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Asking daycare teacher to babysit?

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DH and I really like one of DD's room teachers (well, we like them both, but one really stands out to us).  She seems to really have taken a liking to Sophia and Sophia just adores her. I want to ask her if she ever does babysitting, but I haven't found a moment when the other teacher isn't around and I'm also not sure about policies about this.  DD will be leaving daycare for the summer in a few days, so she won't really be "enrolled" anymore.  I'm not sure this person would even WANT to babysit after caring for kids all week long, but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask since we are really comfortable with her.  Anyone ever done this?  What was the end result?

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  • cosimacosima
    My daycare's handbook has a whole section on this. They do not want teachers to have contact with the kids outside of day care, i.e. babysitting, birthday parties, etc. It explains that they are caring for kids for their full time jobs and due to past experiences where teachers felt pressured they have banned it all. It may be a little extreme, but I can understand. Maybe it is a different situation since you are leaving...
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  • MAprincessMAprincess member
    One of our DC teachers is our DS's babysitter.  She offered and we accepted.  The policy at our center is that you can use them as babysitters at your own discretion but they have no liability if something were to happen, basically.  But she loves coming to babysit him on the weekends if we go out.
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  • madhatter2003madhatter2003

    imageMAprincess:
    One of our DC teachers is our DS's babysitter.  She offered and we accepted.  The policy at our center is that you can use them as babysitters at your own discretion but they have no liability if something were to happen, basically.  But she loves coming to babysit him on the weekends if we go out.

    ditto this. One of our DD's teachers offered to babysit, and we took her up on it. We did clear it through the director, who just said it's between us and the teacher and the school isn't responsible blah blah blah...usual stuff.  We love it, since DD knows her and listens well to her, etc.  We use her for our regular date nights now.

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  • Maybride2Maybride2 member

    Our center doesn't have any sort of policy on this.  We just asked one of DS's favorite teachers one day, and she gave us her phone number. 

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  • thatgirlangthatgirlang
    One of my friends who works at a daycare does this and loves it. It's actually great because you already know and trust each other and trust me, they appreciate the extra money!

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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    I rarely use sitters but the few times I have needed to (we have family that will baby sit for us), I have used staff from school.  The one teacher who does it more came out and told me that if I ever needed a sitter to let her know.  She has since left the center but watched my girls one day when daycare was closed and will be watching them for me in the fall when I have a family wedding.  I also ended up in a situation where I need a sitter for my girls for a family event on my ILs side.  My sister would normal watch my girls but can't.  I simple asked the teachers if they knew of anyone who would be open to baby sitting on the weekends and let them volunteer if they were interested.  That way I was not putting anyone on the spot.  All four teachers told me they would love to watch the girls and it happened that only one was available so that is who is watching them.  At my center, the policy is really that you can ask the teachers for weekends baby sitting or evening but nothing that interfers with normal center hours and you can't hire them on as a nanny full time without paying the center a finding fee.
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  • fIowerchildfIowerchild
    Besides the ILs, the teachers are the only sitters H has had. The result has been good.
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  • melisjt1979melisjt1979

    All of our teachers are great babysitters.  If there is no policy about useing them, then go for it.  You already know they are reliable and good with kids.

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  • aulrobbriaulrobbri
    My MIL is a daycare teacher and she has babysat on weekends for date nights for some of the kids. She LOVES the extra money. Can't hurt to ask :-)
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