LO is 2.5 and has never been watched by anyone besides family (well, and her daycare teachers).
I would love to be able to make a connection with a babysitter so we don't always have to make arrangements with family to watch LO . But I'm nervous about having a stranger in my house, so I've never taken the plunge. Plus, family babysits for free 
How did you find your babysitter? Or, do you just have family watch LO when you are away?
honeydew / 7283 posts
Over the years we've found 3 great sitters using care.com. I felt a little sketchy about it at first, but between contacting references and interviewing people we've had great luck!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
We are in the same predicament. We are thinking of asking her daycare teacher or a cousins daughter who works at a daycare.
pear / 1718 posts
I'm a member of some private local facebook groups ("Moms of Town Name") and lots of recommendations come through there. Also, we found our dogwalker and his part time sitter through care.com.
honeydew / 7235 posts
4 teenage girls love across the culdesac!! It's nice that they are right there, and their parents are home just in case
pineapple / 12566 posts
We don't have family nearby so we are forced to use people we don't know. I've always gone through recommendations from other moms and it has worked out well.
persimmon / 1096 posts
I found my two through care.com and it's been a great experience. One is a local preschool teacher and one is a daycare teacher at our local YMCA. They are both CPR certified, background checks, lots of experience with kids, etc. there was a third woman I interviewed that I ended up not using, but overall I think care.com is a good resource if you're looking for a sitter with some good credentials.
squash / 13208 posts
A few neighbors offered that their kids would babysit but I was nervous so we went a teacher from DCP - kids love her and so do I!
pomegranate / 3779 posts
We've left LO with neighbors on our street and the teenaged daughter of a friend for short periods of time. We've been happy with both situations.
We have gotten recommendations for women looking for part-time nanny work from a friend, but both women ended up being unreliable and showed up late or quit without notice which put us in a bind.
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