients are always welcomed to request a sitter with less notice, and we do our best to accommodate. Regular schedules are definitely preferred, though of course we're happy to serve your occasional and one-time needs as well!
Our most requested days have been Florida State's home football games and New Year's Eve. We cannot guarantee an available sitter on these (or really any) day, but please know we do our best to serve every family. The more notice we have of your babysitting request, the more likely we're able to serve you on high-demand days.
We are closed on Sundays each week so our full staff can rest and reset for the week ahead. We've found that it's made us healthier and happier as a whole - it gives us time to catch up on homework, visit family, spend time with friends, or even share the occasional “sitter dinner” together.
Waiting List Policies:
Appointments are based on sitter availability. We do keep a waiting list for one-time and recurring appointments. There is no fee to join our waitlist for one-time or occasional appointments, but if you would like to be waitlisted for a recurring need, we’ll ask for a non-refundable deposit equivalent to one week of the care, calculated based on the schedule needed by your family. The deposit will be available for use immediately as a credit toward any babysitting. As soon as a sitter is available for your waitlisted need, you’ll be notified and the sitter will be reserved for you.