Cross Creek, New Tampa (Tampa, FL) · Some gated villages
Babysitting & Date Nights in Cross Creek, New Tampa (Tampa, FL)
In-home babysitting for one family at a time, on evenings, weekends and school days.
How we do babysitting in Cross Creek
Cross Creek in New Tampa (Tampa, FL 33647): Cross Creek is an established, deed-restricted New Tampa neighborhood along Cross Creek Blvd east of Bruce B. Downs Blvd, run by a homeowners association with no CDD; Pride Elementary on Lions Den Dr serves the neighborhood. No HOA-published count. Local listing sites describe more than 1,000 homes, most built in the 1990s and 2000s; we do not publish an exact figure. A lot of the households have both parents working and the grandparents out of state. This is the community we live in.
Babysitting is in your home, for one family at a time, following your routine: dinner, homework, bath, the bedtime you set, and a tidy kitchen when you get back. We never do drop-off or group care and we never bring children to our house, and that is what keeps a babysitter outside Florida's child-care licensing rules. Cross Creek is zoned for Pride Elementary, Benito Middle, Wharton High in Hillsborough County Public Schools.
Most of Cross Creek is open streets. Creekwood, inside Cross Creek II, is gated; if you live there, add us to your visitor list before the first visit and we confirm it at the meet and greet. The community amenities are open, so a walk to the playground or the trail is an easy part of a visit. In the rainy season the storms come through between 3 and 6 in the afternoon, so afternoon visits are timed around them. Date nights run $24/hr with a 2-hour minimum, $3/hr per additional child from the same family, and an overnight is $165/night.
Getting into Cross Creek
Most of Cross Creek is open streets. Creekwood, inside Cross Creek II, is gated; if you live there, add us to your visitor list before the first visit and we confirm it at the meet and greet. The community amenities are open, so a walk to the playground or the trail is an easy part of a visit.
Babysitting prices for Cross Creek
Same published prices everywhere we go. No travel fee inside our service area.
Babysitting
+$3/hour per additional child, same family, 2-hour minimum
$24/hr
Each additional child
same family only
$3/hr
Overnight
10 p.m. to 8 a.m., and an earlier arrival is billed hourly
$165/night
Why Cross Creek households book us
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$24/hr, $3/hr per additional child in the same family, 2-hour minimum. Overnight $165/night.
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In your home, one family at a time. No drop-off, no group care, no mixing families.
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The same sitter every time, so your kids are not explaining the rules to someone new.
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Cross Creek is zoned for Pride Elementary, Benito Middle, Wharton High in Hillsborough County Public Schools.
Babysitting in Cross Creek: questions we get
Which schools are Cross Creek kids zoned for?
Cross Creek is in the Hillsborough County Public Schools district. For the Pride Elementary address on Lions Den Dr, the district School Zones Locator returns Pride Elementary, Benito Middle and Wharton High for 2026-27. Zones can differ by street, so check your own address on the locator before you count on a school.
How much does a babysitter cost in Cross Creek?
$24/hr with a 2-hour minimum, plus $3/hr per additional child from the same family. Overnights are $165/night from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. That includes dinner, homework, the bedtime routine and a tidy-up before we leave.
Can you pick my kids up after school in Cross Creek?
We do not transport children in our vehicles. If your school is walkable from home we can meet them and walk home. Otherwise we meet them at the door and the homework hour starts there.
Can you take my kids to the Cross Creek pool or playground?
Playground and trails, yes. Pool or clubhouse only with your written permission and your resident fob, and only when you have told us which kids can swim. The community amenities are open, so a walk to the playground or the trail is an easy part of a visit.
Do you serve both sides of the county line?
Yes. We live in Cross Creek in New Tampa (Tampa, FL 33647) and work in Wesley Chapel, FL every day, so we keep both school calendars.
Other services in Cross Creek
Book babysitting in Cross Creek
Start with the free meet and greet at your house. We take notes on the gate, the door and the routine, and nothing is booked until you say so. Serving Wesley Chapel, FL and New Tampa.