https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:34:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitting-rates-2#post-2924825 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 07:01:20 +0000 LadyDi 2924825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have three boys (6, 3.5, and 2) and we are using a non-family babysitter for the first time EVER next week so DH and I can go to my older son's open house. Two 13 year old girls from our neighborhood are going to watch them for an hour or two in the evening after dinner. What should I pay them??? I have never done this before and both girls are just starting out in their babysitting adventures so I am not sure if they have a rate in mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-creative-childcare-solutions#post-2916760 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 15:37:32 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2916760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need help figuring this out! I have a 5yo and a 2 yo who will hopefully be in kindergarten and preschool this fall I need summer child care but I can’t figure out a good option. We are both essential workers who never stopped working outside the home, although I missed a lot of work when schools first closed since I had no child care. My husband has relatively low exposure risk at work since he works alone in a stall (mechanic welder) for most of the day, but does encounter coworkers wearing masks and at lunch without masks. I am a nurse, but I only work 2 days a week and at a children’s hospital so we have minimal cases. We probably have one or two at a time on the whole floor, we test everyone, and I haven’t even had a positive as my patient yet. </p> <p>We only need child care in the hours our work overlaps, like 12-5, and it’s only 1 day a week since I work some weekends. Honestly, it’s always been a challenge to find good part time consistent baby sitters but now with covid it’s even harder! Last week my husband drove the kids to my mother in law’s and I picked them up, but it’s fairly inconvenient to do that, about 1 hour driving there in traffic and 30 min back to my house. </p> <p>I was thinking about posting a job for 5 hours 2 days a week, at a good 5$ above the normal hourly rate as an incentive, but I am not really into the idea of sharing a babysitter with other families when we are still fairly strict about socializing. And I don’t know if sitters and families would be ok with our jobs and potential exposure anyways! Plus the sitter themselves... any advice or creative solutions? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-we-pay-correctly#post-2911325 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 20:31:48 +0000 Ajsmommy 2911325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So we had our first non family member sitter today for two hours, two kids.</p> <p>When setting everything up I confirmed she charged $14/hr</p> <p>We gave her $30</p> <p>But I keep having this nagging feeling we did it wrong...,, was it supposed to be $14/hr per kid?</p> <p>She didn’t say anything ..... but please confirm for me that we didn’t totally screw up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-to-pay-someone-to-drive-your-kid#post-2909300 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:45:49 +0000 HappyBaker 2909300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD might be starting a new school that is not very convenient to either my or DH’s jobs or my other kids schools and daycares. I’m considering hiring someone (a babysitter we’ve used before) to just pick her up at school and drop her off at an aftercare place, but trying to figure out if that makes sense or if I should just pay her to also watch her until we get home. </p> <p>So what would you pay for someone to drive about 20 minutes to get your kid and another 20 minutes to drop her off somewhere? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/asking-babysitter-on-trip#post-2908585 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 11:33:52 +0000 rnmcdonnell 2908585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have seen people do this but I don't know anyone personally to ask how this works. We are taking a long ski weekend with our 2 kids and my sister/BIL and their 2 kids. Originally a grandparent was going to join us and be available to watch the kids at night, but had something come up and can't go anymore.</p> <p>I am considering asking one of our sitters to come and help with the kids (meals, getting them geared up, that kind of stuff) and then watch them at night while we go out. I am trying to figure out how to even propose this. I'm pretty sure she does ski and the kids will all be in ski school during a couple of the days, so I thought about offering to pay for her lift tickets and/or other activities she might want to do during the day, plus all meals. But not sure if I also need to pay her on top of that? Or is the payment that she gets a free ski weekend in exchange for watching the kids? I don't want to offend her by not offering to pay for her time if that is what would be typical.</p> <p>Would welcome any thoughts from people who have done this!! Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-for-an-entire-week-of-babysitting#post-2907095 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 20:03:37 +0000 Hypatia 2907095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We aren’t sure if we will do this or not, but a couple we know has offered us a free adjoining hotel room for their weeklong stay in Europe this summer. We would get an entire week to explore and have adult only time with friends. The only time I’ve spent away overnight from my kids was when I was in the hospital giving birth to our second daughter, so this sounds amazing. </p> <p>We don’t have grandparents we can just drop the kids off with. I think we’d have to hire a set of sisters who have babysat before. We usually pay one of them $10/hour, but we would probably need to hire both to take on something so long term. </p> <p>The babysitters are 18 and 19, and they’re very responsible. We trust them completely. They live at home and go to college, but they wouldn’t have any engagements during this time. Again, we usually just hire one of them to watch both kids for $10/hour for four or five hours, but of course this is different. </p> <p>The kids will be 3 and 6. They wake up at 8:00 am and go to sleep at 8:30 pm. The toddler will need help going to the potty. </p> <p>How much would you expect to pay for a full week of care, given these details? