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Has anyone used care.com?

glowworm0166glowworm0166 member
in June 2012 Moms
I have been thinking about what DH and I should do about child care when I have to go back to work after 3 months.  I am planning to talk to my boss about working from home 2 - 3 days a week and DH can probably work from home the other 2 days.  I was thinking we might be able to ge someone to come in, at least part-time, to watch the baby from our house while we are working.  The problem is, how do we go about finding child care.  A friend of mine mentioned care.com as a source for child care.  Has anyone used it before?  If so, what did you think? 

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Re: Has anyone used care.com?

  • giggles0918giggles0918 member
    A lot of people I know have recommended it.  I've never used it but probably will to try and find some sitters since I have no one I know of right now.
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  • KitkatishbakkKitkatishbakk member
    I have never used it but a friend of mine is on there as a provider. I know she paid extra so that they would run a background check and have on file for potential clients. I don't know if you would actually get to review the background check or if it just says "clear." I've never looked into it but she gets quite a few calls. I would just make sure and use one of the people that paid extra to have their background check run and they also have to list references.
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    I don't know anything about care.com but I have several friends who have been very happy with sittercity.com.
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  • angelfire02angelfire02 member
    I have a friend who just posted a job on care.com and I have used it to look for jobs.  I have heard good things about it, but you need to do the background check on anyone and everyone you decide you want to talk to.  The person I work for hired another girl before me and found out a lot of things about her after the fact.....she for sure ran a background check after that!  The thing to remember is that unlike using a service, there is no middleman to sort through the people who reply.  You should make sure your ad is as clear as possible and list every thing that you are looking for.  The less clear it is, the more people you are probably going to have to weed through.  Overall I think it is a good website, just make sure you have the time to do the work and not having to pick someone because you end up short on time.  Good luck! :)
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  • IrishsapphireIrishsapphire member

    I used care.com to find a part-time nanny for my son for his first two months home after my maternity leave (he went to daycare near my work when he was 3 months old).  I interviewed a lot of candidates.  It is just going with the person who you think will be reliable, has good transportation to get to your home, and will do a good job with your baby. 

    I felt like there were some great candidates out there.  Some of the candidates were like telling me what hours and what days they wanted to work.  I ended up going with a grad student who was okay with the part-time hours that I was offering, as well I was able to get her for $10/hr---for an infant, it was like a 10 hour day that the nanny was covering--just so I could spend some time with her transitioning the baby over to her, then it took 30 minutes to get to work and back. 

    I really felt like she did a great job, and I gave her a great review. 

    We also had our inlaws coming in for 2 days a week to watch my son as well.  Those first couple of months are a little crazy.  I definitely like daycare better because my son's daycare is 10 minutes from my work. 

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  • mbs79mbs79 member

    I can't review the nanny yet, but we're interviewing one this week from the site. I like that you really can be specific about your job. We are hoping this girl works out. It seems like there are two groups that most of the nannies fall into which are college students and older women. We are only needing part-time care which many of the college students seem to be seeking. Background checks are available for all on the site. Some women do pay for it for you, but I'm not ruling someone out b/c they don't pay for that ahead of time.  Anyhoo, I really like the site. It's easy to use and has a lot of qualified people on there looking for jobs.

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  • doxgirldoxgirl member
    We found our nanny on care.com.
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