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Babysitting

kristinyoung111kristinyoung111 member
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My LO has only been with a babysitter once so far. She was a family friend, but we haven't felt comfortable asking her to watch our LO lately because she has been going through a lot (her husband has a brain tumor). There aren't any other people that both my husband and I seem to feel comfortable with, and we don't have any family around. I really want to have a date night or just a couple hours alone with my husband without having to worry about interruptions from the baby. Any suggestions on finding someone outside of friends to babysit? I've never had to look for a babysitter before. What are typically reasonable prices for one?
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  • Emerald27Emerald27 member
    If you go to church, the church may be a source of a babysitter. When DS was teeny and I had to work, we needed someone to watch him 2 days a week. I called our church office and found a wonderful, gentle lady to stay with him. I'm home now, but that was a huge help at a difficult (more for me than DS. Lol) time.

    Alternatively, you could interview some babysitters through care.com or another babysitting/nanny site, and just look for caregivers who share or at least highly respect your views.

    I found a mom friend through LLL who brings her LO over when DH and I have date nights. The babies play and we go out for a couple hours, and I watch her LO occasionally in return. :)
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  • vintagejjanevintagejjane member
    Church is a great place to start if you go to one, ask moms in your mom groups, local colleges..
     I actually found 2 amazing sitters off of sittercity.com
    I met them first, did a background check, totally snooped on their facebooks. (Yep, I went there.)

    They ended up being wonderful and true to what they said in their interviews and DD loved them! Also you can find another couple with kids and exchange weekly babysitting for date nights.
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  • elio23elio23 member
    I, too, found a great sitter online.  I found her at care.com.  I met her first, saw how she interacted with my baby, got to know her and asked for references.  My husband and I are very comfortable with her and have had her babysit twice already. 

    A piece of advice: before you start looking for one it's important to know what you don't want.  It important for me to find someone with experience, had their own children and was not a high school or college student.  Good luck!
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  • yeah.yeah. member
    We found our babysitter through friends using her.
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  • Robi1Robi1 member
    Care.com is a great resource, but if it were me, I'd find a mom friend who would watch the baby and set up some sort of exchange - maybe one night a month for each of you. Especially as your babies grow up it will be just like a playdate but gives you both time off, and you don't have to exchange money. 
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