How to Find a Good Baby Sitter
- 1). Ask friends or colleagues whom you trust to recommend a good baby sitter.
- 2). Find an agency. Look in the Yellow Pages under "Child Care" or "Babysitting."
- 3). Interview all prospective sitters over the phone. Ask about experience, fees charged and any emergency training the person has had. Ask for references.
- 4). Check the references.
- 5). Call the sitter back if he or she seems like a good fit and arrange a meeting in your home.
- 6). Observe how the prospective sitter interacts with your children, how your children respond to the sitter and whether you relate well to the person you are considering.
- 7). Have the sitter baby-sit for a short period of time while you are not far away.
- 8). Continue to hire the sitter if all goes well.
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