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitter-scratched-a-car-how-does-this-work#post-2895608 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:41:04 +0000 LCTBQE 2895608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tonight our long time babysitter ( she picks up our kids daily and sits for 2.5 hours) scraped our fender on another mom’s car’s fender at daycare pickup and scratched the paint pretty badly on both cars (just one piece of the car for each). She feels terrible and told me a couple times that she’d pay for it out of pocket because it was her fault. She said her neighbor scratched HER car recently and the estimate to fix it was $600, gah. So, I feel awful for her to pay for that on *two* cars. But, nor do I want to be out of pocket $1300 or have our insurance get fucked because she was a little careless backing out. How does this work? What’s our responsibility as her off-the-books employer and as the owner of the vehicle that caused the damage? Whose insurance would it go through if we used insurance? Helllp ! FWIW we never discussed what would happen in this case beforehand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wwyd-withdrawing-dd-from-summer-campdaycare#post-2894289 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:01:39 +0000 Ajsmommy 2894289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So today we decided to withdrawal our DD from the current summer camp/daycare she is in.</p> <p>She attended this same place for preschool and was in a classroom with teacher and teacher aids throughout last school year. We had a great experience and DD loved it and the teacher. We had no real issues....</p> <p>We decided to keep her on at the same place for "summer camp". Since she will be starting kinder in fall they moved her into the "school age" group. This is 5-12 yo. From the start DD did not enjoy this. There is less direction and more free time and DD is intimidated by the older kids (she's the oldest in our family and hasn't really had to interact with 10, 11 or 12 yo's on her own).</p> <p>She started feeling left out and once mentioned that a few of the older kids called her names (week 4). I mentioned this to the director and she said she would have a talk with the kids (I admit I did not follow up to see if this was done or not).</p> <p>Week 5 she was paired with an older kids to go on a field trip and she told me the older girl was mean... I tried to talk her through it and didn't mention anything to the director.. but that Friday, the day after the field trip one of the asst's in the camp pulled me aside to say that DD was not acting her self and they could tell she was not having fun.. to which I explained she was having a harder time with the older kids and that maybe just them being aware of it would help.</p> <p>Week 6 went ok, no issues to note, week 7 DD came home and informed me that the middle finger was bad. I asked her how she knew that and she proceeded to tell me that the older boys were doing it and showed her and told her to do it to the teachers and that they might lose their pool privileges.... DD had no idea what the middle finger meant and never once before has used it or even seen or asked about it. My concern is why are the teachers not aware of this? Where are they while my DD is being taught this? I emailed the director and she in turn responded that they have had multiple complaints about the older kids using vulgar words and gestures and that I wasn't the first to complain and that they were documenting the issues and "working"with the parents to try to remedy the issue. Ok, all of that is fine BUT it is TOO late for my DD who now knows the middle finger.............</p> <p>Week 7, DD tells us she doesn't want to partake in water play.. odd bc she loves the water and water play so we pushed her and she said she didn't want to get wet bc she didn't want to have to change bc she has no privacy and they open the door while she is changing... </p> <p>Unacceptable. I understand that they probably just tell the kids to go change but as a 5 yo my DD could use some help and it appears the teachers are not even paying attention to whether they get privacy or not. I emailed again and was told they would try better.... </p> <p>Today, DD just does not want to go. Both DH and I felt wrong making her/forcing her... so we asked if there was room at our original in home provider for the rest of the summer... there is...</p> <p>That seems to be what we will do..... but my stomach is hurting. I don't like any of this and I wonder if we are doing the right thing..... </p> <p>WWYD? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/quick-you-have-to-work-dh-is-out-of-town-you-need-someone-to-watch-your-kid-all-day-7a-5p#post-2887989 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:46:27 +0000 Ajsmommy 2887989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Who do you have??