Anyone else still not hire a sitter??

CFO · February 2010

We've always used family, and a close friend once... Wondering how common that is...

ggbean · February 2010

CFO:
We've always used family, and a close friend once... Wondering how common that is...

Ditto. It's not that I wouldn't hire a sitter I just haven't had to.

Buckets of Moonbeams · February 2010

i don't know. my parents and my grandma are the only ones who have watched her. grandma is retired and my mom works part-time. I've never seen any reason or need to hire a sitter since they are so handily available, and K is 100% comfortable/in love with them.

mlc92404 · February 2010

We have only used family. Why pay when you can have a free sitter!!

bieanca · February 2010

We've only family so far. There hasn't been a time when we have needed a sitter that family wasn't available.

Aprilsies · February 2010

I really wouldn't know where to start. We've always had friends and family becuase there is so many people.

azaretsky · February 2010

We have a nanny who is with DS when I'm at work, but for nights/weekends we've never asked her or had to hire anyone. Grandparents ROCK!!!!

WiggleBaby · February 2010

bieanca:
We've only family so far. There hasn't been a time when we have needed a sitter that family wasn't available.

ditto

17Apes · February 2010

We have not hired anyone yet either. Quite honestly, I'm a little scared too! My mom is the only person we've left DD with for any length of time. We've also never left her overnight with anyone yet.

FALLingForChris · February 2010

We are very blessed to have both of our parents within 30 minutes of our home. We also found an amazing daycare person through my hairdresser. I love her.

DH and I have been trying to a date night at least once a month. We're alternating between my mom and MIL each month. It has been wonderful to have some time together!

Alli3586 · February 2010

We never have. My mom or my Dad and stepmom are the only people we have left her with.

AngieandTony · February 2010

I haven't either. I haven't needed to yet and I'd prefer family anyway.

ToledoDeux · February 2010

We'll likely never hire a sitter. We've only left DD with family or very, very close friends. Which is why we've had THREE dates in the past 2 1/2 years. lol.

AmyDrinkie · February 2010

I haven't; we just don't know any so he goes to either of the grandparents' houses. There are plenty of kids that live on our street but they're all elementary aged, so we won't have an array of babysitters for a few more years yet.

CFO · February 2010

ToledoDeux:
We'll likely never hire a sitter. We've only left DD with family or very, very close friends. Which is why we've had THREE dates in the past 2 1/2 years. lol.

Ha, nice. My parents life is their g-kids. We're lucky they live close.

RaphSandra2005 · February 2010

We've only had my family watch DS so far. I'm thinking about talking to my 16 year old neighbor to see if she's willing/able to watch him, but I have to admit it makes me nervous to leave him with anyone except my family.

mwalliser · February 2010

luckily we haven't had to...

honestly, I'm not quite sure where I'd even begin to look for one if I needed to hire a sitter either... humm

Tess12 · February 2010

Never. I've had family and friends watch her. And for a while I had a mother's helper, but I don't count that since I was always here with her the whole time.

KelzinBoston · February 2010

Only family and friends have watched him.

SBMBride406 · February 2010

I've not even considered it.

July28 2006 · February 2010

We never have. We pay for daycare, so I hate the idea of paying for childcare at night or on the weekends too! Thank God for grandparents!

citygirl_ · February 2010

Nope and we likely won't ever or for a looong time. We have so many family members who would bend over backwards to watch him and I feel much more comfortable with family anyway.

brooketini · February 2010

We never have. We've only had family aside from one time when our neighbors came over (after we had already put DD to bed) so that we could go to a bday party.