Pea Pod
$45/month
or $450 a year save $90
- Up to 8 care requests a month
- Priority matching
- Families who want steady, flexible help
Prices
Every price, on one page.
What we charge and what we do not, in full. You should not have to call anyone to find out what childcare costs. If a number here is not clear, text us and we will explain it.
Three Peas in a Pod, a childcare agency in Denver, publishes every fee it charges. In 2026 a babysitting membership starts at $30 a month, a one-time sitter is a $32 booking fee, and a nanny placement is a $500 intake fee plus 7 to 8% of the nanny's annual pay. Those are the agency's fees only: families pay their sitter or nanny's hourly rate directly.
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The babysitting membership
A membership keeps a vetted sitter within reach and takes the booking fee off every request. Cancel any time; it runs to the end of the paid period.
One-time sitter
$32 a booking
No membership. One evening, one flat fee, the same vetted sitters.
Book one sitterGo out about once a month? Pea Sprout is $30 a month or $300 a year: up to 4 care requests a month, 48 hours' notice. Choose Pea Sprout
Need care often, or at short notice? Pea Patch is $65 a month or $650 a year: unlimited care requests, same-day care when available, top priority matching. Choose Pea Patch
A care request is one booking, however long it runs. Pea Sprout, at $30 a month, costs less than a single $32 booking fee.
Booking a sitter
One flat fee per booking, which members do not pay. The short-notice and same-day fees apply to every booking, members included.
- One-time drop-inNo membership needed
- $32
- Short noticeWithin 24 hours
- +$28
- Same dayUnder 4 hours' notice
- +$42
By tier: 48 hours' notice on Pea Sprout, priority matching on Pea Pod, same-day care when available on Pea Patch.
Nanny placement
A part-time or full-time nanny, or a nanny share, sourced and vetted for your household.
- Part-time nanny25 hours a week or less
- 7% of annual pay
- Full-time nanny26 hours a week or more
- 8% of annual pay
- Intake feeNon-refundable, starts the search
- $500
- Trial periodTwo weeks part-time, three full-time
- Included
- Nanny sharePer family
- $550
- Contract renewalPart-time / full-time
- $300 / $600
- Non-solicitation buyout
- $750
- Percentages are of the nanny's gross annual pay.
- The intake fee starts the search and comes off nothing else.
- If the match does not work during the trial, we search again at no further cost.
- Payment plans are available for a $200 admin fee, in up to three installments.
- Payroll through a licensed service is required and set up by your nanny's first day. We will introduce you to one.
What you pay your caregiver
What a sitter or nanny usually earns in Denver. Not our price.
Every fee above is ours, for the matching and the coordination. You pay your sitter or nanny directly, at a rate you agree.
Babysitters and nannies
$25 to $35 an hour
For evenings, weekends and everyday babysitting, and for part-time and full-time placements.
We never take a cut of a caregiver's hourly pay, and a caregiver is never charged to work with us.
Two ways to see the total
Our fee and the sitter's hours, added up. A member's total includes the membership.
A 4-hour evening
First booking
$132 to $172
A $32 one-time booking fee, plus the sitter's hours at $25 to $35 an hour: about $100 to $140 for the sitter.
With Pea Sprout
$130 to $170
The same sitter's hours and a month of Pea Sprout at $30, with no booking fee.
A month of evenings
No membership
$528 to $688 a month
About 4 evenings a month, each a $32 booking fee plus the sitter's hours.
Pea Sprout membership
$430 to $590 a month
Up to 4 care requests a month, 48 hours' notice. The $30 membership is in that total, with no booking fee on top.
Every example is 4 hours a sitting, booked at least two days ahead.
What we do not charge for
- Asking. Telling us what you need costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
- Background checks, reference checks and certification checks on our caregivers.
- Briefing your sitter on your household, your children and their routine.