I don't really know the social rules for nannies and whatnot. We've never left LO with a babysitter and I'm pretty uncomfortable with the idea of leaving her with a stranger but I'm trying to get more okay with it because I'd love to have a monthly date with DH.

So there is a park we go to a few times/week and 3 or 4 times now I've run into the same nanny watching two girls, the younger of which is about my LO's age. She's very friendly and we chat about stuff to do with the littles and I really like how she handles the girls. I was thinking if I continue seeing her there maybe at some point I should ask if she might be interested in babysitting? But I didn't know if it was weird to just like... poach some random person in the park. Obviously I would ask for references and stuff still before we finalized things but I like that I've seen her a good bit of time "without supervision" (of her employers) and she just seems great with the kids.