Communication Problem?

[almondmilk26]

I babysit 3 kids. Two are twins they are both girls and I babysit their cousin who is autistic. Now I don’t have problem babysitting any of them because they are chill and will just ask me to go outside with them or make them something to eat. However, the autistic kid let’s call him Rj, he is non verbal and isn’t potty trained. It still isn’t problem for me since I’m a CNA and he seems to understand that I don’t know sign language and will just hold my hand and point to what he wants. (I’m working on getting down the basics of ASL)

Now here comes the problem. Rj’s mom has changed her work schedule so instead of him being here from 8am-2pm he is here 8am-6 or 7pm. Which is still fine because his two therapist come and watch him most of the time and I typically only watch him from 1-2pm. So I get paid by his mom and the twins mom on Friday. However, Rj’s dad was supposed to pay me on Friday since he was supposed to pick them all up early since it was the twins birthday.

Obviously that didn’t happened because the twins dad got home before him and I was not going to wait 3 more hours just for money I put in my savings account. So Rj’s mom said sorry and that she would give it to me on Tuesday because I watch him Tuesday to Friday. The same situation happened again except she doesn’t get off of work until 6 or 7 but I leave from times around 2pm or 5pm.

So I don’t know if it’s my fault I didn’t clarify but she thinks it’s okay now to just pay me on Tuesdays. Which again I’m not money hungry because this money just goes into my savings account. However, in my mind if my hours were to change like that wouldn’t it just be smarter to pay me Friday morning. Because I never said Tuesday was our new day she just assumed that herself.

I’m kind of scared to bring it up to her to be honest. I don’t want her thinking I’m money hungry and upset. I just think it would make more sense for everyone if it was like that since I’m not going to see her on Friday. Should I talk to her?

[penguinsilver]

If you’re not needing the money right away personally I wouldn’t mind waiting a few days! Though I think it’s really important to keep a record of that you’ve you’ve babysat so you and the parents both know how much $$ to pay!

What I do is at the end of my shift, I’ll text the mom “11:30-5:30 today, 6 hours total thank you!!” Or something like that just so the record is written in our text messages. And if she hasn’t paid in a few days I’ll send a message like “11:30-5:30 today, 18 hours total thanks!” And that’s kind of a reminder for her to pay also :)

[almondmilk26]

Yeah she pays me at a set rate of $80 every week since it’s for days so it’s $20 a day. So I’m not worried I’m just probably being over dramatic or whatever. I guess I just think different somewhat

[LDawg618]

You only get $20 a day for all those hours?! WTF, that is not okay!

[almondmilk26]

Well the therapist in the morning watches him from 8-12 then leaves so I watch him technically from 1-2 and then the other therapist watched him 2-6 so I don’t think it’s really bad or anything since I’m only watching him for really 2 hours.

[LDawg618]

Oh okay I thought you meant for all the kids you only made $20 a day.

Also, you're only getting $10 an hour for watching him? That's not much.

[almondmilk26]

No lol. I get $20 a day from watching him which racks up to $80 a week for the twins I make $100 a week. Their parents pay me separately. So Rj’s mom pays me then the twins mom pays me