babysitters/in-home childcare

ladybugpjb

Update on my job situation: I got offered a last-minute teaching job - woohoo!

I'll be teaching a class two nights a week, so I've had to arrange for someone to watch the kids on the nights DH is working. One of the nursery ladies from church (and maybe her teenage daughter) will be doing it.

DD currently sleeps in the RnP in our bedroom. Our room is tiny, and the RnP is in my cramped little corner. DD *usually* falls asleep while nursing or being rocked, and then I put her in the RnP. She'll most likely fall asleep before I get home.

I already feel weird having people in our house when we're not there (we've actually never had a babysitter), so the thought of the babysitter going into our room is extra weird to me.

What would you do? Would you feel weird having someone else go in your room to put LO to bed? Or would you figure out an alternate arrangement?

 

mgarza1231

I think I would feel weird if someone were in my bedroom. That's the only room that's kind of "private". Any chance DD would fall asleep in the RNP in another room, say the living area?

Also, Congrats on the job! 

Suesse2009

I wouldn't feel weird but I understand why people would. I would try keeping the rnp in another room and then take her into your bedroom when you get home.

melissa0726

Congratulations, on the job!

I would probably feel a little weird about the sitter in my bedroom, too.  Can you put the RnP in another room, like DD's room, on the nights you work?  They're really lightweight to move around, right?  Then if she wakes up in the night, bring her back into your room.

ladybugpjb

I used to move DS around in the RnP at my mom's house without a problem, but our room is soooo small that I don't know if I could get it in there with her in it without tripping! Maybe I'll do a trial run before I have to leave her...or maybe I'll be brave and try to transition her to her room (

I think I'm just paranoid about having non-family in our house.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha

Congrats on the job!
I don't think I would feel weird having the sitter go in my room to put the baby to bed, but if I did, I guess I would maybe suck it up and put the rnp in her room. Good luck!

ladybugpjb

Kimbus22 said:

Congratulations!

I'm a little weird about babysitters in my room.  Mostly because I don't want another room to clean up before the sitter shows. She's right around the age we moved Joey into his room so I'd probably just start that.

Exactly!