A few questions for all of you experienced mamas who have successfully found reliable childcare (since I seem to be challenged in this department):

-I am doing phone interviews and then having them come over for a couple hours semi supervised. Is this weird?

-specific logistics with above question: I have two more phone interviews tomorrow, and I just did one I liked today. This girl is gonna come over for 2 hours tomorrow to do the semi supervised trial. I mentioned on the phone if everything goes fine, she could start on Friday (that's the day we need coverage). That is a little rushed, but I need someone to watch him on Friday anyways. If I like the other two interviews tomorrow, what do I do? Tell her Friday is just a second trial before we decide for real? Just be honest and say we are trying two more sitters next week?

-last question: is it weird she was doing the phone interview with me while watching another kid? She does a mothers helper type job where she is in and out of the house with an 8 mo and was walking home from the park. She wasn't trying to hide it, she mentioned that the baby was falling asleep right now as she was walking.