care.com

gladygirlca

What are your experiences with Care.com?  I will be needing part-time child care soon...and possibly when I'm photographing on the weekends, and I'm wondering who's used Care.com and how you felt about it?

LittleFish1

we're in the South Bay, a mom from our playgroup had zero luck finding part time care with them. She also hasn't had any luck with other options either though.

gladygirlca

Hm...Hopefully that's not a herald of the general landscape.

teach1008

I found our part-time nanny on care.com.  There are definitely a lot of profiles to read through and you'll get a lot of people reply.  Once you weed through, you might have a few viable options.  I found that people who responded were above our price range, or wanted full time.  I did phone interviews first and then invited two people to meet us.  Then we picked our nanny and did a trial week.  If you give yourself enough time you'll find someone.

misspp

Did you fill out a job or did you just search for nannies nearby? I'm just starting the process and curious as to how to go forward. 

teach1008

I created a job post, describing the position and some of the general qualifications I was looking for.