</p> <p>ETA: not including their normal daycare or preschool provider... aka: they are sick and can't go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-tip-your-occasional-babysitter#post-2880439 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:04:48 +0000 periwinklebee 2880439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Internet suggests the answer to this is unclear... curious what people do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-doesnt-like-going-to-my-moms#post-2864820 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:50:12 +0000 MsBAM 2864820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hey all,</p> <p>Does anyone else have an issue similar to this? My 19mo loves going to my MIL’s and goes there at least 4 days a week for childcare while I work. My mom will usually watch my LO once a week. He loves going to my MIL’s and never cries when I leave. He naps well there too. I know she gives him tun of attention and gets down on his level and plays etc... similar to how I care for him. At my moms house, he usually cries a lot when I leave and it makes me sad. I don’t know why he doesn’t like going there... but I think it has something to do with the fact that my mom doesn’t really “play” with him. He’s usually attached to my dad all day and my dad just loves being with him and playing with him. It’s not like he’s not getting the attention bc my dad always plays with him! My LO refuses to be held by my mom though. My mom loves my LO, I just think maybe it’s bc she doesn’t get on his level? She does his diaper changes and makes his food. And he almost always will not nap there bc they can’t get him to sleep. I just hate that he cries when I leave him there.... I dread it! But I do want him to see them too.... :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-world-problem-alert-part-time-sitternanny-question#post-2860095 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:00:16 +0000 Anagram 2860095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a part time sitter/nanny right now. She's been with us just shy of 1.5 years. For this school year, she has been coming over in the morning and working 7:30am-8:30am to get our girls dressed and walk them to school (school is 2 blocks away). Then she picks up at 2:30 and keeps both kids until 4:30. In total, she works about 15.5 hours a week.</p> <p>Backstory: When we hired her, she was inexperienced as a nanny/babysitter and had a reference from just 1 family whose baby she sat for 1 day a week (that's how we met her--our former full time nanny knew her from playdates and when we were switching from full time to part time, she recommended our current sitter, who was looking for very part time).</p> <p>Anyway, because of the young-and-inexperienced part, her previous family was paying her below what is common in our area, and also did not pay her for any hours she didn't work. So if she took a sick day or something, she wasn't paid.</p> <p>So when we hired her, she disclosed that, and we bumped up her pay to the lower end of what the norm is in our town, and I do pay her for days she would normally work but I don't need her. But I don't pay her if she takes a day off. So I paid her for 5 days in November she didn't work (we were OOT), and will be paying her for 7 days over Christmas that I won't need her. I'm happy with how she takes care of the kids, but she does not do anything extra at all, and doesn't even do small things like clean the kids' lunch bowls and stuff after school. It's all waiting for me when I get home from work.</p> <p>So now the question: for a young, slightly more experienced part time nanny/sitter who has been with us the last 1.5 years---what type of holiday gift/bonus do we give?</p> <p>She's already getting paid vacay, around 3.5 weeks this year, which I think is unusual for a part time sitter in my town. Do I give her a 1 week's pay bonus? Just a big gift? A bonus and a small gift?</p> <p>Hellllpppp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-had-luck-with-carecom-babysitters#post-2858540 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:03:35 +0000 Kaohinani 2858540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was wondering if anyone has had luck with Care.com caretakers/babysitters? I have many (read as "an ungodly amount of" 🤣) commitments and physican appointments each month. DH and I have an arrangement, as when I am working a friend watches DS (3.75 years) and when I have appointments, DH takes time off from work. Our closest family is over 3 hours away and I dislike imposing on people with my children. In so many words - we have NO ONE to watch DS or DD in case of emergencies. Anyway, I signed up for Care.com before speaking with a few friends of whom shared differing opinions. One felt her babysitter was spectacular and she ONLY uses that woman whenever she goes out. Another said, "You get what you pay for. If you are paying $10 an hour, expect the minimum." She detailed a lady who was really nice but didn't really interact with her 7 year old, rather they just watched TV for 4 hours. My last friend had a horrible experience. After the sitter left, she found that mini vodka "nippers" were stolen from her liquor cabinet, as well as, was a pair of earrings she had left by her sink in HER bathroom while getting ready! She called the police AND reported the woman to Care. </p> <p>DH and I have an RE appointment together coming up and have to attend sans children SO it is necessity that I find a quality sitter AND SOON. I was just wondering, has ANYONE had luck with babysitters, caregivers, nannies, etc from Care? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-research-on-new-babysitters#post-2848142 Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:54:36 +0000 Foodnerd81 2848142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How much research or background checking do you do for a new occasional babysitter? (Like, for a date night, not for full time care). Does it matter if they were a friend’s recommendation vs a listing somewhere like care.com vs someone you met at a childcare facility? </p> <p>In my specific case, I just asked one of the gym childcare workers who seems to like my kids for her number for babysitting. I think the gym does some kind of background check but I don’t even know how old she is (I’m guessing late high school since the college kids went back to school a few weeks ago). Her Facebook profile has appropriate privacy settings which is good. My kid likes her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-your-kids-with-babysitters#post-2840660 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:50:51 +0000 josina 2840660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How do your kids do with babysitters, or when it comes time to leave them with a babysitter?