Just curious for those of you who didn't have family for date nights and such how did you find your babysitter?
Just curious for those of you who didn't have family for date nights and such how did you find your babysitter?
honeydew / 7283 posts
We've found several great sitters on care.com Obviously you have to interview people and that takes some time, but we've had great luck.
pomelo / 5720 posts
care.com and also from word of mouth. I'm part of two mom's groups in the town I live in so I've found a couple of good sitters that way.
honeydew / 7622 posts
I wrote a little wanted ad in notes, did a screenshot and posted on my IG.
honeydew / 7463 posts
Facebook, initially. Moms groups would post about a cousin or whatever who was looking to babysit. And since I found 2 there they have recommended their friends so I have a whole network of possible sitters. We have one we use almost every Saturday but if she's not free I have 3-4 more I can ask and someone usually is.
ETA: I was really in a bind about a month ago when all of my usuals were away for Labor Day. So I used chime by sittercity very last minute and was very happy with her. I've used her a second time too.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
Recommendations from friends and people at church. Found our daycare and babysitters this way
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
Sitter City. DH gets the service for free through his job. I only had to use it once, but the sitter needed to be available for several days. I would definitely recommend the site and of course an initial interview before you hire someone.
persimmon / 1483 posts
She moved in next door! we just got new neighbors with a high school age daughter and went on our first date night in 2 years.
persimmon / 1431 posts
We use one of LO's previous day care teachers. I love her! I've tried care.com, but did not like the person we tried out.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
We used a friends regular babysitter a couple of times. It was fine but she kind of flaked.
@Madison43: we just moved and there is a high school babysitter down the street! Our other neighbors with kids use her and our toddler already met and likes her!
pear / 1718 posts
My neighbor saw us out walking with DD and turns out her daughter had tons of babysitting experience.
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