4 January 2018 - Baby Sitter 101

How to Get Baby-Sitters and What to Tell Them

"The recommendation of a friend or neighbor is the best way to find a baby-sitter. Schools recognize that sitting is one of the few ways teen-agers can earn money and sometimes offer child-care courses or include information concerning care of children in home economic courses. Contact the school office for the names of sitters in your area. Some newspapers run free ads for young people seeking such jobs."

Totally totally ask friends who they trust to sit their kids.

Please please do not ever call a school asking for the name and number of some young high school girls who might be able to baby sit.

Lord you do not want to end up on the news.

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We have used trusted kids we knew from our church. We have even dropped off our kids with awesome friends who would watch them so we could go galavanting off somewhere.

Definitely have a guide for your sitter no matter who they are.

I found lots of forms on Pinterest for all emergency numbers and situations.

This is great also if you have a child that has any form of special needs or medical conditions.

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One other tip in the book

"Do not expect the sitter to do any housework."

You can definitely expect that they will feed and take car of your kids but they are not there to clean up your messes.

I don't even expect them to bathe my kids.

If we have a sitter that stays late, I make sure the kids have already had a bath with pj's on.

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One other thing from this paragraph. Do they still teach any kind of child care in high school? We don't even have Home Economics anymore. Kids can't even cook. Experienced sitters usually have that because they are the oldest in a family.

I'm a complete nut too when it comes to sitters. I need to know them, their parents, their family, their grades, their friends, and their teachers.

I'm stalking their social media.

So for you kids looking to baby sit you better watch out because I'm watching you! And us adults we all talk to each other about your foolishness.

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