experience with sittercity.com?

jc&cat

Hi Ladies- Reposting on this board b/c I know you all have such good experience/insight. I noticed sittercity.com advertised on thebump and checked it out. we're looking for some help a few days a week. DH now has some great consulting work that he can do from home but need a hand with the little guy. we currently have a friend sister coming 2 days/week and she is great but heading back to college in 2 weeks. i'm nervous about these kinds of sites but this one can really help us. any experience?

CMDR513

What about contacting a local college's Early Childhood Department to see if you can advertise there? I'm sure they'd be able to help especially since it's the same field.  Perhaps try PSU, DCCC, etc. 

Brit1017

We found our first nanny through sittercity.com. While there were a lot of responses to weed through, I found four candidates to interview and of those, three were fantastic. I would recommend it, just know that you will have to be pro-active and really do a thorough interview, check references, and take advantage of the background check that they offer (which you would want to do under any circumstances). And trust your gut!