</p> <p>Our 'babysitter' is my 15 year old step-daughter who is great with the littles, but our 4-year old gets super upset when we leave without him. He gets to watch a movie and make homemade popcorn after we leave, which helps, but some nights can be a battle! Our 1-1/2 year old will cry when we leave also, but both are fine shortly after.</p> <p>How do your little's do? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-for-an-overnight-sitting-job#post-2837627 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 16:27:35 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2837627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Help me out ladies. I am in the middle of making final decisions for a babysitter I found on Care.com. I have one more phone screen, but so far 3 for 3 had no idea what to charge me for an overnight care job. Their hourly rates were inconsistent $10-$15. We both agree a discounted rate or flat rate is warranted, but how much?</p> <p> They will actively have to watch LO for about 3 hours during the overnight position (2 hrs after daycare and then (rounding up) for a hour before dropping him off in the morning). LO STTN.</p> <p>The two sitters I am leaning towards are in their last year of college, have CPR and First Aid certification, at least one great review, worked in their church daycare and regular watch other children.</p> <p>What have you paid? What do you suggest? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/au-pair-experience#post-2820221 Fri, 04 May 2018 07:30:04 +0000 ChitownRo 2820221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone used an au pair? Somehow I trust HB moms more than the random au pair forums/websites. It’s like I feel like I know you all are normal to begin with 😉</p> <p>We are about to have our third and don’t live near any family. We currently have a nanny for 33 hours per week (I work PT) and have no free time/flex time for errands/date nights etc. </p> <p> We do have the space now that we moved to the suburbs... </p> <p>The good, the bad, the ugly? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/babysitternanny-reference-checks-what-to-ask#post-2811731 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 07:12:02 +0000 LCTBQE 2811731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are about to move to a new town and put our 19-month-old son in a new daycare (which is another post I have to write!)--anyway, we're hiring a college girl for 3 hours a day in the evening to pick him up from the daycare (a 5 minute drive from our house, using our car) bring him back to our house and do dinner and get bath going while we get home from work. She is in college elsewhere--so I haven't met her yet, I've just seen her picture and talked to her on the phone-- but she's a native from this town coming home to live with her parents for the summer, and she gave me three references from other local moms who she's babysat for over the years. </p> <p>What should I ask these other moms about aside from basic character/reliability questions? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/finding-a-babysitternanny#post-2801997 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:10:52 +0000 AnnabelleG 2801997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How did you find your babysitter/nanny? I'm considering using something like Care.com, but I'm intimidated 1)by cost and 2)by having to sort through a lot of people. What have your childcare-finding experiences been and any tips on finding a good person? Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-cried-the-whole-time-offon-being-babysat#post-2792279 Sat, 16 Dec 2017 23:29:01 +0000 MsBAM 2792279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all, </p> <p>DH and I had an evening out for the first time and grandma babysat. LO is 6mo. Apparently he cried the entire time off and on. As soon as we got home he was happy and back to himself. Has anyone else’s LO been through this? Is it likely a phase or more temperamental? I’m thinking I’m going to have to start bringing LO around grandma more as she’s our sitter when I go back to work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-in-advance-do-you-book-a-sitter#post-2766014 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:40:54 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2766014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was talking with a friend about this today, and we had vastly different approaches. Just curious what you all do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/has-anyone-used-urbansittercom#post-2765260 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 16:19:56 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2765260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As the title says.</p> <p>There's someone that looks pretty good at a decent rate on there but I'm really nervous to actually do this. My kids have only ever been in the care of grandparents, us, and preschool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-using-a-paid-sitter#post-2751323 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:51:13 +0000 JennyPenny 2751323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're lucky enough to have a lot of local family and friends so we've never had to leave our boys (almost 3 yrs and 2 months old) with someone we/they didn't know. And since we have so much local support we've left them regularly since a young age. But we're traveling in a few weeks for BIL's engagement party and we were just informed its no kids, but they could arrange a sitter for us. I'm so worried about how this will go. So please, tell me about your first paid sitter experiences. How old were your kids? Did you do anything to make it go more smoothly? Any tips for this travel situation where the person is going to be a complete stranger and my kids will be in a strange location?!