<prompt> Human: My wife has been watching her sisters daughter our niece for 25 hours a week since she was an infant she is around 1 now . Her sister and husband pay us 560 every 4 weeks to watch her. A couple hours a week is one thing, but this is a job, so we worked out this arrangement.My wifes sister is pregnant again and weve been discussing how much the will increase adding on a second infant for also watching her 25 hours a week.I handle the bills, so Ive been working on this. I thought half of the first child 280 every 4 weeks would be pretty fair for the addition of the second child. So to be friendly I thought 270 just to come a little more their way just to make it a little less then half. This comes out to 2.70 an hour to watch the extra baby. The first baby was costing them 5.60 an hour. So in total were looking at 8.30 an hour to watch a 1 year old and an infant for 25 hours a week.This seems really fair to me???My wifes sister and husband think this is just SO unreasonable and are going on how how this is over 10,000 a year now and they dont know if this is ok with them. They are making it seem as if Im being unfair with adding 2.70 an hour for the second infant. They had issues with paying us 5.60 an hour for the first kid and now 2.70 extra for an infant is just way too much to them and they are painting me out to be unfair and unreasonable in the process.Its like they forget that they are getting daycare services for two kids for 1300 hours a year. That part doesnt seem to matter. It only matters what they are paying.Am I off here? I think this is a joke that 830 a month for watching two children basically babies is somehow unreasonable.I even dropped it too 800 just to make it work even though it pisses me off to do so. This was not really appreciated as it still appears to be unfair to them.They both work and make solid money as a household, so its not an issue of affording it. Not that it matters, this isnt about getting money out of them. Its about being FAIR IMO.My brother in law thinks we should basically watch them for free because were family and thats what families do, all the while he doesnt want to watch their kids either and continually drops his daughter off early at our house so he can take a nap etc before work, which we say nothing about.My sister in law constantly says things like, well I know this woman at work who knows someone who runs a daycare at her house and only charges 100 per week for 45 hours and that includes all the diapers and baby wipes .I feel like saying well I know this guy who knows this guy in the city that sells really good bootlegs for like 2.50 a pop so I dont think I should have to pay 20 for that bluray at WalmartI feel like they are only looking at it from their side and being very selfish. They severely undervalue the amount of patience and energy it takes to watch not just one kid, but two kids for 25 hours a week. It takes away from what my wife has to give the rest of our family once the kids leave and wears her out. Its a job, however you want to slice it.Meanwhile my brother in law continually shows up to drop off his daughter and time after time talks about how hes gettin money at his job and this and that.Its like were supposed to sacrifice for you so you can go take advantage of the situation. You want both sides instead of being fair. My wife could be babysitting other kids for income as this is what she does as a stay at home mom. Her time is valuable and this is how she contributes to our income.I just want to know if Im looking at this completely wrong. Am I letting finances get in the way of how much I should be charging them as family? I find it hard to believe what their paying is some sort of ripoff. I did get to ranting a little but Im so frustrated about the whole thing.Thanks for reading.  <response>: You are not out of line. Your in laws are being wildly unreasonable and taking advantage of you in multiple ways. Some people are just like this and you cant really do anything about it. Your wife isnt even working for minimum wage. I get that its family but she needs to be paid minimum wage. Im assuming you get cash and nobody is paying taxes here.We have a full time nanny for ONE infant and it costs us upwards of 35k annually when you include taxes. Part time nannies make at least 15hr for 2 kids, especially one an infant, in most areas of the country. Your sister in law cannot afford childcare like this and should consider daycare. Since its family maybe youd give a hefty 13 discount and charge 10hr, which it sounds like theyd never talk to you again if you suggested. Btw, next time she talks about the lady running the in home daycare, 1 tell her that lady charges 100wk because she has 10 kids she is watching and 2 if the price is so fucking great she should send her kids there. 