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Selecting A Baby-Sitter
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What To Look For 
Are you willing to trust a teenager, or are you
looking for someone more mature?
Can you afford a professional baby-sitting service?
Do you need someone for a few hours or overnight?
Get Referrals
- Ask other parents who they use and who they would
recommend.
- Also ask them where they have had success finding a list of
sitters.
Experience Counts
- Find out what kind of training or experience the porspective sitter has.
Some communities offer baby-sitting courses for teens that include: basic fist
aid, home safety, accident prevention, what to do for choking and how to feed
and diaper infants.
Availability Is Key
- Do you need an occasional sitter or someone to stay
every Friday night?
- Do you need overnight care or care for just a few
hours during the day?
- Can you provide transportation for the sitter?
What’s The Cost?
- What is the hourly rate?
- Does the rate match what people you know are paying?
- Does this person have an overnight rate?
Try The Sitter Out
- After interviewing the person, offer to pay for an
hour of baby-sitting to play with your child while you are around.
- Do the sitter and the child respond well to each
other?
- Does this person initiate play with your child?
- If the sitter is relaxed and self-assured, you probably will be
too.
Cleanliness Is Important
- Does this person practice good personal hygiene?
- Does this person smoke?
Tip To Keep Your Child And Sitter Safe
- Have the sitter arrive a half hour before you leave.
Show them all exits, how windows and doors are locked, where first aid
supplies are and alternate escape routes from the home.
- Leave a list of emergency numbers and a pencil and paper next to the
telephone. If your area does not have 911 emergency assistance, be sure to
leave the numbers of the nearest police and fire departments. One your
emergency contact list, include your name, home address and telephone number
along with a telephone number where you can be reached and a telephone number
for a neighbor or relative.
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