care.com?

amanda1680

Has anyone used this site to find a babysitter/nanny/DC?  I'm still agonizing over applying to a per-diem job and going back to work a couple days a week.  We've called a few DCs, but they are either full and/or don't take drop-ins.  I'm wondering now if I should try to find someone to watch M at our house since the schedule would be so random.  Just wanted to hear your stories about this website!  TIA! 

Qtlplegs

Hope you don't mind if I come out of lurking to answer.  We have used care.com to find babysitters and have had a great experience.  We got tons of responses to our ads - I was a bit overwhelmed the first time and made DH deal with it.  The second time we used it we closed our ad after getting a more manageable number of responses so we weren't overwhelmed.  We got a lot of great women who responded and most of them have a background check you can look at.  Oh, we paid for the site.  I meant to cancel after getting a list of babysitters we could use but we got one great one and then got lazy so it took us forever to find a few more which we are doing now and then I am going to cancel my subscription.

amanda1680

Qtlplegs:

Hope you don't mind if I come out of lurking to answer.  We have used care.com to find babysitters and have had a great experience.  We got tons of responses to our ads - I was a bit overwhelmed the first time and made DH deal with it.  The second time we used it we closed our ad after getting a more manageable number of responses so we weren't overwhelmed.  We got a lot of great women who responded and most of them have a background check you can look at.  Oh, we paid for the site.  I meant to cancel after getting a list of babysitters we could use but we got one great one and then got lazy so it took us forever to find a few more which we are doing now and then I am going to cancel my subscription.

I don't mind at all!!  So, you have to put out an ad to find a babysitter?  Hmm, I didn't realize that was how it worked.  I found a few ladies I wanted to contact, but now I'm to the point where I have to pay in order to do that.  I guess I need to decide if I want to apply for the job first.  It's sooo hard.  I've never left DD with anyone but DH, and that's only been for a couple hours!  So it's really hard to imagine leaving her with a stranger

 

LaRue86

Ehhh...Mixed review...We paid for the site and out of 7 interviews only found one person that we liked. Most were too sketchy for me or perhaps I was too emotional at the time. I had a little better luck with SitterCity, but I think it depends on your area as to which is better. Do you go to church and if so, could you ask and see if anyone there would be interested? If I only needed a couple days a week, I know some of the older SAHMs would jump at the opportunity.

Qtlplegs

You can do it either way - you can search the providers yourself or run an ad.  You could do a trial run with any sitter before you go back to work and that might help get you a bit more comfortable.  Totally get your fear.  We used care because we had no other way to find the sitters we needed and a good friend found her nanny on the site - but it made me a bit nervous at first!

vigurl

Have you used this site to find drop in care centers?  https://mnchildcare.org/findingcc/

I used the TX site to find my day care.

amanda1680

vigurl:

Have you used this site to find drop in care centers?  https://mnchildcare.org/findingcc/

I used the TX site to find my day care.

I am in a smallish town in MI now.  Stupid Bump won't let me change it.  Thanks, though! 

vigurl

amanda1680:

vigurl:

Have you used this site to find drop in care centers?  https://mnchildcare.org/findingcc/

I used the TX site to find my day care.

I am in a smallish town in MI now.  Stupid Bump won't let me change it.  Thanks, though! 

Sorry just trying to be helpful. Our work system is down all day and they still made  us come in. Away try this.  I see a few hits:

https://www.google.com/search?q=MI&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=#hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us%3AIE-SearchBox&sclient=psy-ab&q=Michigan+drop+in+care&oq=Michigan+drop+in+care&gs_l=serp.3...3358.7233.0.7467.21.17.0.2.2.0.360.3749.0j9j6j2.17.0...0.0.qF_vz27g9QI&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=fece7383adb7c629&biw=1080&bih=659 

justme04

I posted on it when we first moved to Pittsburgh.  Because we didnt know anyone and we wanted a sitter.  I talked to a couple of nice girls but never got around to interviewing because I ended up not getting a job or going back to school right away like we had originally planned after our move.

I'll use them again soon though.  Because I am going back to school this fall and getting a part time job.  DS1 will go to pre-school a couple days a week and both will go to daycare...if I have classes or work.

Diver0214

We used both sittercity and Care. We first interviewed from both back when I was pregnant and found a few nice girls. I found that the ones from care.com were more professional than sittercity. We are still using the same person that comes to our house since Olivia was born so for us it worked out really well. It also helped that our particular girl had her own back up people in case she ever needed time off.