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-participate-in-a-babysitting-swap#post-2743343 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:22:57 +0000 Corduroy 2743343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you participate in a babysitting swap? How does it work? </p> <p>I'm doing a babysitting swap with neighbors for the first time tonight. I came over at 7 put their kid to bed and will watch TV (or work) until 11 or so. As soon as we can pick another mutually agreeable date DH and I will get our turn to go out. </p> <p>A friend's neighborhood does it where all the kids (6-8 of them) stay at one house and all the parents go out, often as a group. DS is not yet 2 so he seems a little young for that but I look forward to trying that in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/miscommunication-with-babysitter#post-2742970 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 07:36:56 +0000 mrskansas 2742970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had a SAHM watch our daughter for the past 2 years. She spends about 2 hours a day in her home.<br /> At the beginning of May, our sitter told us that she was going to have to go back to work for financial reasons and had been interviewing for jobs to start at the end of May. I started looking for someone new but put my search on hold when she told my husband about a week later that she hadn't gotten any offers yet. </p> <p>She has said nothing to myself or my husband since then. Yesterday when I picked my daughter up, she gave me her diapers back except for one for the next day. I didn't think much of it until I was driving home and called my husband to ask if she had said anything about starting a job, and he said no.</p> <p>I texted her "Forgive me if I missed something but is tomorrow your last day?". She replied: "Yes, I said the end of May. So this is the last week of May. LO has speech therapy at 3:30 in town and I'm going to spend the summer with the boys. I thought that's what we discussed. I am getting a job as well."</p> <p>I was immediately taken back by her message and my husband called me right away (he was included) and commented on how rude it sounded. I guess at this point it doesn't matter, but do we have any right to feel blindsided about this? I guess I'm trying to justify my feelings about being upset by how this happened. Maybe it's partly my fault too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-paying-too-much#post-2737256 Wed, 17 May 2017 17:04:36 +0000 SteelerGirl 2737256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hired a "mother's helper" to help me out in the evenings when my husband is traveling for work. I have one child, under age 1. I will be home with her the entire time. I hired someone who is 19 yo, much older than the typical mother's helper, because I need her to pick up my daughter from daycare (so she has to be a responsible driver). </p> <p>Because she's older, and driving, I am paying her a bit more. But am I paying too much? I offered her $15/hour. </p> <p>If it is too much, am I stuck? How do I "re-negotiate"? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-do-you-pay-a-mothers-helper#post-2736314 Mon, 15 May 2017 19:29:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 2736314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There is a 12 year old girl on our street who wants to get into babysitting and mothers helper type stuff, and her mom mentioned she has no plans for the summer so if we need help let her know. DH is going to have to travel some so I'm thinking that would be a good time to take her up on that idea. </p> <p>Wondering what's kind of normal to pay a young mothers helper, and what kind of tasks / activities you have them do. For reference we pay our 17 year old babysitter $15 and hour for the two kids 1 and almost 4 years old) when we leave her home alone with them. I wouldn't leave the house with a 12 year old watching them but having her play with them and entertain them while I chill out or do chores or whatever would be a big help while DH travels. </p> <p>Anyway- what do you pay someone in that situation? </p> <p>Also the older I get the more ridiculous the babysitters club seems. Mallory and Jessie were like 11! 😂 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/gift-for-babysitter#post-2732350 Thu, 04 May 2017 13:21:08 +0000 mrskansas 2732350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our babysitter told me last night that she is no longer going to be able to watch our daughter since she has to unexpectedly go back to work for financial reasons (she has been a SAHM for years).</p> <p>She has watched my 2 year old for a few hours a day since she was 3 months old and we adore her. I'd like to get her something as a "thank you" for everything she has done for our family. </p> <p>Any ideas? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-does-the-babysitters-time-clock-startend#post-2717765 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:40:20 +0000 Bao 2717765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have a babysitter, when do you start counting their hours for pay and when do you stop?</p> <p>When the sitter walks in the door or when you leave the house? Does it stop when you walk in the door or when they walk out the door? </p> <p>I'm asking for those who may have super chatty sitters who like to hang back and chat about non-babysitting related stuff for a while :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favourite-babysitter#post-2676201 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 23:16:16 +0000 JennyD 2676201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Who's your favourite babysitter and why?</p> <p>Mine is quickly becoming my older brother. He recently said he and his wife wouldn't mind babysitting now that our daughter is older. I was so excited! They live only 20 minutes away from us which is closer than anyone else, and they always take her to do fun stuff! Tonight they took her ice skating! </p>